India and Qatar on Sunday discussed further enhancement of bilateral relations and continued dialogue on issues of mutual interest during External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar’s day-long official visit to Doha. The EAM held talks with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday, immediately after his arrival...
There will be no studio audience, depriving candidates of the momentum that comes from ginning up supporters. Microphones will cut out when a candidate’s speaking time is over. Thursday night’s presidential debate will not be business as usual. CNN, which is hosting President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump for their first debate of...
India on Tuesday advised its citizens in Kenya to exercise ‘utmost caution’ after the ongoing protests being staged against tax hike in the country turned violent. “In view of the prevailing tense situation, all Indians in Kenya are advised to exercise utmost caution, restrict non-essential movement and avoid the areas affected by the protests and...
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suffered a huge setback on Tuesday as the Liberal Party lost the by-election in the party’s longtime stronghold, the Toronto-St. Paul constituency. A Conservative candidate, Don Stewart, seized the seat with about 42 per cent of the vote against Leslie Church, a former Parliament Hill staffer and lawyer, who took roughly 40...
A fire at a lithium battery factory near Seoul on Monday killed 22 workers, most of them migrant laborers from China, in one of the deadliest blazes in South Korea in years, officials said. Officials said rescuers were still searching the building in Hwaseong, 28 miles south of Seoul, for one worker who had been...
The India-US relationship has never been better, US envoy to India Eric Garcetti has said, asserting that ties between the two strategic partners are not just “addictive” but also “multiplicative”. Garcetti made the remarks on Monday at an event on the sidelines of the SelectUSA Investment Summit, to which the largest delegation is from India....
Britain’s Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, is in hospital after sustaining minor injuries and concussion after an incident in Bristol, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The Princess Royal, 73, sustained the injuries at the Gatcombe Park estate on Sunday evening and remains in Bristol’s Southmead Hospital as a “precautionary measure”. It is...
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that “intense” fighting against Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly over, more than eight months into the devastating war. “The intense phase of the fighting against Hamas is about to end,” Netanyahu told Israel’s Channel 14 network, without providing a clear timeline. “It...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night. Assange, who had been in custody in Britain, will plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national...
Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate this week, with the stage set for what could be a pivotal moment in the 2024 race as millions of potential voters tune in. The showdown fires the starting gun on what promises to be a bruising summer on the campaign trail, in a deeply polarized and...