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CNN fires hundreds of employees amid economic uncertainty

New York CNN Business — CNN on Wednesday informed employees that layoffs had commenced, a move that is expected to impact hundreds of staffers at the global news network and mark the deepest cuts to the organization in years.

Biden and Macron hold talks on Ukraine, climate, China

Biden, Macron hold talks on Ukraine, China & climate

Washington D.C.: United States (US) President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron sat down for the centerpiece talks of a pomp-filled French state visit, with the two leaders eager to talk through the war in Ukraine, concerns about China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific

UN urges Taliban to investigate reports of extrajudicial killings

UN asks Taliban to probe reports of extrajudicial killings

Kabul: The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan said they had asked the Taliban to hold a ‘credible investigation’ into reports of extrajudicial killings, including of children.

US and Asian allies impose new sanctions on North Korea after ICBM test

US, South Korea & Japan impose new sanctions on North Korea

Washington: The United States (US) , South Korea, and Japan have imposed sanctions on North Korean officials connected to the country's weapons programs after North Korea's latest and largest intercontinental ballistic missile test.

India's Hindutva regime decides to seal 100 more properties of Jamaat-e-Islami in IIOJK

India’s Hindutva regime to seal 100 more properties of Jamaat-e-Islami in IIOJK

Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) amid ongoing raids on political and social activists by the India’s Hindutva regime, New Delhi has announced to seal 100 more educational institutions and properties belonging to the Jamaat-e-Islami.

India ‘actively’ promoting terrorism in Pakistan

New York: Pakistan told a UN Security Council Arria-Formula meeting that India is “actively” sponsoring terrorism against it, but warned that Islamabad would continue to counter those terrorist threats effectively

Modi govt under fire for discontinuing minority scholarship

New Delhi: The Indian government has faced flak after it has discontinued the scholarship of minority students from class I to VIII citing free and compulsory education given under the Right to Education Act (RTE) 2009.

Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute leads to violence at college festival

New Delhi: The Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute became an issue at a college festival in Belagavi recently, when a student was allegedly beaten up after raising a Karnataka flag. This has led to protests by pro-Karnataka groups in the district.

Criminal case filed in India after school makes Dalit pupils clean toilets

Tamil Nadu: Police officials in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are looking for school officials, including the principal, who allegedly forced six children from a marginalised community to clean a toilet in the premises, leading one of them to contract a mosquito-borne viral infection.