The top US congressional Republican on Sunday demanded an apology from Joe Biden over the murder of an American student for which an undocumented migrant was arrested — a case helping to put immigration squarely at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. The president “is cowering to his base and showing deference to a…
This year’s Academy Awards 2024 is hell-bent on showcasing the substance behind the style. As per usual, the red carpet looks from Hollywood are in abundance with glitz and glamour. But in this edition, it took more than just that to truly make an impact. Scott George and Osage singers and dancers performed Wahzhazhe (A…
A tripartite agreement signed in 2008 between two dozen Kuki-Zo insurgent groups and the Manipur government and the Centre ended on February 29, 2024. On the same day, the Manipur government passed a unanimous resolution in the assembly to scrap – i.e. not to renew – what is known as the Suspension of Operations (SoO)…
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will hear the matter at 10.30 am.The bench had asked the national bank to file details about each electoral bond encashed by political parties before the scheme was scrapped last month.The…
King Charles III said on Monday that he would continue to serve “to the best of my ability” after his cancer diagnosis, saying he had been “deeply touched” by people’s wishes for his health. The 75-year-old monarch, who became king in September 2022 after the death of his mother Elizabeth II, was admitted for surgery…
With Haiti’s capital spiraling deeper into gang violence, members of several diplomatic missions, including staff from the United States and the German ambassador, began leaving Port-au-Prince Sunday. Beleaguered residents were scrambling for safety following the latest spasm of unrest, with a UN group warning of a “city under siege” after armed attackers targeted the presidential…
Europe could suffer “catastrophic” consequences from climate change if it fails to take urgent and decisive action to adapt to risks, a new EU analysis warned Monday. Areas in southern Europe are most at risk, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in its first report on the climate risks the continent faces. The dangers include…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a German newspaper that at least 13,000 “terrorists” were among Palestinians killed during Israel’s air and ground assault on Gaza. Five months into Israel’s campaign following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, Palestinian health authorities say nearly 31,000 Palestinians have been killed. The Gaza health ministry…
Military planes parachuted aid over Gaza on Sunday, an AFP photographer said, the latest airdrop over the besieged territory’s north where famine looms more than five months into the Israel-Hamas war. The photographer, on board a Jordanian military plane, saw hundreds of Palestinians rushing to receive the falling pallets of basic supplies. The Jordanian army…
President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday for the first time that he backed new end-of-life legislation that would allow what he called “help to die” and wanted his government to put forward a draft bill to parliament in May. France’s neighbours Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands have adopted laws that allow medically assisted dying in…