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July 6, 2024 2:28 PM

Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal to seek a vote of confidence on July 12

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will seek a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives on July 12. The prime minister sent a letter to the Parliament Secretariat asking the latter to make arrangements for the vote. CPN-UML, the largest part...

July 6, 2024 2:13 PM

Moderate Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential race, interior ministry says

The low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has pledged to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have yearned for, has won the run-off presidential vote on, as per the interior ministry of Iran. The vote was a tight race between...

July 6, 2024 6:08 PM

New PM Keir Starmer pledges action not words to fix Britain

Britain's new prime minister Keir Starmer pledged action to fix the country, not just words, on Friday (July 5), but warned the voters who handed him a massive electoral majority and those who voted against, that improvements would take time. Sta...

July 6, 2024 10:37 AM

Biden says only the ‘Lord Almighty’ could oust him from race

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday (July 5) said he did not need a cognitive test to determine whether he had a mental decline and dismissed calls from some Democrats that he should step aside to let a more vigorous candidate take on Republican Donal...

July 6, 2024 10:27 AM

Spain dig deep to earn dramatic extra time victory over Germany

A Mikel Merino goal in the last moments of extra time gave Spain a dramatic 2-1 win over hosts Germany in an enthralling Euro 2024 quarter-final clash on Friday between the tournament's two most successful nations. The game was into the ...

July 5, 2024 4:41 PM

UK elections: PM Modi congratulates Keir Starmer for landslide victory, thanks outgoing PM Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Keir Starmer on his decisive victory in the UK general elections, expressing enthusiasm for a productive partnership with the Labour leader. “Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to @Keir_S...

July 5, 2024 3:18 PM

As Europe turns right, UK voters reject Conservative populism

The centre-left Labour Party's crushing victory in the British election stands in stark contrast to recent gains by the far right across Europe. But the party's triumph was not so much a rejection of populism by voters, but rather an echo of the sam...

July 5, 2024 12:17 PM

Iranians vote in run-off presidential race amid widespread apathy

Polls opened in Iran on Friday for a run-off presidential election that will test the clerical rulers' popularity amid voter apathy at a time of regional tensions and a standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear programme. State TV said polling st...

July 5, 2024 12:10 PM

Gas leak at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur airport affects 39 people

Around 39 people at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur international airport fell ill on Thursday after a gas leak at an aircraft engineering facility, but no passengers were affected and there were no flight disruptions, the fire department said. The Selangor...

July 5, 2024 4:27 PM

UK elections: Labour sweeps to power, ends 14-year rule of Conservatives

Keir Starmer vowed to rebuild Britain as its next prime minister after his Labour Party on Friday surged to a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government. The centre-left Labour won a�...

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