French farmers vow Paris ‘siege’ as tractor protest converges on capital

January 30, 2024

French farmers will launch an indefinite “siege” of Paris beginning Monday, choking off major highways and moving toward the capital as they demand better working conditions. For days, nationwide protests have flared in Europe’s largest agriculture producer, with farmers angered in part by red tape and environmental policies they say...

Trump cannot ‘bully’ his way through nomination, says rival Nikki Haley

January 30, 2024

Donald Trump cannot “bully” his way through nomination, Indian-American presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has said after her party said that it’s time for Republicans to unite around the former US president and frontrunner in the race for the White House in 2024. Haley is the only remaining Republican after Florida...

Trump slams US-Mexico border deal, says ‘catastrophe waiting to happen’

January 30, 2024

Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the US-Mexico border deal as a “catastrophe waiting to happen,” The Hill reported. In a Saturday morning post on Truth Social, Trump called the southern border the “worst” in the “history of the world” and alleged that the US might suffer from another...

Haryana boy hammered to death in US by homeless drug addict

January 30, 2024

A 25-year-old Indian student who recently earned an MBA degree in the US was hammered to death by a homeless drug addict whom he had been helping for the past couple of days in Georgia state’s Lithonia city. The horrifying incident was caught on camera when assailant Julian Faulkner mercilessly...

Pakistan, Iran agree to enhance security cooperation weeks after striking each other

January 30, 2024

Weeks after carrying out missile strikes against “terror units” in each other’s territories, Pakistan and Iran mutually agreed to expand security cooperation, The News International reported. The agreement was announced during a joint press conference by Pakistan Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at the...

Iran refutes involvements in drone attack on US base in Jordan

January 30, 2024

Iran’s Foreign Ministry refuted the claims of Tehran’s involvement in the attack on a US base in Jordan and said resistance groups decide and work on their own principles and priorities as well as the interests of their country and people, Iran’s state news agency, IRNA reported. Iran’s Foreign Ministry...

Hong Kong court orders liquidation of indebted Chinese company Evergrande

January 30, 2024

In a setback for China’s real estate sector, the Hong Kong court ordered the under-debt real estate company Evergrande to liquidate after two years of running out of cash and defaulting in 2021, The New York Times reported on Monday. The order will set off a race by lawyers to...

Foreign Secy Kwatra travels to Bhutan, set to call on newly-elected PM and King

January 30, 2024

Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra is on an official visit to Bhutan from January 29 to 31. He will call on newly-elected Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Foreign Minister Lyonpo DN Dhungyel and Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. During his visit to Bhutan, Kwatra will meet Bhutanese Foreign Secretary...

US carries out world’s first nitrogen gas execution

January 27, 2024

In the world’s first known execution by nitrogen hypoxia, the US state of Alabama put to death Kenneth Eugene Smith, a prisoner on death row for his role in a contract killing more than three decades ago, The Washington Post reported. Smith’s execution was preceded by months of legal battles...

Pneumonia outbreak kills over 200 children in Pakistan

January 27, 2024

Over 200 children have died in Pakistan’s Punjab province due to pneumonia owing to extreme cold weather in the last three weeks, the government said on Friday. According to the Punjab caretaker government, most of the children who died “were also not vaccinated of pneumonia, malnourished and had poor immunity...