Colombo, Jul 22 (PTI): Sri Lankan security forces on Friday removed a group of anti-government protesters, which continued to occupy the President’s Secretariat here despite Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation as president, after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country’s...
New York, Jul 21 (PTI): Two Indian brothers and their Indian-American friend have been charged in the US in the first ever cryptocurrency insider trading scheme in which they made illicit profits totalling over a million dollars. Ishan Wahi, 32, and...
Johannesburg, Jul 21 (PTI): A challenge on Mandela Day on July 18 to prepare and serve up 67,000 litres of soup to the needy resulted in 94,359 litres of soup being distributed in the ensuing days, organisers Chefs with Compassion announced...
Johannesburg, Jul 21 (PTI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday welcomed the announcement by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of international support worth nearly USD 160 million for the next three years to facilitate increased vaccine access to children at high...
Lahore, Jul 19 (PTI): A 21-year-old American woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place at a hotel in hill station ‘Fort Monroe’ of D.G. Khan district, about 500...
Lahore, Jul 18 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, after facing an “embarrassing defeat” in Punjab assembly by-polls, on Monday hinted at completing his coalition government’s tenure and not giving in to the early elections demand of ousted premier Imran Khan,...
London, Jul 18 (PTI): Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday topped the latest round of voting among the Conservative Party members of Parliament as the race to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister narrowed down to four, with Tom Tugendhat out...
Johannesburg, Jul 15 (PTI): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday said he will not get ‘intimidated or bullied into submission’, even as the opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters announced that it would seek his impeachment in Parliament. Ramaphosa, 69, has...
Singapore, Jul 14 (PTI): Singapore reported 16,870 new COVID-19 instances –15,978 native infections and 892 imported instances – and three deaths as of Wednesday midday. “The rise within the variety of instances at present is as a result of spike we...
Kathmandu, Jul 13 (PTI): Nepal’s Parliament on Wednesday handed the nation’s first Citizenship Modification Invoice, which was underneath dialogue for greater than two years as political events didn’t forge a consensus on it. The invoice has been underneath dialogue within the...
