Three dead, three injured in Vietnam Central Highlands traffic accident
Hanoi, Aug 7 (IANS) Three people were confirmed dead and three others were injured in a serial traffic accident in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, local media reported Wednesday. The accident was reported 8:40 at night on Tuesday on the western bypass section of the Ho Chi Minh expressway passing through Cu Mgar […]
B’desh unrest: 2,400 get bail in violence cases amid quota reform protests
Dhaka, Aug 7 (IANS) A total of 2,400 individuals, including several top leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, have been granted bail in connection with cases related to the recent violence following student protests in the South Asian country, local media reported on Wednesday. Among those granted bail are prominent figures such […]
B’desh unrest: 20 Awami League leaders found dead
Dhaka, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, the bodies of 29 people, including 20 Awami League leaders, were found across the country, local media reported on Wednesday. These deaths follow the resignation of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her departure from the country on Monday, the Dhaka Tribune reported. At […]
Hamas power centre back in Gaza after Sinwar announced as political head
Tel Aviv, Aug 7 (IANS) After Hamas announced Yahya Sinwar, the military head of the organisation, as its political head, the power centre of the militant organisation is to shift to Gaza in Palestine. Yahya Sinwar is replacing Ismail Hanieyh, the political head of Hamas who was assassinated in Tehran allegedly by Israel on July […]
Walz co-sponsored in Congress resolution critical of Modi, but changed tune after he became PM
New York, Aug 7 (IANS) Democratic Party’s vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz had co-sponsored when he was in Congress, a resolution praising the US government’s decision to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visa when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. But after PM Modi’s election as Prime Minister of India, Walz had a change of […]
Video shows Kamala Harris calling Tim Walz asking him to be her running mate
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) US Vice-President (V-P) Kamala Harris on Wednesday posted a video of the moment that she called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to inform him that he was her choice as her running mate. “Listen, I want you to do this with me. Let’s do this together,” Harris said. “Would you be my […]
Crucial UN talks to evolve mechanism on genetic resources
Montreal, Aug 7 (IANS) Marking a potentially pivotal moment, more than 300 delegates will convene in Montreal, from August 12 to 16 to advance a 2022 global agreement to share fairly and equitably the multi-trillion dollar annual revenues and other benefits derived from uses of digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources, including the DNA […]
Harris presents herself and Walz as ‘middle-class kids’
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) US Vice-President Kamala Harris introduced her running mate Tim Walz, the Governor of Minnesota, and herself to a Pennsylvania stadium packed with ebullient supporters as “middle-class kids” whose goal will be to strengthen the middle class if elected. Walz stepped right into his role of an “attack dog” as the vice-presidential […]
Pakistani man charged in elaborate assassination plot against Trump
New York, Aug 7 (IANS) A Pakistani citizen has been charged in an elaborate plot that reads like a spy thriller to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. US Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced the charges against Asif Merchant on Tuesday, indicated that the target was Trump, but did not name him. “For years, […]
Hamas names Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar as new political bureau chief
Tehran, Aug 7 (IANS) Palestinian group Hamas on Tuesday announced that its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar will be its new political leader, replacing the assassinated Ismail Haniyeh, reports said. The announcement came a week after its politburo chief Haniyeh was assassinated in his Tehran accommodation, hours after he attended the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian. […]
