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DouYu CEO missing: China’s tech sector worries

09 Nov 2023 09:58 AM IST

The CEO of a Chinese live-streaming service, backed by Tencent, has become the latest executive to go missing in the country, as reported by the news channel. Tencent Holdings Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate. DouYu (DOYU) CEO Chen Shaojie has been unreachable in recent days. It

WWII-era blimp hangar destroyed in California fire

09 Nov 2023 09:57 AM IST

A raging fire destroyed a massive World War II-era wooden hangar that was built to house military blimps based in Southern California, and authorities said the blaze could burn for days. The Orange County Fire Authority said in a social media post that allowing the structure to collapse was the

Kabul bus explosion: 7 dead, 20 injured

09 Nov 2023 09:56 AM IST

As many as seven people died, and 20 others were injured in a bus explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, according to the police, as reported by the news agency. According to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran, the explosion occurred in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of Kabul, an area known to

UN Deputy Secretary-General urges action on Taliban’s women’s rights

09 Nov 2023 09:55 AM IST

The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, has called for an assessment of the Taliban’s stringent restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan as well as the denial of fundamental rights granted by divine principles, the news channel reported. Speaking at the inaugural session of the International Conference on Women

Gaza termed ‘graveyard for children’ by UN Secretary-General

09 Nov 2023 09:53 AM IST

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said Gaza is “becoming a graveyard for children”, CNN reported. Guterres told reporters in New York: “The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity.” He added that the need for a ceasefire is becoming “more urgent

Almost 10,000 rockets fired from Gaza since October 7

09 Nov 2023 09:52 AM IST

Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 9,500 rockets at Israeli territory since Hamas launched its multi-pronged attack on the Jewish state one month ago, according to data published by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. Jerusalem said the numbers are not final and are constantly being

Blinken reiterates US support for Ukraine holding Russia accountable

09 Nov 2023 09:51 AM IST

United Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday reiterated US support for Ukraine and for holding Russia accountable.He noted that Russia started the war against Ukraine and it could end the conflict at any time by withdrawing its forces. Taking to X, Blinken stated, “Russia started the war in Ukraine

Ivanka Trump to testify in civil fraud trial after father

09 Nov 2023 09:50 AM IST

Her father gave caustic testimony. Her brothers each spent more than a day on the witness stand. Now it’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to face questioning in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into the family business. Ex-President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, who has been in his inner circle

Greenland ice-shelf melt may cause 2-meter sea level rise

09 Nov 2023 09:49 AM IST

Published in ‘Nature Communications’ on Tuesday, a study into Greenland’s huge northern glaciers found that melting of ice shelves may lift the sea levels by 2.1 meters, nearly 7 feet if the glaciers were to break down completely. The report suggests that since 1978, ice shelves in North Greenland have

Israel-Hamas war: IDF kills Hamas member responsible for missile manufacturing

08 Nov 2023 14:42 PM IST

Israel-Hamas War Updates: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Wednesday that they successfully targeted and killed a high-ranking figure within Hamas’s weapons manufacturing division in an overnight airstrike. The individual, identified as Muhsin Abu Zina, held a significant role in the production of weapons for Hamas, specializing in “strategic

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: Gaza “becoming a graveyard for children”

08 Nov 2023 12:31 PM IST

According to CNN, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claimed that Gaza was “becoming a graveyard for children.” Reporters in New York were told by Guterres that the situation in Gaza was more than just a humanitarian one. This is a human crisis.” The necessity of a ceasefire is growing “more urgent

Hardeep Singh Puri meets CEO of German Biogas Association

08 Nov 2023 12:02 PM IST

Germany is a global leader in producing biogas from parali (stubble), so Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri met with Claudius da Costa Gomez, CEO of the German Biogas Association, in Berlin amid high pollution levels in the capital. Puri stated that they attempted to find