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Brussels: Chargers will be harmonized for small and medium-sized portable electronic devices by 2024 in the European Union (EU), negotiators of the European Parliament and the Council have agreed. “By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU,” a press release from the Parliament […]

Moscow: Following a freeze on activities in Russia earlier this year, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has informed employees that the company is ending all operations in the country and has begun laying off employees. In a letter shared with the employees, Krishna stated that the company’s focus for months has been on looking after the […]

Johannesburg/Dubai: Indian-origin fugitive businessmen Rajesh and Atul Gupta, who were among South Africa’s most wanted suspects in a corruption case that led to the removal of president Jacob Zuma from office, have been arrested by the Dubai Police, according to an official statement on Tuesday. The Interpol had issued red notices against Rajesh, 51, and […]

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) will provide monkeypox test kits to the the war-torn nation as the virus has been confirmed in 27 countries with nearly 800 cases. According to officials from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the Afghan health sector currently lacks kits to test […]

Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday held Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan accountable for breaching the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal as he called his faulty decisions ‘suicide bombings’ on Pakistan. “PTI carried out suicide bombings throughout the country. The decisions they made in the last […]

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won a no-confidence vote among Conservative lawmakers. He will now stay in his job as Prime Minister. Johnson won the support of 211 out of 359 lawmakers, dozens more than the threshold of 180 votes, according to the result announced by Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party’s […]

Colombo: A 45-year-old Indian businessman has been arrested from a Sri Lankan international airport for attempting to smuggle foreign currency worth over Rs 40 million out of the country. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested on Sunday by the security officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Daily Mirror Lanka reported on […]

London: UK’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership of the Conservative Party on Monday, the chair of the party’s backbench committee announced, days after more details of the partygate scandal at Downing Street emerged. Sir Graham Brady, who is in-charge of collating the letters of no-confidence received […]

Lagos: Several were killed while dozens of others were wounded after gunmen entered a Catholic church in Owo, Nigeria’s Ondo State and opened fire on worshippers, police said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack at St. Francis Catholic Church on Sunday. Reports suggest the attackers also set off explosives during the attack in Ondo. […]

New Delhi: India on Monday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for making comments on the internal affairs of the country, terming them ‘unwarranted and narrow-minded’. Our response to media queries regarding recent statement by General Secretariat of the OIC:https://t.co/961dqr76qf pic.twitter.com/qrbKgtoWnC — Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2022 The Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson […]

Dubai: Saudi Arabia on Monday joined Qatar, Iran and Kuwait to express its condemnation of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed and called for “respect for beliefs and religions.” In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the statements made by the BJP spokesperson, saying […]

Philadelphia: Gunfire from several shooters killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular Philadelphia entertainment district late Saturday night, authorities said. Police officers were patrolling the area on South Street in central Philadelphia at about 11:30 pm Saturday when they heard multiple shots. Racing to the scene, they found several people […]

New Delhi: Founder of Isha Foundation Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Sunday said that the gun violence in the US was related to the mental health of the youths. In an exclusive interview with ANI, he said that the violent culture in the US is rising because of the content of television shows, movies and video […]

Washington: Three people died and 14 others were injured following a shooting outside a nightclub in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two people died from gunshot wounds and a third lost life after being hit by a vehicle on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy. Investigators believe there were multiple shooters. Murphy said the […]

Doha: Qatar, Kuwait and Iran on Sunday summoned India’s Ambassadors and handed over to them protest notes on what the Gulf countries called categorical “rejection and condemnation” of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed. Seeking to defuse a diplomatic row, a spokesperson of the Indian Embassy in Qatar said the “Ambassador […]

Hyderabad: Just as one act of kindness can change the world for someone, one act of bravery can instill hope in a world full of fear. On June 5, 1989, a Chinese man stood with shopping bags in his hands, stopping a row of tanks leaving Beijing’s Tiananmen Square the day after the deadly military […]

Beijing: China on Sunday sent three astronauts on spaceship Shenzhou-14 to its space station for a six-month mission. The trio — commander Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe — will cooperate with the ground team to complete the assembly and construction of the Tiangong space station, Xinhua news agency reported. The astronauts will develop […]

Rehoboth Beach: A small private airplane mistakenly entered restricted airspace near President Joe Biden’s Delaware vacation home Saturday, prompting the brief evacuation of the president and first lady, the White House and the Secret Service said. The White House said there was no threat to the Biden or his family and that precautionary measures were […]

Dhaka: A devastating fire broke out at a private container depot in Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Saturday night, killing at least 16 people and injuring 450 people. The fire broke out at BM Container Depot in the Kadamrasul area of Upazilazila. The Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) Police Outpost Sub-Inspector (SI), Nurul Alam […]

Dortmund: Baloch Republican Party Germany organized a protest in Dortmund against Pakistan Army’s atrocities. Taking to Twitter, Voice for Peace and Justice tweeted, “Baloch Republican Party Germany protested in Dortmund against the human rights violations in #Balochistan where Pak Army is crossing every limit of atrocities. People of Balochistan are being deprived of every basic […]

Seoul: South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile toward the sea, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday didn’t immediately say how far the […]

Ottawa: Canada has confirmed 58 cases of monkeypox, the country’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said. Speaking to reporters at a health briefing, Tam said the confirmed cases have been reported nationally, including 52 cases from Quebec, five from Ontario and one from Alberta, reports Xinhua news agency. She said the risk of exposure […]

Jeddah: The first chartered flight of Saudi Arabian Airlines carrying Indian pilgrims for the upcoming Haj landed at Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah Saturday morning. A total of 377 pilgrims including 196 women from Kochi in Kerala arrived at the holy city where they will spend 14 days prior to moving to […]

London: Dogs are more effective at detecting Covid-19 infections through human sweat samples than the existing rapid antigen tests, according to a study. The study, published in the PLOS ONE, showed that dogs were 97 per cent effective at detecting Covid infection compared to PCR tests – the most accurate Covid test. On the other […]