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July 12, 2024 1:40 PM

UN-brokered Sudan ceasefire talks begin with one party no-show

Sudan's warring parties are in Switzerland for U.N.-led talks aimed at brokering possible local ceasefires to facilitate aid and protect civilians, but only one side showed up for the start of discussions on Thursday, the United Nations said. War er...

July 12, 2024 1:17 PM

How war has changed Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Intense. Impatient. Sleep-deprived. Step into the relentless world of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's wartime president. The 46-year-old said his ambition when he was elected in 2019 had been to help Ukraine become a modern democracy, before that mis...

July 12, 2024 11:45 AM

Natural disasters cost China $13 bln in January-June

China suffered direct economic loss worth 93.16 billion yuan ($12.83 billion) in the first half of this year due to natural disasters, the government said on Friday. This is the deepest first-half disaster-related loss since 2019, according to data ...

July 12, 2024 10:52 AM

Biden makes a series of verbal gaffes at NATO summit

U.S. President Joe Biden had a series of verbal slip-ups on Thursday alongside the NATO summit in Washington, an unfortunate development for the 81-year-old as he tries to move past concerns that he is too old to run for re-election. Verbal gaffes a...

July 12, 2024 10:19 AM

24 Passengers, Including 6 Indians, Swept Away by Trishuli River

Two buses carrying passengers went missing in Trishuli river early this morning in the landslides at Simaltal area along the Narayanghat-Mugling road section in Chitwan district, officials confirmed. The buses were carrying total of 65 passengers. ...

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