Reuters: JAKARTA, July 13 – Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi held bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States on Thursday on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian-led summit in Indonesia. Wang is representing China at this week’s summits hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and attended by […]
Reuters: HELSINKI, July 13 – U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with Nordic leaders at Finland’s presidential palace on Thursday, visiting NATO’s newest member directly after knocking Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit a day earlier. Biden travelled to Finland, which shares a border with Russia, straight from this week’s NATO talks in Vilnius, […]
BBC News: A top Russian general says he has been removed from his post in Ukraine after telling military chiefs the truth about the dire situation on the front line. Maj Gen Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Army, which has been fighting in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. In a voice message, Maj […]
Reuters: MOSCOW, July 13 – A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership about the dire situation at the front in Ukraine where he said Russian soldiers had been stabbed in the back by the failings of the top military brass. After the June 24 mutiny by […]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s aviation regulator has banned helicopters from conducting “non-essential” flights, including those for sight-seeing, for two months after a deadly crash in the Everest region in which six people were killed. Five Mexican tourists and the Nepali pilot of a small helicopter operated by the private Manang Air company were killed on Tuesday when […]
BBC News: A heatwave is sweeping across parts of southern Europe and north-west Africa, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the coming days. Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey. In Italy, temperatures could reach as high as 48.8C (119.8F). A red alert warning has been issued […]
BBC News: The reformist winner of Thailand’s elections has been nominated for prime minister at the opening of parliament. Pita Limjaroenrat swept to victory as voters rejected conservative military rule that had been in place since a coup in 2014. But he needs the support of lawmakers appointed by the same military leaders to secure […]
BBC News: Hundreds of residents have been evacuated in the Indian capital Delhi as the water level of the Yamuna river continues to rise. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it had reached a 45-year high, already rising above the “danger mark”. Some near Delhi have seen record rainfall so far this monsoon season, which began […]
New Delhi: Torrential rain has caused widespread devastation in Himachal Pradesh, with landslides, power outages, blocked roads, and damaged bridges. The death count has risen to 80 while many tourists are stranded in various parts of the hill state. The estimated cost of the damage is reportedly between ₹ 3,000 crore and ₹ 4,000 crore. […]
