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July 22, 2024 10:14 AM

Indian Embassy in Kathmandu celebrates Asadh Purnima

On the auspicious occasion of Ashadha Purnima, the Embassy of India in Kathmandu organized a special event to mark Guru Purnima celebration in Nepal. Representatives from various Buddhist sects and monasteries in Nepal participated in this celebratio...

July 22, 2024 9:39 AM

Foreign leaders react to Biden ending reelection campaign

Following are some reactions from foreign leaders and officials to U.S. President Joe Biden's decision on Sunday to end his campaign to seek reelection in November: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on social media platform X: ...

July 22, 2024 9:27 AM

Biden withdraws from U.S. presidential race. What happens next?

President Joe Biden said on Sunday he would withdraw from the 2024 presidential election race, putting the United States into uncharted territory. Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee. Before Biden's decision wa...

July 22, 2024 12:16 AM

Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Kamala Harris as Democratic nominee

U.S. President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump while endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party's candidate. Biden, 81,...

July 21, 2024 3:51 PM

Bangladesh top court scraps most job quotas that triggered deadly protests, media say

Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that have sparked student-led protests in which at least 114 people have been killed in the South Asian country, local media reported. The court's Appellate Division...

July 21, 2024 12:17 PM

Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack

Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv. Most of the wounde...

July 21, 2024 10:27 AM

Indian nationals return home from Bangladesh amid recent developments

The High Commission of India in Dhaka, along with the Assistant High Commissions in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Khulna, has been helping Indian nationals return home following recent events in Bangladesh. They are working with local authorities...

July 20, 2024 5:28 PM

CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say

Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest v...

July 20, 2024 4:55 PM

Panel studying US war in Afghanistan holds first public hearing

A commission created by Congress to conduct an independent review of the 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan held its first public hearing on Friday, pledging to be "unflinching" in examining how and why key decisions were made and who made them. But, w...

July 20, 2024 3:45 PM

China’s Xi urges all-out rescue efforts after highway bridge collapse kills 11

President Xi Jinping urged all-out rescue efforts after a highway bridge collapse on Friday in Shaanxi province in China's northwest killed 11 people, state media reported on Saturday. The incident occurred at 8:40 p.m. (1240 GMT) in Shangluo city o...

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