BBC News: Russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration by a United Nations conference on nuclear disarmament. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is reviewed by its 191 signatories every five years, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Russia objected to a draft text citing “grave concern” over military activities around Ukraine’s […]
BBC News: A fifth effort to pass a global agreement to protect the world’s oceans and marine life has failed. Talks to pass the UN High Seas Treaty had been ongoing for two weeks in New York, but governments could not agree on the terms. Despite international waters representing nearly two-thirds of the world’s oceans, […]
BBC News: Earlier this week, inside the huge, Islamically-styled Palace of Justice in Malaysia’s political capital Putrajaya, something remarkable happened. In the dock stood a man of immense wealth and power, who, when he was prime minister, was quite literally untouchable. Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak – to give him […]
BBC News: Russian nuclear power giant Rosatom will begin constructing two new nuclear reactors in Hungary in the coming weeks, Hungary’s foreign minister said. The deal, reached between Russia and the EU state in 2014, aims to expand the existing Paks nuclear plant. Russia’s nuclear industry has not been subjected to EU sanctions over its […]
NDTV News: In a shocking incident, six members of a family were found dead this morning in Balana village in Haryana’s Ambala, said officials on Friday. The officials recovered a suicide note from the spot. The dead have been identified as Sangat Ram (65), his wife Mahindra Kaur, Sukhwinder Singh (34), and his wife Reena. […]
New Delhi had approached Kathmandu six weeks ago for cooperation and approval for the recruitment, taking place after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian Express: Days before the scheduled arrival of Indian Army Chief, Gen Manoj Pande, to receive the ‘Honorary General’ rank of Nepal Army, Kathmandu has for now stalled […]
Reuters: SYDNEY, Aug 26 – Australian police said on Friday it had seized some A$1.6 billion ($1.1 billion) worth of crystal meth, also known as ‘ice’, concealed within marble stones in several sea freight containers, in what it said was the biggest ever haul of the drug in the country. More than 1,800 kg of […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, Aug 26 – The recent visits by guests from the United States have reinforced Taiwan’s determination to defend itself, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday as she met the latest U.S. lawmaker to visit the island in defiance of Beijing. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory against the strong objections […]
Reuters: TOKYO, Aug 26 – Japan will spend $1.83 million on a state funeral for slain former leader Shinzo Abe, the government said on Friday, despite growing opposition from a public angered by revelations of the ruling party’s ties to the Unification Church. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving but divisive premier, was shot and killed at an […]
BBC News: In an estimated 12 seconds, two skyscrapers near the Indian capital, Delhi, will be demolished by implosion on Sunday afternoon. The two cheek-by-jowl towers called Apex and Ceyane – which were built by a private developer called Supertech and later found to be in violation of building norms – will be the country’s […]
