COLOMBO:The Sri Lankan government has said that more than 50,000 criminals were nabbed and narcotics worth millions of rupees were seized during an ambitious operation against drugs in the island nation in 50 days. Conceptualised by Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles and overseen by acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, the controversial […]
LONDON:British house prices rose more than economists had expected in January, adding to signs that the squeeze from high-interest rates is beginning to ease, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society showed on Wednesday. Nationwide said house prices in January increased by 0.7% from the month before after being flat in December, beating economists’ forecast […]
KOCHI:The Federation of Malayali Associations in North America (FOKANA) will hold its 21st international convention in Washington this July, taking forward the four decades of activities of the organization which has five lakh members in the United States and Canada. The three-day event will be held in Washington DC from July 18, FOKANA president Babu […]
NEW YORK:Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a short list of scam marketers, con artists and others who have been hit with the ultimate punishment for violating New York ‘s powerful anti-fraud law. An Associated […]
GENEVA:The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the web version of the second edition of its Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance. The web AA-HA! aims to enhance the accessibility of the AA-HA! content for people with disabilities , and on a wide range of devices and operating systems, including computers, […]
BEIJING:Chinese President Xi Jinping , in a recent reply to a letter from an Iowa native whom he first met nearly four decades ago, said the world’s future demanded stability in Sino-U.S. ties, according to Chinese state media on Wednesday. Bilateral ties have sagged in recent years, slammed by a trade war and a plethora […]
GAZA:The World Health Organization (WHO) said it had been compelled to cancel a mission to bring medical supplies to northern Gaza on Sunday after failing to receive security guarantees. It was the fourth time WHO had had to call off a planned mission to bring urgently needed medical supplies to Al-Awda Hospital and the central […]
JAKARTHA:Indonesian presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto suffered a barrage of attacks in a heated election debate on Sunday, with his two opponents taking aim at his military procurement strategy as defence minister, calling him reckless and wasteful. Third-time candidate Prabowo, a former special forces commander, has held a strong lead in opinion polls for the Feb. […]
TOKYO:A powerful earthquake and tsunami struck central Japan and its western coast on Monday, triggering warnings for residents to evacuate, knocking out power to thousands of homes and disrupting flights and rail services to the affected region. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 triggered waves of around 1 metre along parts of the […]
SEOUL:South Korea’s Gangwon province warned residents to take precautions and evacuate to higher grounds after a massive earthquake hit north central Japan on Monday and triggered tsunami warnings, according the safety ministry. South Korea’s meteorological agency earlier said sea levels in some parts of the Gangwon province on the east coast may rise after an […]