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October 17, 2024 10:16 PM
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remained unrepentant about the Oct. 7 attacks a year ago, people in contact with him have said, despite unleashing an Israeli invasion that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, laid waste to his Gaza homeland and rained destruction on ally Hezbollah. Two officials...
October 17, 2024 4:47 PM
A national-level dialogue on FAO’s report "The unjust climate" organized on 16 October in New Delhi, focused on the multidimensional poverty and climate vulnerabilities in rural parts of the country. It also provided policy recommendations on addressing the adverse effects of climate stressors, in...
October 17, 2024 5:13 PM
Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana for a second term on Thursday, marking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) third consecutive government in the state. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office to Saini and his council of ministers at a cerem...
October 17, 2024 12:38 PM
With less than three weeks remaining before the U.S. presidential election, the economy has emerged as a decisive issue for voters. Approximately 81% of registered voters consider the state of the economy a crucial factor in determining their vote. As the campaign enters its final stretch, Democrat...
October 17, 2024 12:43 PM
The mayor of a major town in south Lebanon was among 16 people killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed its municipal headquarters in the biggest attack on an official Lebanese state building since the Israeli air campaign began. Lebanese officials denounced the incident, which also wounded more ...
October 17, 2024 12:48 AM
A giant sphere 700 m (2,300 ft) underground with thousands of light-detecting tubes will be sealed in a 12-storey cylindrical pool of water in coming months for an experiment that will shine new light on elusive subatomic particles known as neutrinos. After years of construction, the $300 million J...
October 16, 2024 10:56 AM
The United States has told Israel it must take steps in the next month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential restrictions on U.S. military aid, U.S. officials said, in the strongest such warning since Israel's war with Hamas began a year ago. U.S. Secretary of State Anto...
October 16, 2024 10:56 AM
India and Colombia reviewed the existing bilateral relations including trade, investment, energy, IT, and identified new areas of cooperation, such as in defence, renewable energy and railways during the 10th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in New Delhi. Both sides also exchanged views ...
October 15, 2024 7:10 PM
When Indonesian President Joko Widodo was first inaugurated in 2014, his eldest son didn't want to be there. Gibran Rakabuming Raka, then 27, had spent much of his life outside the limelight and "didn't agree with his father's decision to enter politics," said Andi Widjajanto, a former top adviser ...
October 15, 2024 4:05 PM
When floods ripped through parts of Europe in September, the scale of the destruction took people by surprise. The intense rains should not have, because those had been predicted by sophisticated forecasting systems enhanced with artificial intelligence. But forewarned did not mean forearmed. Thoug...
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