Reuters: July 20- Russian strikes on Ukrainian port areas continued on Thursday, local authorities said, after Moscow warned that ships heading to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports could be considered military targets. As concerns grew over Russia pulling out of a deal that has protected global shipments of Ukrainian grain, authorities in the Mykolaiv and Odesa […]
Reuters: Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Peru on Wednesday in marches organized by groups opposed to President Dina Boluarte, while police took anti-riot measures against some demonstrators, arresting at least six. Peaceful protesters affiliated with left-wing groups and unions marched in the capital Lima, while isolated incidents involving the police […]
NDTV News: Wellington: New Zealand’s prime minister said a shooting that killed two people in central Auckland hours before the women’s football World Cup opener Thursday was not linked to a national security threat and the tournament will go ahead as planned. The shooting at a building site wounded six people including police officers and […]
NDTV News: Bogot, Colombia: Five politicians and a pilot died Wednesday in a small plane crash in central Colombia, authorities said. The five were all members of the right-wing Centro Democratico of former president Alvaro Uribe. They were on a plane that came down in the municipal area of San Luis de Gaceno in the […]
BBC News: Travis King, the American soldier who fled to North Korea, had been jailed for assault in South Korea prior to crossing the border. Court documents showed he had been embroiled in fights and hit a police car in Seoul. The 23-year-old serviceman had been recently released and was being sent back to the […]
BBC News: More than 2,000 residents are being evacuated from four villages in Russian-occupied Crimea after a fire that triggered hours of explosions at a nearby ammunition depot. Russian-installed officials also shut a stretch of the motorway that crosses the southern half of the peninsula. They did not explain the cause of the fire at […]
BBC News: Fifteen people have died after an electricity transformer exploded on the banks of the Alaknanda river in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Authorities say a police official and five home guards are among those killed in the accident which took place in Chamoli district. The state’s chief minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, has […]
BBC News: Thai reformist leader Pita Limjaroenrat has been suspended from parliament, further weakening his already slim chances of becoming prime minister. Thailand’s Constitutional Court issued the order after agreeing to hear a case against the Move Forward party leader. It will decide whether he should be disqualified from parliament for owning shares in a […]
NDTV News: New Delhi: Over 20,000 vehicles in Delhi face over 100 challans each, but their owners have not bothered to pay the fines yet. According to Delhi traffic police, there are 20,684 such vehicles in the national capital against which 100 or more challans have been issued. Also, there are over 1.65 lakh vehicles […]
NDTV News: New Delhi: Gujarat was hit by heavy rainfall on Tuesday, causing flooding in several areas. Torrential rain caused severe waterlogging in Rajkot, Surat and Gir Somnath districts after the state received 300 mm of rainfall in the last few hours, forcing the evacuation of 70 people. Visuals on social media paint a grim […]
