BAGHDAD — Polls have closed across Iraq Sunday evening in parliamentary elections that were held months ahead of schedule in response to a popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement. The voting was marked by a boycott by many of the young activists who thronged the streets in late […]
Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough. The idealism she and countless others had invested in promises by the world’s biggest social network to fix itself had been woefully misplaced. The harm Facebook […]
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August. Senior Taliban […]
LUCKNOW, Oct 10 – Ashish Mishra, son of junior home minister Ajay Mishra Teni, has been arrested on accusations he ran over and killed four protesting farmers last week, a senior police official said. The farmers, killed on Oct. 3 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, were […]
ADEN, Oct 10 – A car bomb targeting the governor’s convoy shook Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least six people and wounding seven, the information minister said on Twitter. Governor Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-Suqatri, both members of a southern separatist […]
Summary ‘No illusions’ Taiwan will bow to pressure – president Tsai repeats offer to talk to China on basis of parity China denounces Tsai for provoking ‘confrontation’ National Day speech comes after China’s Xi vows ‘reunification’ China claims democratic Taiwan as own territory TAIPEI, Oct 10 – Taiwan […]
The Minister inaugurates Basmati Producers & Beekeeping Conventions, plant tissue culture laboratory, and an herbal garden (Sanjeevani Tapovan) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today […]
DELHI, OCT 10: 94.70 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 18,166 new cases in the last 24 hours; lowest in 214 days Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.68%; Lowest since March 2020 India’s Active caseload […]
Jammu, Oct 10: A girl, who went missing from her house in Reasi district about a fortnight back, was found in a village in Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Kuldeep Kumar, a resident of Mari village, lodged a report at the Reasi police […]
Srinagar, Oct 10 : Jammu and Kashmir recorded 99 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 3,30,533, officials said. No Covid-related death was reported in the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, they said. Of the fresh cases, 14 were from Jammu division and […]
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