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August 9, 2024 2:43 PM

Improving law and order is top priority, Bangladesh interior ministry adviser says

The first priority of Bangladesh's caretaker government is to improve law and order in the strife-torn country by restoring the morale of law enforcement agencies, its newly-appointed interior ministry adviser said on Friday. Retired Brig. Gen. M. S...

August 9, 2024 1:59 PM

Foreign airlines lose interest in China as domestic carriers expand abroad

Chinese airlines are gaining market share on international routes, industry data shows, as foreign rivals are deterred by weak China travel demand and rising costs and extended flight times because of the need to avoid Russian airspace. Foreign airl...

August 9, 2024 1:12 PM

US, Qatar and Egypt push urgent talks with Israel and Hamas on Aug 15

Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar on Thursday called on Israel and Hamas to meet for negotiations on Aug. 15 in order to finalize a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The three countries, which have been trying to mediate a deal, s...

August 9, 2024 12:42 PM

Climate change fueled record early fires in Brazil’s wetlands, study says

Climate change intensified by 40% the weather feeding devastating wildfires that have likely killed millions of animals this year in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetlands, scientists said in a study published on Thursday. Climate change al...

August 9, 2024 12:12 PM

Scientists obtain deepest rock sample from Earth’s mantle

Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating 4,160 feet (1,268 meters) below the Atlantic seabed - and obtained a large sample that is offering clues about our planet's most volumi...

August 9, 2024 11:55 AM

China considers jail for human rights lawyer, arrest of journalist

Chinese authorities are considering further legal action against two prominent dissidents. Prosecutors are deliberating a potential jail sentence for human rights lawyer Lu Siwei and the arrest of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, according to reports f...

August 8, 2024 3:53 PM

New Zealand: President Murmu lays wreath at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington

President Droupadi Murmu laid a wreath at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington, New Zealand on Thursday. President Murmu, who is on a three-nation visit, reached New Zealand on Wednesday. Earlier today, New Zealand Governor General Dame ...

August 8, 2024 3:05 PM

Harris lambasts Trump, faces down heckler at Michigan rally

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her new running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, put his Midwestern credentials to the test on Wednesday (August 7) with rallies in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan. The Democrat...

August 8, 2024 3:03 PM

California, Nevada among U.S. states moving to ban ‘slavery’ in prisons

A growing number of U.S. states are seeking to close what critics call a loophole in the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery but still effectively legalizes involuntary servitude as punishment for convicts. The constitutional amendment, passed in...

August 8, 2024 2:47 PM

US strikes at Houthi targets in Yemen after claim of attack on destroyers

U.S. military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship cruise missiles, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said. Earlier, the Iran-alig...

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