The world is pinning hope on India’s leadership and intellectual powerhouse for providing a solution to the climate crisis, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has said. In an interview with PTI at the annual climate conference (COP28) here, Scotland said she waits in “joyful anticipation to see what India will decide to do”, as negotiators at the summit haggle over the...
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“Beginning Of The End”: Netanyahu Says Hamas Operatives Surrendering
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for Hamas operatives to lay down their arms, saying the Palestinian group’s end was near, as the war in the Gaza Strip raged more than two months after it began. “The war is still ongoing but it is the beginning of the end of Hamas. I say to the Hamas terrorists: It’s...
US uses veto but pressure for Gaza ceasefire is building
He triggered Article 99, prompting a UN Security Council vote on Friday, because he believes this is a very urgent matter which must be brought to the attention of the council. The Israeli government detests the UN and they detest the secretary general. The Israelis rejected his description, claiming Mr Guterres is in fact the threat to world peace because...
Elon Musk Demands Sacking Of Disney CEO Bob Iger
Elon Musk is demanding the firing of Disney CEO Bob Iger in response to Disney’s decision to pull advertisements from his troubled social media platform, X, CNN reported. On Thursday, Mr Musk, the owner of X and a billionaire conspiracy theorist, took to social media, where he frequently voices his opinions, to express his discontent with Iger’s actions. Mr Musk,...
China launches fourth-generation nuclear reactor, world’s first
China began commercial operations of the world’s first next-generation, gas-cooled nuclear reactor power plant, state media reported Wednesday. The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua, making it more efficient and cost-effective. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on...
Vladimir Putin Remembers Punishment By Mother, Trolled On Social Media
A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin sharing his most cherished childhood memory has gone viral on social media. In the clip, Mr Putin talks about his mother and how she used to punish him. The remarks were made at a public meeting with youth group ‘Movement of the First’ in Pyatigorsk on Tuesday, reported Newsweek. However, users on social media...
“We Regret The Incident”: Israel On Inadvertent Attack On Lebanese Troops
In a rare apology, Israeli Defence Forces on Wednesday expressed regret at an inadvertent attack in which a Lebanese soldier was killed while it targeted a Hezbollah-linked post and said the incident is under review. Clashes at Israel’s northern border with Lebanon have intensified with regular exchanges of fire since the war broke out in Gaza between Hamas militants and...
Israeli forces storm Khan Younis in south Gaza, killing scores of Palestinians
Israeli forces stormed southern Gaza’s main city on Tuesday in what they called the most intense day of combat in five weeks of ground operations against Hamas militants, and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded. In what appeared to be the biggest ground assault in Gaza since a truce with Hamas unravelled last week, Israel...
UK tables tougher visa rules for foreign workers, clampdown on bringing families
The UK government on Monday tabled a tough new set of measures to bring down the country’s immigration numbers, including a much higher salary threshold for foreign workers to access skilled visas and a clampdown on bringing family members as their dependants. UK Home Secretary James Cleverly delivered a statement in the House of Commons to reveal that under the...
Israeli army says 3 soldiers killed in Gaza fighting, toll reaches 75
The Israeli army said Monday three more soldiers had been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, raising the number of troop deaths there to 75 since the war began. All three died in northern Gaza on Sunday, the military said. The deaths brought thetotal number of Israeli defence personnel killed since October 7 — among them those who died...
India refrains from signing COP28 Health and Climate Declaration
India on Sunday refrained from signing the COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health, with sources pointing out that curbing greenhouse gas use for cooling in the health sector, which is one of the points in the document, may not be practical or achievable within the country’s healthcare infrastructure in the short term. The Health Day also did not see any...
Russia Needs To Hear Why It Is “Condemned, Isolated”, Says Top EU Diplomat
The EU’s top diplomat said Wednesday that Russia needs to hear from ministers at an upcoming meeting of the world’s largest regional security body about why it is being “condemned and isolated”.Ministers from the member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will convene on Thursday and Friday in Skopje to discuss the future of the...