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August 22, 2024 6:55 PM

In Kamala Harris’ multiracial roots, U.S. sees its own future

The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, both immigrants, Kamala Harris reflects the United States' changing demographics. When she steps onto the stage Thursday evening in Chicago to accept the Democratic Party's nomination as their pre...

August 22, 2024 6:42 PM

Protests across Indonesia as parliament delays change to election law

Indonesia's legislature will not ratify changes to election rules during the current government's term, its deputy speaker said on Thursday, as demonstrations flared outside parliament and security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse pr...

August 22, 2024 6:32 PM

Russia says it thwarts Ukrainian cross-border raid in new area

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the capture of another Russian village as he visited a border area from which Ukrainian forces entered Russia over two weeks ago, but Moscow said its troops had taken a village in east Ukraine. Kyiv also said ...

August 22, 2024 5:58 PM

Bangladesh floods maroon nearly three million people, kill two

Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials from the country's disaster management ministry said on Thursday. Re...

August 22, 2024 2:03 PM

TRAI warns citizens of fraudulent calls impersonating telecom regulator

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued an advisory about a rise in fraudulent calls from scammers impersonating the telecom regulator. These calls, often featuring pre-recorded messages, falsely claim that the recipient’s mobi...

August 22, 2024 12:00 PM

Floods in Bangladesh not caused by Indian dam release, MEA says

Indian officials have refuted claims that the release of water from an upstream dam in Tripura is responsible for the current flooding in eastern Bangladesh. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Indian government clarified that the Dumbur dam on t...

August 22, 2024 12:18 PM

Tripura floods: “Top priority rescue, relief operations,” says CM Manik Saha

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Thursday that rescue and relief operations are the top priority as the state grapples with severe flooding caused by unprecedented rainfall over the past three days. "I have never seen this kind of rain in T...

August 22, 2024 11:21 AM

Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia with US-made weapons

Ukraine said on Wednesday it had destroyed Russian pontoon bridges with U.S.-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia's Kursk region, while Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv's advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv ha...

August 22, 2024 10:29 AM

VP candidate Tim Walz, Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey fire up Democratic convention

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz took the stage on Wednesday night, joined by a litany of Democratic luminaries, and together they urged Americans to elect Kamala Harris president and stave off a return of Donald Trump to the White House. "W...

August 22, 2024 9:38 AM

Bangladesh: Government to publish ‘white paper on the state of the economy’

In Bangladesh, the interim government has taken a decision to publish a white paper on the state of the economy in six priority areas, including public finance, inflation, and food management. An economist and a distinguished fellow of the Centre for...