September 26, 2024 11:27 AM
Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City's Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity, following an updated dress code. "Jhum...
September 26, 2024 11:15 AM
Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced in a televised address on Wednesday (September 25) plans to immediately begin talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance the country's $2.9 billion bailout progra...
September 26, 2024 11:08 AM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau easily survived a vote of confidence on Wednesday after his main political rival failed to muster enough support to end nine years of Liberal Party rule. Legislators in the House of Commons voted 211-120 to def...
September 25, 2024 5:56 PM
The government of Azerbaijan, host of this year's COP29 U.N. climate summit, has offered to cover the costs for negotiators from climate-vulnerable small islands to attend the event. At the United Nations climate summit in November, countries are du...
September 25, 2024 4:58 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Sonipat, Haryana, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, accused the Congress party of being deeply involved in corruption. He criticised Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his alleg...
September 25, 2024 4:36 PM
Jammu and Kashmir registered a voter turnout of 46.12 percent by3 pm on Wednesday during the second phase of assembly polls. According to the Election Commission of India, Reasi recorded the highest voter turnout at 63.91 percent, followed by Poonch...
September 25, 2024 4:22 PM
The seventh edition of the Global Aerospace Summit, a premier forum for the world's aerospace supply chain, commenced today in Abu Dhabi. The two-day event, running from September 25-26 at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, brings together industr...
September 25, 2024 4:31 PM
Three large Chinese vape companies are researching nicotine-like chemicals they think could serve as a substitute for nicotine in products like vapes, company officials said, but the health implications may still need "years" of investigation...
September 25, 2024 4:17 PM
Israel has intensified its bombardment of Lebanon, striking what it says are hundreds of sites linked to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, with Lebanese authorities saying the barrage killed more than 500 people on one day alone. The escalation, afte...
September 25, 2024 3:47 PM
India has surpassed Japan to become the third-largest power in the Asia Power Index, an official release from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on Wednesday. The ministry emphasised that this achievement is fueled by India’s rapid ...
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