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Pakistan dissolves its parliament, China-US relations degrade

12 Aug 2023 09:49 AM IST

From the everchanging canvas of global affairs, picking up only a few developments every week is not easy. There are events, incidents, talks, exercises and much more! But the developments that impact global politics by and large indeed need to get featured. This week also remained happening considering such affairs.

Storm Khanun weakens as it enters North Korea after lashing South Korea

12 Aug 2023 09:48 AM IST

Flights and trains resumed and power was mostly restored Friday after a tropical storm blew through South Korea, which was preparing a pop concert for 40,000 Scouts whose global Jamboree was disrupted by the weather. Much of Khanun’s damage was concentrated in the country’s southern and eastern regions, where several

Hawaii wildfire death toll reaches 53

12 Aug 2023 09:47 AM IST

The death toll from devastating wildfires in Maui climbed to 53 Thursday, Hawaii Gov Josh Green told The Associated Press. “We’re talking about the largest natural disaster of this generation in Hawaii,” Green said. “We are heart-sick that there are more than the original 36 who have passed.” He expects

Fighting leaves Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp ‘a hot area’, UN says

12 Aug 2023 09:47 AM IST

Days of fighting in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon displaced several hundred families, destroyed up to 400 houses and left half the camp still off-limits and considered “a hot area,” a senior UN official said Thursday. Dorothee Klaus, Director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon,

Cyprus returns 100 Syrian migrants to Lebanon, UN concerned

12 Aug 2023 09:46 AM IST

The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday it was “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without being screened to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their war-wracked homeland. The UNHCR office in Cyprus

50 Years Later, Russia resumes Lunar exploration with Majestic Launch

12 Aug 2023 09:44 AM IST

A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the moon is Russia’s first

23 Injured, buildings damaged in 5.3 Magnitude Turkey earthquake

12 Aug 2023 09:43 AM IST

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Turkey on Thursday, causing damage to buildings and wounding 23 people, Turkish officials said. At least 23 were injured as a result of Thursday’s quake, which was centreed in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province and felt in Adiyaman, both provinces hit by

Eris: ranks with ‘Variant of Interest’ Label – What We Know

12 Aug 2023 09:42 AM IST

EG.5 is a family of Omicron variants (descended from XBB.1.9.2) that first appeared back in February 2023. The World Health Organisation (WHO) classified it as a “variant under monitoring” on July 19 after a surge in COVID infections from early July. It has been increasingly reported across the globe, particularly

Bangladesh sparks alarm after 364 people die this year and infections rise

12 Aug 2023 09:41 AM IST

Bangladesh is struggling to deal with higher casualties and infections from dengue this year, with officials warning that the death toll this month could break records. The government’s Directorate General of Health Services reports the 2023 death toll from the mosquito-born illness has reached 364 in the south Asian country.

China: 29 dead, 16 missing after flood hits Hebei province

12 Aug 2023 09:40 AM IST

At least 29 people died and 16 others are missing after the floods hit China’s Hebei Province, causing heavy losses to the region, The Global Times reported. The natural disaster cost around 95.811 billion Yuan loss to the Hebei provincial authorities announced at a Friday press briefing. The province’s officials

Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan next month: PM Shehbaz Sharif

12 Aug 2023 09:39 AM IST

Pakistan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that his brother and former premier Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan next month to face his pending court cases and lead the party’s campaign for the general election. Nawaz Sharif, 73, has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK since

Grim Reality: 55 Lives lost in Maui’s Deadly wildfire Disaster

12 Aug 2023 09:38 AM IST

The death toll from devastating wildfires in Maui climbed to 55 Thursday, Hawaii Gov Josh Green said. “We’re talking about the largest natural disaster of this generation in Hawaii,” Green told The Associated Press.. “We are heart-sick that there are more than the original 36 who have passed.” He expects