The European Union moves to hike tariffs on Chinese electric car imports, escalating trade...
BRUSSELS, 12 Jun (AP) — The European Union moved Wednesday to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, escalating a trade dispute over Beijing’s subsidies...
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to childhood trauma: Study
London, Fab 2 (PTI) Reluctance or refusal to get vaccinated for COVID-19 infection may be associated with traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect,...
105 Dead In Ethnic Clashes In Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan, Jul 20 (PTI): Ethnic clashes in Sudan's Blue Nile state in a deadly land dispute killed 105 people and wounded 291, the...
Women March To Defend Rights Across Globe Mark Women’s Day
Madrid, 8 Mar (AFP): Women were taking to the streets from Kabul to Bangkok on Wednesday to mark International Women's Day and defend rights...
Sri Lankan police give ultimatum to protestors to vacate main protest site and adjacent...
Colombo, Aug 3 (PTI) The Sri Lankan police on Wednesday set an August 5 deadline for the protesters to remove all illegal tents and...
Space junk forces spacewalk delay, too risky for astronauts
Cape Canaveral, Nov 30 (AP) NASA called off a spacewalk Tuesday because of menacing space junk that could puncture an astronaut's suit or damage...
Developed nations must enact laws for zero-emission goal by 2030: India
Washington, Oct 15 (PTI) Developed countries must take measures and legislate for net-zero emissions by the current decade itself, India demanded on Friday.
India made...
Iran appoints ex-roads minister as head of nuclear agency
Tehran, Aug 29 (AP) Iran's president on Sunday appointed a new director of the country's nuclear department, state TV reported, replacing the nation's most...
Bangladesh leader: Prolonged Rohingya stay impacts stability
Dhaka, Sep 12 (AP): Bangladesh’s prime minister said Monday that the prolonged stay of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in crowded camps in...
Immune-suppressed not at higher risk of poor Covid outcomes: Lancet study
Washington, Nov 19 (PTI) People taking medications that suppress the immune system overall do not have a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 or...
Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86
DUBAI, 16 Dec: Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying...
Fed set to impose another big rate hike to fight inflation
WASHINGTON , Jul 27 (AP) — With inflation at a four-decade high, the job market strong and consumers still spending, the Federal Reserve is...
Pak death toll from monsoon rains, flooding reaches 320, PM visits worst-hit Balochistan
Karachi, Jul 31 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has visited flood-ravaged Balochistan province and assured the affected people of all possible help in...
Pressure Builds On Germany To Send Military Aid To Ukraine
Berlin, Sep 13 (AP): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces pressure at home and abroad over weapons deliveries to Ukraine, with Kyiv blasting his refusal...
India opens an investigation after US says it disrupted a plot to kill a...
NEW DELHI, 29 Nov (AP) — India has set up a high-level inquiry after U.S. authorities raised concerns with New Delhi that its government...
UK court allows Assange’s extradition to US for spying case
LONDON , Dec (AP) — A British appellate court opened the door Friday for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States by...
Climate change: Loss of glaciers will hurt tourism, power supplies and more
Jakarta, Nov 10, (AP/PTI): From the southern border of Germany to the highest peaks in Africa, glaciers around the world have served as moneymaking...
Chinese prez calls for elevating Chinese armed forces to world-class standards
BEIJING, 9 Mar: Amid escalating tensions with the US, China's President Xi Jinping has called for more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class...
Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 84 people
ISLAMABAD, 19 May (AP) — More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 84 in the country’s north...
3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize
Stockholm, Oct 11 (AP) Three US-based economists won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics on Monday for pioneering research on the labour market impacts...