LONDON: Greece must address its responsibilities over the capsizing of a migrant vessel last year that led to the deaths of more than 600 people, Amnesty International said ahead of its participation in a European Parliament committee on Wednesday to discuss the sinking of the
PARIS: Past and future UN climate talk hosts the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil said Tuesday they are forming a “troika” to push for an international agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The UAE hosted last year’s COP28 conference in Dubai, while
NEW DELHI: Indian farmers plan to continue a protest march to New Delhi on Tuesday after talks with ministers failed to make progress on issues including better crop prices promised in 2021 when thousands camped on highways leading to the capital. The march, the latest in
MEJILLONES Chile: With its emerald green waters and white sands, the small town of Mejillones in northern Chile looks deceptively like a typical seaside resort. However, in the distance, coal-fired plants and factories bellow noxious fumes into the air, a grim reminder that the town in
LONDON: The vast personal library of influential naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin is to be published in its entirety online for the first time. Scientists said the collection – the majority of which was unknown or unpublished until now – shows the “extraordinary extent” of Mr
NEW YORK: The mental ability and age of the United States' presidential candidates took center stage on the campaign trail, following a report that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses. Former President Donald Trump accused both Biden, the Democrat he will likely face in
TEANECK, United States: They are only teenagers, but a pair of New Jersey high school students — one Jewish and one Muslim — are tackling an issue much bigger than themselves, bridging divides in their suburb shaken by the Israel-Hamas war. The effort originated soon after
NEW DELHI: Seven of the eight former members of the Indian Navy returned to their country in the early hours of Monday after being placed on death row for espionage on behalf of Israel in Qatar over three and a half months ago. Last year, the
LONDON: Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay dispute with the British government remains in stasis. The British Medical Association, the union that represents the
LONDON: The UK should build a memorial to Muslim soldiers who fought in the First and Second World Wars, former Chancellor Sir Sajid Javid told the BBC. He said a memorial should be erected at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to “help honour the fallen