Category: World News

North Korea fires missile after threatening ‘fiercer’ step

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Thursday, hours after the North threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan. The missile fired from the North’s eastern coastal […]

Analysis: Have China and India shifted stance on Russia war?

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — China and India, after months of refusing to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine, did not stand in the way of the release this week of a statement by the world’s leading economies that strongly criticizes Moscow. Could this, at last, signal a bold new […]

Escalation fears ease after NATO, Warsaw say missile that hit Poland was Ukrainian stray

WARSAW/BRUSSELS/NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 16 – A missile that hit Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defences and not a Russian strike, Poland and NATO said on Wednesday, easing global concern that the war in Ukraine could spill across the border. Nevertheless, NATO’s chief said […]

NASA’s mightiest moon rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years […]

Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack

PRZEWODOW, Poland — NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people did not appear to be an intentional attack, and that air defenses in neighboring Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile against a […]

Major General Goverdhan Singh Jamwal desires to see Choudhary Lal Singh, the head of Jammu U.T.

JAMMU: Last General of the state forces Major General Goverdhan Singh Jamwal desire to see Choudhary Lal Singh as the head of Jammu U.T. This has been communicated to Lal Singh in an appreciation letter by General Jamwal after going through the DSSP Manifesto, which Ch. Lal Singh […]

CBI arrests 7 more people in connection with J&K Police SI recruitment scam

New Delhi, Nov 10 : The CBI has arrested seven more people, including some police personnel, in connection with the alleged manipulation of recruitment process for sub-inspectors in Jammu and Kashmir Police, officials said Thursday. They said the arrests were made after these suspects were questioned in Jammu, […]

Nepal earthquake kills at least six villagers, rattles New Delhi

KATHMANDU, Nov 9 – An earthquake in western Nepal killed at least six villagers, four of them children, as the tremor destroyed mud and brick houses in remote communities living in the foothills of the Himalayas. The quake struck in the early hours of Wednesday when all families […]

Facebook parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs, 13% of workforce

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday. The job cuts come just a week after widespread layoffs at Twitter under its new owner, billionaire Elon Musk. […]

Griner sent to Russian penal colony to serve sentence

MOSCOW — American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month. The eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time […]

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