T-Mobile settles to pay $350M to customers in data breach
NEW YORK , Jul 24 (AP)-- T- Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million to customers affected by a class action lawsuit filed after...
UK may be forced into Omicron lockdown as London declares major incident’
London, Dec 18 (PTI) The UK government is reportedly drawing up plans on Saturday for a short two-week circuit breaker lockdown later this month,...
Salman Rushdie attack was unjustifiable, says former Pakistan PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has termed the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie as 'terrible and sad,' indicating that...
Nine killed in South Africa after gas tanker explodes
JOHANNESBURG, 24 Dec: At least nine people, including two fire-fighters, were killed and many others injured after a gas tanker which got stuck under...
North Korea says latest launches tested 1st spy satellite
Seoul, Dec 19 (AP) North Korea said Monday it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first...
13 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan remembers the dead and vows to keep...
TOKYO, 11 Mar: Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of...
Jaishankar meets UN chief and Belarusian, Tajikistan, Uzbek counterparts in Kazakhstan
Astana (Kazakhstan) 3 Jul: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met UN chief Antonio Guterres and discussed global hotspots and their larger implications...
Mexico’s president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US...
MEXICO CITY, 3 Oct: Mexico’s president said Monday that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blamed U.S....
Germany sticks to 2030 coal exit target amid energy worries
BERLIN, 20 Jun: The German government said Monday that it remains committed to its goal of phasing out coal as a power source by...
Pacific season’s 1st hurricane aims at Mexico tourist zone
MEXICO CITY , May 30 (AP) — Hurricane Agatha, the first of the eastern Pacific season, headed for a stretch of tourist beaches and...
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...
The world’s rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN...
GENEVA, 7 Oct (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the...
Citing Russia’s war, IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.6%
WASHINGTON , 19 Apr (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded the outlook for the world economy this year and next, blaming...
Pope seeks diplomatic end to Russian tensions over Ukraine
VATICAN CITY , Dec 12 (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday offered prayers for Ukraine, and urged dialogue and not weapons as Russia masses...
28 killed, 26 injured in two separate road accidents in Pak: Police
Karachi, Aug 16 (PTI) At least 28 people were killed and 26 others injured in two separate road accidents in Pakistan's Sindh province on...
Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine, 11 Jul (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Nepal
Kathmandu, 25 Jul (PTI): A 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook the central Nepal on Monday morning, jolting many out of their sleep and forcing them to...
Iran displays missiles amid nuclear talks with world powers
Dubai, Jan 7 (AP) Iran put three ballistic missiles on display at an outdoor prayer esplanade in central Tehran on Friday, as talks in...
Germany garages searched in suspected chemical attack plot
BERLIN , 9 Jan (AP) — German investigators on Monday searched two garages used by an Iranian man arrested on suspicion that he could...
India beat Australia 5-4 in FIH Pro League in rare win
Rourkela, 12 Mar: Captain Harmanpreet Singh got his mojo back as he scored a hat-trick, all from penalty corners, to lead India to a...