NDTV News: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has received another death threat call, Mumbai Police said today, weeks after a man was taken into custody for sending a threat email to the Dabangg actor. Police said that a threat call was made to the Mumbai Police control room on April 10. The caller who identified himself […]
Reuters: KYIV, April 11 – Russian forces pounded frontline cities in eastern Ukraine with air strikes and artillery attacks, while U.S. officials stepped up efforts to locate the source of a leak of classified U.S. documents, including those on Ukrainian counter-offensive plans. The Russians pressed on with their offensive in the eastern Donetsk region where […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, April 11 – Chinese warplanes and navy ships were still in the waters around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said on Tuesday after the end of three days of war games, as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticised Beijing for its “irresponsible” behaviour. China began the exercises on Saturday after Tsai returned to Taipei […]
BBC News: The US and the Philippines are holding their largest-ever joint military drills a day after China concluded large-scale exercises around Taiwan. Beijing staged three days of drills simulating blockades of Taiwan in response to the island’s leader meeting the US House Speaker last week. The US had called on Beijing to show restraint. […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, April 11 – China’s military exercises have caused instability in Taiwan and the region and are irresponsible acts for a major country, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said after Beijing ended three days of drills around the island. China began the war games on Saturday after Tsai returned to Taipei following a meeting in […]
BBC News: A leak of classified US Defence Department documents is a “very serious” risk to national security, the Pentagon has said. The documents appear to include sensitive information regarding the war in Ukraine, as well as on China and US allies. Officials say the files are in a format similar to documents issued to […]
BBC News: Five people died when an employee opened fire in a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, and livestreamed the attack on Instagram, police say. The victims were aged between 40 and 64. Among nine others injured was a rookie police officer who graduated to the force just two weeks ago. The officer was struck in […]
BBC News: The US Department of Justice has appealed against a Texas judge’s decision to suspend approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The Biden administration lawyers said last week’s “misguided” ruling risked women’s health by blocking access to a pill long cleared as safe. The Texas judge last week halted authorisation of the drug, but […]
ABC News: ISLAMABAD — Pakistanis living abroad have sent $2.5 billion home in March, responding to the cash-strapped government’s appeal for more hard currency remittances, the country’s central bank said Monday. The sum represents a 27.4% increase compared to February and is the highest in seven past months, according to a tweet by the State […]
ABC News: TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s military sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships toward Taiwan in a display of force following its president’s trip to the U.S., the island’s Defense Ministry said Monday. The Chinese military earlier had announced three-day “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to Taiwan, a self-ruled island which China claims […]
BBC News: Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla says it is expanding in China as it builds a new factory to make its large-scale batteries. The plant in Shanghai will be able to produce 10,000 of its “Megapack” energy storage units a year, the firm says. A Megapack is a very large battery that can […]
BBC News: What to make of the dozens of classified American Defence Department documents – maps, charts and photographs – now circulating on the internet? Complete with timelines and dozens of impenetrable military acronyms, the documents, some of them marked “top secret”, paint a detailed picture of the war in Ukraine. They tell of the […]
