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September 27, 2024 3:46 PM
Israel will continue to discuss ceasefire proposals for Lebanon in the days ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as Washington warned that further escalation would only make it harder for civilians on both sides to return home. Israel's foreign minister on Thursday rejected glob...
September 27, 2024 2:52 PM
Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, an issue once more in the spotlight as he visits. Both King Philippe and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo raised the issue in public in unusually forceful lan...
September 27, 2024 1:48 PM
President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signalling that Moscow will consider responding with nuclear weapons if they allow Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia with long-range Western missiles. But some in the West are asking: does he actually mean it...
September 27, 2024 1:30 PM
The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store for Earth billions of years from now - showing it is possible our planet might survive the death of the sun, albeit as a cold and desolate outpost in space. The planet, with ...
September 27, 2024 1:28 PM
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, called for urgent global cooperation to address the rising threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) during her address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on AMR on Friday. In her address, Patel high...
September 27, 2024 1:22 PM
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday announced the addition of coaches and special trains across the country for Chhath Puja and Diwali, aiming to make travel easier for passengers. “This festive season, we have increased general coaches in 108 trains. We have also sanctioned 12,500 coache...
September 27, 2024 1:03 PM
Former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba was set on Friday to become Japan's next prime minister after winning a closely fought contest in his fifth and final attempt to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The 67-year-old prevailed over hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi in a run-off vote in w...
September 27, 2024 12:33 PM
Pakistan has received "significant financing assurances" from China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates linked to a new International Monetary Fund program that go beyond a deal to roll over $12 billion in bilateral loans owed to them by Islamabad, an IMF official said on Thursday. IMF Pakis...
September 27, 2024 12:30 PM
Bangladeshi all rounder Shakib Al Hasan announced his retirement plan on Thursday, just a day before second and final test match against India in Kanpur. He made an announcement that he wish to play his farewell test match at Mirpur against South Africa next month if Bangladesh Cricket Board assured...
September 27, 2024 11:09 AM
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party votes on Friday in leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Here are the leading contenders based on public opinion polls. SHIGERU ISHIBA, 67 The former defence minister is making his fifth and, he says, final bid to lead a party that ha...
