Nahel Merzouk was shot by an officer during a traffic stop on Tuesday in the suburb of Nanterre – with the horrific incident caught on video. The police officer was since arrested and faces an investigation. His death sparked violent riots and reignited long simmering tensions between Paris’ police force and its youth living in the housing projects, and ethnic minorities...
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100 arrested in France on 4th night of unrest as reinforcements sent to Marseille
As it turns 4.30am in Paris, this is where we’ll wrap up the live blog for now. Here’s an overview of where things stand and the day’s major developments. The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said there had been at least 471 arrests in France on Friday and that 45,000 police, including special forces, would be deployed across the country as violence flared...
PM Modi, Putin Discuss India-Russia Ties, Wagner Mutiny And Ukraine Conflict on Phone Call
Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and discussed a wide range of issues, including the recent Wagner Group mutiny, bilateral cooperation and the Ukraine conflict. Referring to the recent mutiny by Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 24, “Narendra Modi expressed understanding and support for the decisive...
Huge 91-Mtr-Wide Asteroid Heading Towards Earth, Warns NASA
A “potentially hazardous” asteroid, roughly the same length as the London Eye, is set to skim past Earth on Wednesday, according to a report by The Independent. NASA is tracking the movement of the huge rock, named 2013 WV44, which measures 160 metres in diameter. The US space agency’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies said that the asteroid will pass within...
Showed “Master Class” On How Ukraine Invasion Should’ve Been: Wagner Chief
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that a one-day mutiny by his Wagner force had been intended not to overthrow Russia’s government but to register a protest over what he said was its ineffectual conduct of the war in Ukraine. In his first public comments since ending the mutiny late on Saturday, Prigozhin repeated his frequent claim that...
Short-lived mutiny in Russia sheds light on Putin’s hold on power
For more than a year, U.S. officials have quietly asked themselves a question they would not dare pose in public: Could Russia’s botched invasion of Ukraine eventually lead to the downfall of Russian President Vladimir Putin? For a few chaotic, head-snapping hours this weekend, the notion did not seem so far-fetched. But even with the apparent end to the immediate threat posed by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s...
Putin faces coup? Rebel mercenaries enter Russian military district
The local government in Voronezh region urged residents to avoid the M-4 north-south motorway connecting Moscow because a military convoy was on the move. Hours after the chief of the mercenary group Wagner vowed to oust Russia’s military leadership, videos on social media purportedly showed its forces skirting Rostov-on-Don, home to the Russian military headquarters for the southern region and also...
Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken Host State Lunch For PM Modi
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday hosted a luncheon for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the State Department. Prime Minister Modi is currently in Washington on a state visit at the invitation of President Joe Biden. The two leaders held a historic summit on Thursday. Biden also held a state dinner for the...
Missing Titanic sub crew killed after ‘catastrophic implosion’
These are serious people with serious curiosity willing to put serious money down to go to these interestingplaces,” the “Titanic” director told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I don’t want to discourage that. But I think that it’salmost now a lesson.The takeaway is, make sure if you’re gonna go into a vehicle, whether it’s an aircraft or surface craft or asubmersible, that...
Democracy is in India’s DNA, there is no discrimination: PM Modi’s befitting reply to US media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a press conference during his ongoing state visit to the US said democracy is in the DNA of both India and the United States. He was addressing a joint press conference with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday. “Democracy can deliver and when we talk about democracy, there is no discrimination on...
Modi in USA: Biden, Modi hail new era for Indo-US ties on Day 2 of historic visit; boast it by a string of vital deals
WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Narendra Modi hailed a new era in their countries’ relationship after the White House rolled out the red carpet for the Indian prime minister on Thursday, touting deals on defense and commerce aimed at countering China’s global influence. “Two great nations, two great friends, and two great powers. Cheers,” Biden...
Submersible used by tourists to see Titanic wreck goes missing,
A submersible used to take people to view the wreck of the Titanic went missing in the Atlantic Ocean, BBC reported quoting the Boston Coastguard. A search and rescue operation was under way for the submersible off the coast of Newfoundland as it remained unclear as to how many people were aboard when it went missing, the report added. Small...