United Nations: The World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, temporarily halted all operations, as a result of the fighting between rival military groups in Sudan, which led to the deaths of three WFP employees on Saturday. According to a statement attributable to WFP’s Executive
Kyiv: More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal full-scale war last February. While celebrations were
Sydney: At least 50 climate change activists were charged with unlawful demonstration near Australia's largest coal export port on Sunday after protesters climbed on a coal train and shovelled the coal. New South Wales state police said 47 demonstrators were charged with "rail corridor offences", two
Karuizawa, Japan: Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are vowing a tough stance on China’s increasing threats to Taiwan and on North Korea’s unchecked tests of long-range missiles, while building momentum on ways to boost support for Ukraine and punish Russia for
United Nations: Without $97 billion in extra funding, a range of countries will fail to meet their 2030 national education targets, a new UN report has revealed, calling for an urgent review of financing. The paper ‘Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks?’ by the Global
New Delhi: The arrest of an Indian soldier over the killing of four others at a military base has brought into focus the issue of fratricide in the country's military and paramilitary forces. Fratricide, in military parlance, refers to a soldier or security personnel killing their
New Delhi: Amid ChatGPT's rise, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai expressed his concerns over the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) and believes it may disrupt jobs of knowledge workers, posing a larger threat to information and news. Speaking in an interview on CBS 60 Minutes
Mumbai: At least eleven people died fter suffering from sunstroke at an event attended by India's home minister on the outskirts of Mumbai, the chief minister of Maharashtra state said. Hundreds of thousands of people attended an award function on Sunday afternoon where federal home minister
New Delhi: Authorities have said that former Indian politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother were killed by gunmen who appeared to be journalists, live on TV, reported AFP. Atiq, 61, was convicted of kidnapping but was incarcerated in 2019. As per the television images, he was
New Delhi: Police in India's northern border state of Punjab have arrested a soldier in connection with last week's killing of four others at a military base, they said on Monday. The four were shot dead in their sleep in barracks at the Bathinda military base