06-06-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Kathleen Folbigg, previously labelled “Australia’s worst female serial killer,” has been granted a pardon following the emergence of new evidence that raises doubts about her alleged involvement in the deaths of her four infant children. After a jury convicted Folbigg of killing her sons Caleb …
Read More »Amnesty calls for global action to mitigate heatwaves in Pakistan
05-06-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI: A prominent human rights organization has issued an urgent plea for global action to protect Pakistan from extreme heatwaves, saying the South Asian country is at the “frontline of the climate crisis”. In a report to mark World Environment Day on …
Read More »Another train derails in India 3 days after deadly accident
05-06-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ODISHA: A private goods train Monday derailed in India’s Odisha three days after a three-train collision, the deadliest in the nuclear-armed country in two decades killed 275 and injured over 1,000. Today’s accident took place in Odisha’s Bargarh, while the previous collision occurred …
Read More »Russia claims to have thwarted ‘large-scale’ Ukraine attack
05-06-2023 MOSCOW: On Monday, Russia announced that its forces successfully thwarted a major offensive launched by Ukraine at multiple locations along the front in southern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The clash resulted in the deaths of hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops, according to Russian authorities. It remains uncertain whether this reported attack …
Read More »China accuses US of provocation after warships nearly collide
05-06-2023 BEIJING: China’s Defense Minister, Li Shangfu, in a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, accused the United States and its allies of attempting to destabilize the Indo-Pacific region. These remarks came only hours after warships from both countries narrowly avoided a collision at sea. Li alleged …
Read More »Thousands protest against gov’t in Warsaw
05-06-2023 WARSAW, POLAND: Thousands of people came out on the streets to protest against their government in the capital Warsaw Sunday which the Poles believe is on the path to autocratic rule, eroding the democratic norms of the country. The Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski was leading the march underlined …
Read More »Search for India’s deadly train crash victims continues
Bureau Report + Agencies 04-06-2023 NEW DELHI/ BAHANGA: Rescuers and families searched through mangled train carriages on Sunday for more victims of India’s worst rail crash in more than two decades with signal failure emerging as the likely cause. At least 288 people were killed on Friday when a passenger …
Read More »Michigan wildfires rip through 3,600 acres of land
04-06-2023 MICHIGAN: A deadly wildfire in Northern Michigan burned at least 3,600 acres, triggering evacuation by the authorities and forcing a highway closure nearby as the blaze threatens multiple buildings in the west and southwest, officials said Saturday. The fire is centered in Grayling Township about 50 miles from Traverse …
Read More »PMI faces hacking of website, mobile phones & internet again
04-06-2023 By SJA Jafri + News Desk/ Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The local, national and international hackers, terror groups, organizations even state agencies have been hacking, blocking and disturbing the Press Media of India (PMI), the telephone and mobile numbers of its reporters and staffers as well as threatening, …
Read More »PM Modi takes stock of situation at train accident site Bahanga in Balasore
New delhi 03 June 2023:Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the train mishap site at Bahanaga in Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday afternoon and took stock of the situation. Mr Modi held a review meeting with senior Railway officials. He also visited Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital in Balasore …
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