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US hit by massive winter storm, power outages precede harsh freeze

January 11, 2024

A substantial winter storm, traversing the eastern half of the United States on Tuesday, resulted in power disruptions for over 418,000 homes and businesses across 12 states. This outage occurred in anticipation of an approaching harsh freeze expected to envelop the region starting this weekend. The hardest hit states so...

US, UK forces thwart 21 Houthi drones, missiles in Red Sea

January 11, 2024

Houthi rebels from Yemen launched 18 drones over the southern Red Sea, according to US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), marking the armed group’s 26th attack on international trade channels in the previous seven weeks, reported Al Jazeera. CENTCOM said that two anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile were...

Ecuador gunmen storm TV studio in escalating wave of violence

January 11, 2024

Amid a surge of violence across Ecuador, armed individuals with explosives forcefully entered a TV station during a live broadcast. In response, President Daniel Noboa designated 22 gangs as terrorist organizations, initiating military efforts to apprehend them. Police arrested the 13 men who burst into TC’s studio during a live...

Court questions Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution

January 11, 2024

Reports indicated that United States federal appeals panel has expressed deep scepticism over Donald Trump’s immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn the 2020 elections, raising the potentially extreme implications of absolute presidential immunity. The Republican leader’s lawyers argued that his federal election subversion indictment should be dismissed because he...

Maldives, China sign 21 pacts after Muizzu-Xi meet amid India tensions

January 11, 2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held talks with his Maldivian counterpart Mohamed Muizzu after which the two countries signed 20 key agreements and elevated their bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. The two heads of state announced the elevation of bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative...

‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041, says newly-elected PM Sheikh Hasina

January 11, 2024

The advancement of Bangladesh is now unstoppable with the re-election of Awami League to power, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday, and pledged to build a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041 as outlined in the party’s election manifesto. In her first speech, three days after her party won the general...

FIR filed in Islamabad against protestors for raising anti-government slogans

January 11, 2024

Over a thousand participants of a rally held in solidarity with Baloch protesters in Islamabad were named in an FIR (First Information Report) on Tuesday, the newspaper reported. According to the formal complaint (FIR) filed by SHO Mehboob Elahi of the Sharafi Goth Police Station, the gathering was held without...

800 women languishing in Afghan prisons

January 11, 2024

As the Taliban’s atrocities on women in Afghanistan continue in various forms, including suppression of their basic rights, a news channel report has highlighted how out of around 19000 people who are currently held under prisons in Afghanistan, at least 800 are women. According to the deputy head of the...

‘Buddha Boy’ arrested in Kathmandu, currencies worth millions confiscated

January 11, 2024

The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has confiscated 30.3 million Nepali rupees and 3.092 million in foreign currencies from the arrested “Buddha Boy” in Kathmandu. The on-the-run controversial spiritual leader Ram Bahadur Bomjan was arrested by the CIB from a house on the outskirts of Kathmandu on Tuesday evening....

Israel wastes over $6 billion annually on food

January 11, 2024

Israel’s Ministry of the Environment reported that about 23 billion Shekels (USD 6.22 billion) worth of food is wasted every year in Israel. The ministry also reported that 1.4 million people in Israel live with food insecurity in that their economic situation does not guarantee a healthy diet. The excess...

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