BBC: The world’s fastest growing major economy is increasingly dependent on dole to keep its poorest people out of desperate poverty. Over the past decade, government cash transfers, particularly directed at women and farmers, have emerged as a major welfare tool for poverty eradication in India. Federal and state allocations for such schemes grew more […]
BBC: Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have welcomed three ex-US presidents, dignitaries and celebrities to the opening of the Obama Presidential Center. The Chicago attraction, a monument to the eight years the couple spent in the White House, has been in the works since the 44th president left the Oval […]
BBC: A Russian “shadow fleet” tanker has entered the English Channel for the first time since UK forces boarded the Smyrtos on Sunday morning, ship tracking data shows. Forwarder, a Russian-flagged ship that left port in Primorsk last week, entered the Channel on Wednesday evening and sailed south. It is broadcasting its final destination as […]
BBC: President Donald Trump has called off a Capitol Hill appearance by his nominee to be America’s top spy chief, citing frustration with surveillance legislation stalled in Congress. Jay Clayton was scheduled to appear before the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday – his first step toward taking over as director of national intelligence (DNI). On […]
BBC: Explosions and gunfire were heard early on Thursday at the airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, residents have told the BBC. “I heard the first gunshots at 06:00 local time (05:00 GMT) while I was at the mosque. But the current situation is under control,” one person said. The gunfire, which lasted for two hours, […]
BBC: Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian capital and setting columns of thick smoke billowing high into the sky. Seventeen people were wounded in the Moscow region, according to local governor Andrei Vorobyov. Almost 1,000 drones […]
(Reuters) June 18 – The Ukrainian capital came under attack from Russian missiles, Kyiv authorities said on Thursday, as they urged residents to take shelter hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders. A Reuters witness heard explosions in Kyiv and authorities in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy […]
BBC: A US-Iran agreement to extend the ceasefire between the two countries has been signed and is now in effect, a White House official has confirmed to the BBC. President Donald Trump formally signed the deal – which is set to reopen the pivotal Strait of Hormuz – while attending the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains […]
BBC: Japan must “strengthen its defence capabilities”, Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has told the BBC, emphasising the need to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined the country since World War Two. He said boosting defence, “reinforcing its alliance with the United States, and expanding collaboration with like-minded countries” was part of “building multi-layered deterrence […]
BBC: Authorities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for a six-year-old Ebola patient and her mother after armed men stormed the hospital where they were being treated. The child was taken from Wanamahika Hospital, in the city of Butembo, by “very angry” men with knives, local health official Dr Lubambo Maboko Gaston said […]
