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McDonald’s temporarily shuts US offices while it processes layoff notices

03 Apr 2023 12:47 PM IST

As per Reuters while citing a Wall Street Journal report, global fast-food chain McDonald’s is temporarily closing its US offices as it prepares to tell corporate workers about layoffs as part of its restructuring. According to the story, the closure will take place this week. As per the report, in

US expresses concern over Russia detention of US journalist

03 Apr 2023 00:31 AM IST

The US on Sunday expressed concern over Russia’s detention of US citizen journalist Evan Gershkovich and called for his immediate release. US’ concern was expressed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a telephone conversation with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today

New York, city of Trump’s dreams, delivers his comeback

03 Apr 2023 00:31 AM IST

His name has been plastered on this city’s tabloids, bolted to its buildings, and cemented to a special breed of brash New York confidence. Now, with Donald Trump due to return to the place that put him on the map, the city he loved is poised to deliver his comeuppance. Rejected

U.S. leads the world in weather disasters, here’s why?

03 Apr 2023 00:30 AM IST

The United States is Earth’s punching bag for nasty weather. Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied, and more frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, jutting peninsulas like Florida, clashing storm

Mines continue to kill people in 70 countries: UN

03 Apr 2023 00:29 AM IST

More than two decades since the adoption of the landmark Mine Ban Treaty and the creation of the UN Mine Action Service, millions of landmines have been destroyed, but land in nearly 70 countries globally is still contaminated, and innocent people continue to be killed or maimed. Marked annually on

Young leaders want re-election in tight elections

03 Apr 2023 00:28 AM IST

A general election in Finland was expected to result in a close finish between three political parties Sunday, with Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats fighting to secure a second term running the government. Over 2,400 candidates from 22 parties were vying for the 200 seats in the Nordic country’s parliament,

Mozambique works to contain cholera after cyclone

03 Apr 2023 00:28 AM IST

Weeks after massive Cyclone Freddy slammed into Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens to add to the devastation. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as of 27 March there were more than 19,000 confirmed

‘Gen. Bajwa pressured me to develop friendly ties with India’

03 Apr 2023 00:26 AM IST

Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has claimed that the then Army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, put pressure on him to develop friendly ties with India. Relations between India and Pakistan have often been strained over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. However, their ties nosedived

Putin war-crimes warrant could complicate Ukraine peace effort

03 Apr 2023 00:25 AM IST

An international arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin raises the prospect of the man whose country invaded Ukraine facing justice, but it complicates efforts to end that war in peace talks. Both justice and peace appear to be only remote possibilities today, and the conflicting relationship between the two is

Pakistan to order Russian oil next month: Minister

03 Apr 2023 00:23 AM IST

Cash-strapped Pakistan plans to place its first order for Russian crude oil next month, and it will take about four weeks for the commodity to reach the country, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik said. Pakistan, which is currently grappling with high external debt and a weak local currency,

Israelis oppose legal reform despite suspension

03 Apr 2023 00:22 AM IST

Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against a controversial plan to reform the country’s legal system, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponing the changes earlier in the week. Demonstrators raised Israeli flags and banners in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub on the Mediterranean, for a 13-week demonstration against what they

Israeli attack in Syria injures five soldiers

03 Apr 2023 00:21 AM IST

Five soldiers were wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Syria’s Homs province early Sunday, Syrian state media reported. In Iran, state media reported that an Iranian adviser who was wounded in an Israeli attack died of his wounds on Friday. Since the start of the Syrian conflict in March 2011,