Biden Gears Up for UNGA, Central Asia Summit

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden is in New York ahead of his speech at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, where he will attempt to convince leaders that his vision of American leadership and multilateral approach to foreign ...

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Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Special puja, havan performed at Badrinath-Kedarnath Dham on PM Modi’s 73rd birthday

Uttarakhand [India], September 17 (ANI): Special puja and yagya-havan were performed in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath and Badrinath temples for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he turned 73 on Sunday (September 17). The priests of the temp ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
EU candidate questions bloc’s pro-Ukraine favoritism

Serbia sees a lack of support from Brussels for its membership, President Aleksandar Vucic has said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that the accelerated path to EU membership offered to Ukraine demonstrates that polit ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Grace Preservation First Global Conference to begin on September 20

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 18 (ANI/WAM): Under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), the Grace Preservation First Global Confe ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Mercedes threatened with ban of cars over pollution testing devices

BERLIN, Germany: Mercedes-Benz has been warned that Germany could issue a recall for some autos found to have pollution-defeat devices installed into their software. Defeat devices can be activated when an auto is undergoing emis ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Ireland fines TikTok 345 million euros for misusing children’s data

DUBLIN, Ireland: TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) has received a €345 million fine from the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of Ireland after an investigation into its processing of children’s data. The DPC probe focused on TTL’s ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
UPS signs labor deal with Teamsters Union for less than $30 billion

ATLANTA, Georgia: This week, Brian Newman, CEO of United Parcel Service (UPS), said that a new five-year deal with Teamsters-represented workers would cost less than US$30 billion. The contract will cover some 340,000 UPS workers ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Experts Worry New England Dams Can’t Handle Climate Change Floods

BOSTON — The floods this week in Massachusetts that put a few dams at risk have raised concern the structures may increasingly be at risk as the region is hit by stronger and wetter storms. There are thousands of dams across New ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
US Lawmakers Stress Need for Pressure on Myanmar to End Rights Crisis

washington — U.S. lawmakers from both major parties have voiced their resolve to rally international pressure for an end to the suffering of the people of Myanmar at the hands of the military junta that cut off democratic rule in th ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
HFCL secures Rs 1,015 crore worth order from Madhya Pradesh; shares rise

New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Technology company HFCL has secured an order aggregating to Rs 1,015 crores from Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam. The project has to be executed within twenty-four months. The order encompasses pro ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Pakistan: PTI leader Parvez Elahi granted bail in judicial complex attack case

Islamabad [Pakistan], September 15 (ANI): An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi in a case related to allegedly rioting outside the Federal Judicial C ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023
Surgery is facing its #MeToo moment - here’s what needs to be done now

As the NHS seeks to heal and care, it now faces a challenge of introspection, driven by alarming revelations. Research released this week has shone a harsh light on the widespread issue of sexual misconduct within the surgical profe ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023