BBC News: US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday evening and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House says. The 72-year-old, who is vaccinated and has received boosters, will stay at home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where she and President Joe Biden spent part of the weekend. The president tested negative […]
NDTV News: The G20 Summit will kick off on September 8 in New Delhi. Leaders from the group of 20 major economies of the world will discuss and find solutions to several key global issues including digital transformation, climate financing, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and food security among others. Here’s a list of world leaders […]
NDTV News: An instrument, used to hold open surgical wounds, was left inside the abdomen of a woman in New Zealand after she underwent a caesarean section at a hospital. The retractor was not removed until 18 months after her delivery. According to the report, the woman suffered severe pain for 18 months and the […]
ABC News: BANGKOK — A drone attack on a police headquarters in a major border town in eastern Myanmar has killed at least five officials including a senior army officer and a district administrator, members of two emergency rescue teams and media reports said Monday. The attack, carried out Sunday evening in two stages, is […]
NDTV News: A Pakistan Navy helicopter crashed during a routine training flight in the country’s restive Balochistan province on Monday, killing three people, including two officers, a navy spokesperson said. The crash occurred in the province’s port city of Gwadar when the helicopter developed a technical problem, killing two Navy officers and a sailor of […]
BBC News: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC’s US partner CBS. The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine, the official said. The exact location […]
BBC News: US President Joe Biden has said he is “disappointed” that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping plans to skip the upcoming G20 summit in India. Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the summit in New Delhi this week, Reuters reported. “I am disappointed… but I am going to get to […]
BBC News: A jail in the US state of Minnesota has been placed under emergency lockdown after about 100 inmates refused to return to their cells. Members of a crisis negotiation team were deployed to the Stillwater correctional facility on Sunday. A spokesperson for the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) said the reasons behind the […]
BBC News: Ukrainian generals claim they have breached Russia’s formidable first line of defences in the south, as the counter-offensive launched earlier this summer may be poised to gather pace. Since June, Kyiv’s territorial gains have been very small – but is Ukraine finally at a turning point? “Yes, it’s true,” says Yuriy Sak, an […]
BBC News: An army air strike on the Sudanese capital has killed at least 20 people, including two children, activists say. Many of the victims of the attack, in the Kalakla al-Qubba neighbourhood of south-west Khartoum, have been buried in the rubble, they said. Artillery and rocket fire have been reported in several areas on […]
For months, the world has been captivated by the last season of Succession, the Emmy-winning TV drama on the lives of the corporate élite. But in India, a real-life succession plan, involving a fortune of billions of dollars, is making news. The three children of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man and head of Reliance Industries, […]
BBC News: Russia’s diplomats were once a key part of President Putin’s foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed. In the years leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomats lost their authority, their role reduced to echoing the Kremlin’s aggressive rhetoric. BBC Russian asks former Western diplomats, as well as ex-Kremlin and […]
