Bangkok, August 12 (PTI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa is staying at a hotel here in the heart of Thailand's capital, where police have advised the ousted Sri Lankan president to remain indoors for security reasons,
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London, August 12 (PTI): Amid prolonged heatwave conditions, large parts of England were on Friday officially declared as being drought-hit, which means restrictions will be placed on domestic and commercial wa
Bristol, August 12 (The Conversation): The Earth is approximately 1.1 degree Celsius warmer than it was at the start of the industrial revolution. That warming has not been uniform, with some regions warming at
Seoul, August 12 (AP): South Korea's president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her governm
Hong Kong, August 12 (AP): Hong Kong's government says its population has shrunk for a second year as anti-virus controls hampered the inflow of new workers and births declined, but it made no mention of an-
Islamabad, August 12 (PTI): The Pakistan government is preparing a "contingency plan" to deal with the potential resurgence of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as prospects of a peace dea
Seoul, August 12 (AP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday proclaimed unwavering UN commitment to a fully denuclearised North Korea, even as a divided Security Council allows more room f
Kyiv, August 11 (AP) Ukraine has said that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in a deadly string of explosions at an air base in Crimea that appeared to be the result of a Ukrainian attack, which would repre-
Beijing, August 11 (PTI) China on Thursday sought to defend its move to block a proposal by the US and India at the UN to blacklist Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar, saying it
Seoul, August 11 (AP) In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong Un's sister said he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus. She blamed rival
Kyiv, August 11 (AP) The European Union's full ban on Russian coal imports kicked in on Thursday at a time when British defence intelligence said that Western sanctions were increasingly having an impact, e
Gaza City (Palestine), August 11 (AP) The death toll from last weekend's fighting between Israel and Gaza militants has risen to 47, after a man died from wounds sustained during the violence, the Heal
Washington, August 10 (AP) Former President Donald Trump will be questioned under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general's long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul,
Kyiv (Ukraine), August 10 (AP) Ukraine's air force said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in massive explosions at an air base in Crimea amid speculation they were the result of a Ukraini
Canberra, August 10 (AP) Australia's recent change of government was a chance to reset its troubled relationship with China, but the new administration must handle the Taiwan question with caution, a Chines
London, August 10 (PTI) Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended leaving his successor, either former Chancellor Rishi Sunak or Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, to deal with the soaring inflation-
Moscow, August 10 (AP) Russian authorities on Wednesday raided the home of a former state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest against Moscow's war in Ukraine, and launched a criminal case
Washington, August 9 (AP) President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a USD 280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration's push to boost U.S. competitiveness o
Kyiv, August 9 (AP) In a growing challenge to Russia's grip on occupied areas of southeastern Ukraine, guerrilla forces loyal to Kyiv are killing pro-Moscow officials, blowing up bridges and trains, and hel
Pingtung (Taiwan), August 9 (AP) Taiwan's foreign minister said Tuesday that China is using military drills to rehearse an invasion of the self-governing island democracy, while Taiwan's military began
