China, US tensions rise over suspected Chinese spy balloon
BEIJING, 3 Feb: The U.S. was tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over American airspace, and China said Friday that it would look...
India ranks 2nd for global investment in digital shopping companies
London, 9 Mar: India is the second-largest global venture capital investment hub for digital shopping companies, growing by a whopping 175 per cent from...
Automaker warns over UK operations and calls for Brexit trade deal renegotiation
LONDON , 17 May (AP) — The world’s fourth-biggest carmaker by sales has warned of a potential existential threat to large parts of the...
Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants lost at sea for 6 days; several have been...
NICOSIA, 24 Jan: At least four people have been hospitalized after Cypriot police rescued 60 Syrian migrants found aboard a rickety wooden boat some...
18 dead in overloaded truck crash in Indonesia’s West Papua
Jakarta, Apr 13 (AP) An overloaded truck carrying 29 people hit a hillside and overturned near an illegal gold mine in Indonesia's West Papua...
Landslide leaves up to a dozen missing on Italian island
MILAN, 26 Nov (AP) — Heavy rainfall triggered landslides early Saturday on the southern Italian island of Ischia that left as many as 12...
Waves of suicide drones strike Ukraine’s capital, 4 killed
KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 17 (AP) — Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze and tearing a hole in one...
China denies its warship fired laser at Australian surveillance aircraft
Beijing, Feb 21 (PTI) China on Monday questioned Australia's claim that a Chinese warship had fired laser at the surveillance aircraft while in flight...
Princess Anne takes the Staten Island ferry to Manhattan
NEW YORK , Oct 5 (AP) — Princess Anne took a ride on the Staten Island Ferry during a visit to New York City.
The...
Teenage pilot starts around-the-world flight from Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Mar 23 (AP) — Like brother, like sister.
A Belgian-British teenage pilot hopes to join his sister in the record books after starting...
US envoy to Taiwan declares ties ‘rock solid’ amid military threats from China
TAIPEI, Taiwan, 4 Sep (AP) — The top U.S. envoy to Taiwan on Wednesday said American support for the island is “rock-solid, principled, and...
Oil giant Saudi Aramco makes a historic $161B profit in 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 12 Mar: Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported Sunday earning $161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by...
Western European powers press Iran to agree to nuclear deal
BERLIN , Jul 27 (AP) — Western European powers are pressing Iran to agree to a revival of its 2015 nuclear deal after a...
UN peacekeeping missions continue to operate in challenging settings involving terrorists: Jaishankar at UNSC
United Nations, Aug 18 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the UN peacekeeping missions continue to operate in a variety...
China calls for more support for its Ukraine peace plan created with Brazil
BANGKOK, 27 Aug (AP) — China called on Tuesday for more countries to endorse its peace plan for Ukraine, after a round of diplomacy...
New Covid vaccine mimics virus shape to provide robust protection: Study
Washington, Aug 13 (PTI) Scientists have developed a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate that mimics the shape of the virus to trigger robust antibody response...
Panel details pressure campaign for unproven COVID treatment
WASHINGTON , 24 Aug (AP) — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment,...
Yemeni rebels say death toll from prison airstrike at 80
Cairo, Jan 22 (AP) The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels climbed to at...
UK’s Boris Johnson Urges “Determined Push” For Climate Change Deal
Glasgow, Nov 10, (AFP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said a UN climate change summit had made progress towards halting runaway global...
“We Lost”: Disappointment At Sri Lanka Protest Camp After Election
Colombo, Jul 20 (AFP): A sullen crowd reacted to the election of Sri Lanka's new president with disappointment Wednesday, near the protest camp where...