Reuters: HONG KONG, Dec 2 – Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday an independent committee would be established to investigate the cause of the city’s deadliest fire in decades, including oversight of renovations blamed for the disaster that has claimed 151 lives. Police have arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a criminal investigation into […]
BBC: Multinational retail giant Costco has sued the US government to secure a full refund of import duties if the Supreme Court rejects President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval. Costco’s lawsuit urges the federal trade court to declare Trump’s ’emergency’ tariffs illegal, an authority the president says he has under the […]
BBC: Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed without evidence that Russian forces have taken control of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk, both Ukrainian cities where intense fighting has been happening for weeks in the eastern part of the country. Putin made the claims the night before his meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow to […]
BBC: India’s Supreme Court prides itself on defending the rights of Dalits – historically the country’s most oppressed citizens. But a new study argues that the court’s own language has frequently reflected the caste hierarchies it aims to erase. About 160 million Indians are Dalits, once called “untouchables”, yet many remain trapped in menial jobs and shut […]
BBC: President Zelensky has said Kyiv’s priorities in peace talks to end the war with Russia are maintaining Ukraine’s sovereignty and securing strong security guarantees. Zelensky said “the territorial issue is the most difficult”, as Russia continues to demand that Ukraine give up areas of the eastern Donbas region that it still holds – which […]
Zee news: Indian Railways Update: In a major comfort upgrade for train travellers, Southern Railway’s Chennai Division has announced that sleeper-class passengers in non-AC coaches will soon enjoy access to pillows and bed sheets onboard. Starting 1 January, passengers will be able to rent clean, mechanized-washed linens during their journey, ending the long-standing practice of carrying […]
Reuters: HONG KONG, Dec 1 – Hong Kong authorities said on Monday they had arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for fuelling a blaze that has claimed at least 151 lives. Police continued to sweep the seven burnt-out towers engulfed in Wednesday’s […]
ABC: THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The president of the International Criminal Court said during the institution’s annual meeting Monday that it will not bow to pressure from the United States and Russia. Nine staff members, including six judges and the court’s chief prosecutor, have been sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials, while Moscow […]
ABC: ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomb attack near a police vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan killed at least one officer on Monday and wounded several others, officials said. The attack happened in Lakki Marwat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police official Ashfaq Khan said, without providing further details. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a […]
BBC: At least four people,including three children,have been killed in a mass shooting at afamily gatheringin California, authorities say. The victims were eight, nine, 14 and 21 years old, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday. Eleven others were injured in the incident at a restaurant in the state’s northern […]