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September 26, 2024 3:05 PM

Kanti Highway blocked by landslide as monsoon rains persist across Nepal

The Kanti Highway, a key route linking Hetauda to Kathmandu in Bagmati Province, has been blocked by landslides following heavy rainfall overnight. The landslide occurred in the Bakaiya rural municipality of Makwanpur, leading to a complete halt in t...

September 26, 2024 3:55 PM

Elon Musk says he is not having affair with Italy’s Meloni after mutual praise at gala

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he was not having an affair with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, replying to a joke after their mutual praise at a black-tie event in New York this week drew headlines on both sides of the Atlan...

September 26, 2024 11:46 AM

How will Japan’s ruling party pick the next prime minister?

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lead a party that has governed the country for most of the past seven decades. HOW DOES THE VOTE WORK? Two weeks of ...

September 26, 2024 11:15 AM

Sri Lanka to begin talks with IMF to take forward $2.9 billion bailout, president says

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

Trudeau survives vote of confidence in Canadian parliament, new threat looms

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 26, 2024 9:45 AM

G4 nations ‘Brazil, Germany, India & Japan’ stress comprehensive UNSC reform as essential

The G4 Ministers representing Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan stressed that a comprehensive reform of the Security Council is an "essential part" of any endeavor to make the United Nations better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and thus...

September 25, 2024 7:54 PM

US to provide another $424 million in Sudan aid

The United States will give a further $424 million in humanitarian help to the people of Sudan, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Wednesday. War erupted in mid-April last year from a power struggle between th...

September 25, 2024 7:21 PM

UK to send troops to Cyprus, anticipating mass Lebanon evacuation

Britain will move troops to Cyprus to help its nationals leave Lebanon, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah was pushing the region towards the brink. The government said in a stateme...

September 25, 2024 5:56 PM

Azerbaijan offers to fund climate-vulnerable islands’ delegates at COP29, source says

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 4:22 PM

Two-Day Global Aerospace Summit Kicks Off in Abu Dhabi

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...

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