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 …
Read More »Death toll in Odisha train accident rises to 261; Restoration and relief operations underway
New Delhi ‘3 Juhe ‘2023 :Restoration and relief operations are underway on a war-footing in Balasore’s Bahanaga train accident in Odisha. The death toll of the tragic train accident has risen to 261, and around 900 are feared critically injured. Informing this, Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said the causality …
Read More »Over 40 killed in clashes with troops in India’s Manipur
30-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur. The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on May 3 between tribal groups and the ethnic majority Meitei …
Read More »Final US debt ceiling deal ready for Congress vote: Biden
30-05-2023 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has finalised an agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling over two years until January 1, 2025, saying the deal is ready to move to Congress for a vote. The Democratic president and Republican speaker spoke on Sunday evening …
Read More »Everest continues to attract climbers 70 years after 1st summit
30-05-2023 KATHMANDU: When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first climbed Mount Everest 70 years ago, they paved the way for thousands of foreign climbers to try to follow in their footsteps. The eight-day trek to the Everest base camp is among the most popular multiday hikes in Nepal with …
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