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Jaishankar : India’s ties with Latin America, Caribbean at higher trajectory over last nine years

03 Aug 2023 12:59 PM IST

The relationship between India and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean has taken a new direction over the past nine years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar. Jaishankar emphasised the expanding people-to-people ties between India and the Latin American and Caribbean

After 18 years of turmoil, Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie to get divorcing

03 Aug 2023 12:33 PM IST

After an 18-year public marriage, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau unexpectedly announced their separation on Instagram. Gregoire Trudeau, 48, and Trudeau, 51, wed in May 2005. When Trudeau was elected prime minister ten years later, the well-groomed pair found themselves in the international media’s

Papua New Guinea: Indian Naval teams perform Yoga at Port Moresby harbor

03 Aug 2023 10:55 AM IST

According to the Indian High Commission in Port Moresby, Indian Naval teams and locals practised yoga at the Port Moresby harbour in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The Papua New Guineans from the Active City Development Programme, NCD, joined the Indian sailors under the command of Captain Rajan Kapoor of

Pakistan: SC dismisses Imran Khan’s plea for stay on Toshakhana case trial

03 Aug 2023 09:29 AM IST

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday rejected Imran Khan’s plea seeking a stay on the ongoing trial court proceedings in the Toshakhana case and asked the former Prime Minister to wait for the order of Islamabad High Court, The News International reported. A three-member bench of the apex court

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf could be declared ineligible for election symbol, warns ECP

03 Aug 2023 09:28 AM IST

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has warned the former ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) that it could be declared “ineligible” to obtain election symbol over its failure to hold intra-party elections, Geo News reported on Wednesday. In a notice issued on Wednesday, the top electoral body summoned PTI Chairman

Bidens watches blockbuster ‘Oppenheimer’ during beach vacation

03 Aug 2023 09:25 AM IST

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden took a break from their Delaware beach vacation to see the summer blockbuster “Oppenheimer.” The Bidens, after a quick dinner at Matt’s Fish Camp in nearby Lewes on Tuesday, went to an early evening showing of the three-hour movie about the life

Australian Senate recommends govt ban on TikTok be extended to WeChat

03 Aug 2023 09:25 AM IST

An Australian Senate committee has recommended a ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from federal government devices be extended to China’s most popular social media platform, WeChat. The Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media also recommended in a report late Tuesday that social media giants such as Facebook

N Korea slams new U.S. human rights envoy, warns criticism

03 Aug 2023 09:24 AM IST

North Korea targetted misogynistic insults on Wednesday at a newly confirmed United States special envoy to monitor the country’s human rights issues and warned of far security consequences if Washington continues to criticise its human rights conditions. The statement published by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency described Julie

French journalists end an unsuccessful strike against a new editor

03 Aug 2023 09:22 AM IST

Journalists at France’s emblematic Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche ended a 40-day strike Tuesday after unsuccessfully protesting against the appointment of an editor-in-chief, which they consider as a far-right supporter. It was the longest journalists’ strike in France in decades. The newspaper, also known as the JDD, was absent

At 744 mm, Beijing records heaviest rainfall in 140 years

03 Aug 2023 09:21 AM IST

China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in 140 years over the past few days. The city recorded 744.8 millimetres (29.3 inches) of rain between Saturday and Wednesday morning, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau said on Wednesday. Chinese authorities on Tuesday said the torrential rains around Beijing had destroyed roads, knocked

Indonesia buys 12 drones worth USD 300 million from Turkiye

03 Aug 2023 09:20 AM IST

The Indonesian government bought 12 drones worth USD 300 million from Turkish Aerospace as part of efforts to strengthen Indonesia’s defence system, according to a written statement from the Indonesian Defence Ministry on Wednesday. The purchase aims to increase the variety, quantity and quality of Indonesia’s military defence equipment with

Japan’s Okinawa suffers widespread damage as Typhoon ravages the region

03 Aug 2023 09:19 AM IST

A powerful typhoon slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan Wednesday with high winds injuring more than 20 people as it moved west making its way toward mainland China. Typhoon Khanun, which means jackfruit in Thai, was heading west at speeds of 10 kph (6 mph), packing surface winds