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September 12, 2024 9:53 PM

Leading light of Left: Prime Minister Modi mourns Sitaram Yechury’s death

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep sorrow over the death of Sitaram Yechury, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), describing him as a "leading light of the Left." Yechury, who passed away on Thursday afternoon at ...

September 12, 2024 5:51 PM

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury dies at 72

Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury died on Thursday at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. Yechury had been undergoing treatment for an acute respiratory tract infection since August 19 at the All India Institu...

September 12, 2024 10:30 AM

Alberto Fujimori, former Peruvian president jailed for rights abuses, dies at 86

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who steered economic growth during the 1990s but was later jailed for human rights abuses stemming from a bloody war against Maoist rebels, died on Wednesday. He was aged 86. Close colleagues visited him e...

September 11, 2024 10:07 AM

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump clash in fiery presidential debate

Former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris squared up in the first Presidential Debate in Philadelphia on ABC News. Kicking off the debate, Trump took on the Biden-Harris administration saying that inflation in the US is probab...

September 10, 2024 10:07 AM

Philadelphia gears up for Harris-Trump debate with protests expected

It is the birthplace of U.S. independence, the "City of Brotherly Love," and the hometown of beloved fictional boxer "Rocky" Balboa. Now Philadelphia in Pennsylvania will be center stage again when Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in a highly ant...

September 9, 2024 10:13 AM

Paris Paralympics closing ceremony: A look at everything that lit up the glittering ceremony

The Paris Paralympics came to a close with a glittering closing ceremony on Sunday. Starting off the ceremony, French singer Santa performed Johnny Hallyday's iconic track "Vivre pour le Meilleur". Several video sequences and images from the previous...

September 8, 2024 1:49 PM

Air raid sirens, explosions as rocket barrages from Lebanon fly into Israel

Rocket barrages were launched from Lebanon into Israel overnight, an Israeli army statement said on Sunday (September 8). Video obtained by Reuters showed two barrages, the first about an hour after midnight and the other about two hours later. Laun...

September 7, 2024 10:37 AM

Without astronauts, Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday (September 6), capping a three-month test mission hobbled by technical issues that forced the astronauts it had flown to the International Space Station to remain the...

September 6, 2024 10:55 AM

Bangladeshi students rally to mark one month since Hasina’s fall

Thousands of students rallied in Bangladesh on Thursday to mark the one-month anniversary of the fall of long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after deadly protests. Students, teachers and families of those killed in the unrest joined the...

September 5, 2024 12:46 PM

Harris accepts rules for Sep 10 debate with Trump, including microphone muting

The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has accepted the rules of next week's debate against Republican Donald Trump, including microphones being muted when it is not a candidate's turn to speak, a source familiar with the mat...

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