BBC News: A deadly fire at a school dormitory in Guyana appears to have been started by a pupil who was angry her mobile phone had been confiscated, officials say. Nineteen people – mostly female students – were killed in the blaze in the South American country in the early hours of Monday. The dorm […]
BBC News: The US has distanced itself from an incursion into Russia – which Moscow says ended in the defeat of armed insurgents who entered from Ukraine. Parts of the border region of Belgorod came under attack on Monday, in one of the most major cross-border raids since Russia invaded its neighbour last year. Russia […]
NDTV News: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan topped the list of 10 main targets that jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi planned to eliminate, the notorious criminal confessed to the National Investigation Agency, officials said. Lawrence Bishnoi said that in the year 1998, Salman Khan hunted the black buck, which is considered sacred by the Bishnoi community and […]
NDTV News: Troops of Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday shot down a Pakistani drone carrying narcotics along the international border in Punjab’s Amritsar, said a BSF official. The official said that two packets suspected to be heroin have been seized during the search. “BSF shot down a Pakistani drone carrying narcotics near the International […]
NDTV News: India is withdrawing its highest value currency note from circulation, giving consumers and businesses a four-month deadline to exchange or deposit the legal tender, a move reminiscent of a shock demonetization exercise in 2016. Announcing the move late Friday, the Reserve Bank of India said the 2,000 rupee ($24) notes had reached the […]
AL Jazeera News: Russian forces are battling a cross-border incursion by fighters – described alternatively as either armed Russian opposition groups or Ukrainian saboteurs — who crossed the Ukrainian frontier in what appeared to be one of the most daring attacks on Russian territory since Moscow’s war on Kyiv began 15 months ago. The governor […]
ABC News: ANGKOK — Six people, including four children, died Monday when strong winds from a rainstorm caused a metal roof on a school’s activity center to collapse in northern Thailand, officials said. Eighteen other people were hospitalized, they said. Some students had gone inside the activity center at the Wat Nern Por primary school […]
ABC News: SEOUL, South Korea — Leaders of South Korea and the European Union agreed Monday to increase pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine and condemn North Korea’s ballistic missile tests. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in […]
ABC News: BANGKOK — Thailand’s opposition Move Forward Party. the top vote-getter in last week’s national election, signed an agreement with seven other parties on Monday on a joint platform they hope will lead to the formation of a coalition government in July. The 23-point agreement sidesteps several volatile issues while seeking to preserve most […]
NDTV News: India recorded 473 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases dipped to 7,623, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The number of deaths has increased to 5,31,839 with seven deaths which include one fatality reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case tally was […]