DHAKA:Bangladesh has the highest death toll from extreme weather, climate and water-related events in Asia, recording 520,758 fatalities from 281 events between 1970 and 2021, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WMO issued the report for the quadrennial World Meteorological Congress, which opened on Tuesday with a high-level dialogue on […]
SYDNEY:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart in Sydney, Australia.The meeting was also attended by India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. PM Modi was on Wednesday accorded a Ceremonial Guard of Honour at the Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia and […]
MELBOURNE:Another two universities in Australia have banned the admission of students from a few states in India as a response to a spike in visa applications that are fraudulent in nature, stated a media report. Which are these two institutes? Federation University in Victoria and Western Sydney University in New South Wales. Last week, these […]
SAN FRANCISCO:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez are reportedly engaged, several news outlets reported. Although the wedding plans of the couple have not been revealed, the reports claimed that the couple have been in a relationship since 2018 and are currently attending the Cannes Film Festival in France . Both were spotted […]
MEXICO CITY:Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced his administration’s plan to launch a program to provide temporary work visas to Central Americans. Mexico needs extra “manpower” for large-scale infrastructure projects such as a train route through the southeast Mayan region, the President said a press conference. “We lack manpower for the projects, ” […]
DAMASCUS:The massive earthquakes that jolted Syria and Turkey in February have affected 1,75,512families in Syria’s northwestern coastal province of Latakia, a report revealed. The report by the Latakia Operation Room, which was established to look into the aftermathof the tremors, revealed on Monday that the quakes affected 8,07,355 people from 1,75,512families. According to the report, […]
TOKYO:A team of South Korean experts is set to begin a two-day inspection of the planned release of radioactivewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan on Tuesday, amid lingering concerns about the safety of the water. The 21-member team, headed by Nuclear Safety and Security Commission Chairperson Yoo Guk-hee, will visit the […]
WASHINGTON:President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months of internal debate and quiet talks with allies . Biden announced during last week’s […]
SYDNEY:Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Georgina Hope Rinehart AO, Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting on Tuesday (local time) in Sydney, Australia. The Prime Minister is on a three-day visit to Australia to attend a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. PM Modi is on the last leg of his three-nation tour after participating […]
WASHINGTON:US President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a sit-down meeting earlier today to discuss raising the country’s debt ceiling, which limits how much the US federal government can borrow to pay its accounts. The two called their latest talks productive but no deal has yet been reached. “I believe we can […]