Facing enormous pressure at home and abroad, how much longer can Israel continue its war in Gaza?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set a high bar for victory right at the start of the Gaza conflict: the complete destruction of Hamas and freedom for all of the approximately 250 hostages taken by the group during its raid ...

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Monday, 08 April 2024
Social activists in London raise issues of labeling Pashtun minorities as terrorists by Pakistan Army

London [UK], April 8 (ANI): Minorities are suffering, girls are getting forced to convert and Pashtuns are being labelled as terrorists, participants said at a virtual conference on the condition of human rights in Pakistan. The ...

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Monday, 08 April 2024
Ukraine conflict must end EU state’s president-elect

The hostilities have only brought misery and death over the past two years, Slovakia’s Peter Pellegrini says The Ukraine conflict has accomplished nothing but tens of thousands of deaths and must be resolved as soon as possible, ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
Focus on RD to take the sector to a new level: Anita Praveen, Secretary Food processing

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Anita Praveen, secretary of the Ministry of Food Processing, emphasised the pivotal role of research and development (RD) in propelling the Indian food processing sector to greater heights. Speak ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
Afghan migrants voice concern as second round of expulsion from Pakistan draws closer

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 7 (ANI): As the second round of the expulsion of Afghan migrants from Pakistan draws closer, some of these migrants have voiced concern about their uncertain fate, Afghanistan-based TOLO News reported. ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
Record flood waters rise in Russia’s Urals, forcing thousands to flee

Moscow — Flood waters were rising in two cities in Russia’s Ural mountains on Sunday after Europe’s third longest river burst through a dam, flooding at least 6,000 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee with just their pets ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
Negotiators in Egypt for new round of Gaza cease-fire talks

Negotiators began arriving in Cairo on Saturday for renewed negotiations for a cease-fire and the release of hostages as the war in Gaza reaches the six-month mark. U.S. CIA Director Bill Burns arrived Saturday. Qatari Foreign Mi ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
India needs 1 million fast chargers to become 100 pc electric in 2 and 3 wheelers by 2030: Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): India must go 100 per cent electric in 2 wheeler and 3 wheeler by 2030 and become a global EV manufacturing champion, the G20 Sherpa and former CEO NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, said on Saturday. Kan ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
Cambodians face mounting pain from microfinance debt

KEAN SVAY, KANDAL PROVINCE, Cambodia — Five years ago, Lun Sam Ath took out a $12,000 loan to build a new wooden house and repay a previous loan that she had used to buy a motorbike. The 45-year-old mother of five owed $200 a mon ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
Melting glaciers, drying sea highlight Central Asia’s water woes

WASHINGTON — Climate change and water scarcity are harsh realities facing Central Asia. Glaciers in the east, in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, are rapidly melting, while in the west, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
MHA revokes FCRA licenses of five notable NGOs

New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): In a recent development, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has invalidated the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) permits of five notable non-government organisations (NGOs) after undergoin ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024
Centre was "dragged into" providing free COVID-19 vaccinations by Opposition, Supreme Court: Congress

New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Asserting that it is hard to forget the "extent of the mismanagement" by the NDA government that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Congress on Friday claimed that the Centre was "dragged in ...

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Sunday, 07 April 2024