Baku, November 15 (IANS): Drawing on the first comprehensive dataset of more than 2,300 renewable energy start-ups across Africa and South Asia, a team led by the University of Oxford on Friday revealed India a
San Francisco, November 15 (IANS): The US government efficiency czar Elon Musk, in his lawsuit against Sam Altman-run OpenAI for abandoning its non-profit stance, has now named new defendants including Microsof
Seoul, November 15 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the performance test of suicide attack drones and stressed the need for prompt full-scale mass production, the North's state media reporte
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Twelve "terrorists" were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations in Pakistan, the military said.Security forces conducted the operations in the southwest Balochistan provin
Jakarta, Nov 14 (IANS) Mount Ibu, located in Indonesia's North Maluku province, erupted on Thursday, sending a column of ash up to 3 km high and prompting the second-highest aviation alert, according to the Vol
Baku, November 14 (IANS) Negotiations on climate finance at the COP29 United Nations climate change summit in Baku should be focussed on mobilising $1 trillion per year by 2030 in external finance from all sour
New York, November 14 (IANS) The Republican Party crossed the 218-mark in the House of Representatives as late results trickled in, scoring an electoral trifecta controlling both chambers of Congress and the Wh
Berlin, November 13 (IANS): Scientists in Germany have discovered amber in Antarctica for the first time, revealing that around 90 million years ago, the continent's climate conditions supported resin-producing
Washington, November 13 (IANS): Calling it "a toxic media platform", Britain's leading daily Guardian on Wednesday announced that it will stop posting content on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X from its
Islamabad, November 13 (IANS): China continues to vigorously push the proposal of deploying its own security staff for thousands of its citizens working in Pakistan following several deadly attacks carried agai
Baku, November 13 (IANS): With developed and developing countries divided in negotiations over climate finance at the COP29 talks, the High Ambition Coalition, an alliance of the world’s most climate-ambitiou
Baku, November 13 (IANS): People forcibly displaced are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of the global climate crisis, according to a report released. The report, published during the 29t
Port Sudan, November 13 (IANS): More than 15 million children in Sudan are out of school due to the country's ongoing conflict, the National Council for Child Welfare said. "We have more than 15 million c
New York, November 13 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing two maverick entrepreneurs -- Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (
New York, November 13 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as his secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which controls immigration-related agencies.
Beirut, November 13 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and some others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, the media reported.According to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), in two separate I
Washington, November 13 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump has said that he has named former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to be the US ambassador to Israel, to help steer foreign policy in the Middle East w
Jerusalem, Nov 12 (IANS) Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday on X that the country will continue hitting Hezbollah in Lebanon "with full force" and that there will be no ceasefire."In Lebanon, th
Colombo, Nov 12 (IANS) About 90,000 police and security force personnel have been deployed to provide security for the parliamentary election scheduled for Thursday, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.Police sp
Sanaa, Nov 12 (IANS) US-British navy coalition warplanes launched three airstrikes on the southern Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah Tuesday morning, Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported.The airstrikes hit in t