Daily Archives: May 20, 2024

Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party...

JOHANNESBURG, 19 May (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised...

SC to hear plea against new criminal laws

NEW DELHI, 19 May: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a petition challenging the enactment of three new laws that seek...

Philosophy could bridge gap between science and policy: Researchers

NEW DELHI, 19 May: Good evidence-based policy needs to also engage with philosophical questions, a new research work has suggested, adding that philosophers might...

Julian Assange facing pivotal moment

Brian Melley LONDON, 19 May: The host of a news conference about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition fight wryly welcomed journalists last week to the...

Audiobooks can stimulate child’s interest in reading: Ruskin Bond

NEW DELHI, 19 May: Audiobooks can inculcate story listening habits in children and gradually attract them to reading books, said legendary author Ruskin Bond,...

Helicopter carrying Iran’s president suffers a ‘hard landing,’ state TV says, and rescue is...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without...

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel’s leaders are increasingly...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, 19 May: (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with...

Sri Lanka strongly rejects UN rights report on enforced disappearances

Colombo, 19 May (PTI): Sri Lanka has questioned the timing and the mandate of a report issued by the Office of the United Nations...