[ad_1] India’s staggered general election is heading towards its penultimate phase, with voters from eight states and federally-governed union territories poised to decide the fate of 889 candidates on May 25. Among some prominent candidates, Kanhaiya Kumar, a former student leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is challenging sitting MP Manoj Tiwari, …
[ad_1] Inauguration of Mahamat Idriss Deby follows disputed election and marks an end to three years of military rule. Chad’s newly elected president, Mahamat Idriss Deby, has been sworn in to succeed his late father after three years as an interim leader under military rule in the northcentral African country. Shortly after, the country announced …
[ad_1] Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on the Brahmaputra River. The island, like 2,000 others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability as human-caused climate change makes rain heavier and more …
[ad_1] Acutis was attributed with a second miracle. He can now be elevated to sainthood, but the Vatican did not say when it will happen. Pope Francis has attributed a second miracle to an Italian teenager who in his short life used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith, clearing the way for him …
[ad_1] The People’s Liberation Army continues land, sea and air exercises that began on Thursday around the self-ruled island . China’s military has begun its second day of war games around Taiwan, with drills that it said were to test the armed forces’ ability to “seize power” and control key areas of the self-ruled democracy. …
[ad_1] New Delhi, India – On a sweltering afternoon, hundreds of men and women gathered in an open area, bigger than a football stadium, near the Yamuna river in northeast Delhi. As the crowd grew, the place erupted into a dome of dust. People covered their faces with cotton towels and stoles, as they headed …
[ad_1] Taipei, Taiwan – Protests are expected to resume in Taiwan on Friday over a divisive bill that would greatly expand the investigative powers of parliament and has already drawn thousands of people onto the streets. Protesters gathered outside the legislature on Tuesday to coincide with the first reading of the bill, and legislators are …
[ad_1] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says measures will target individuals responsible for undermining democracy. The United States will impose visa restrictions and review relations with Georgia over a controversial “foreign agent” bill that has sparked mass protests in the country. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday the visa restrictions would …
[ad_1] As the war enters its 819th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, May 24, 2024. Fighting At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and home to about one million people. Nearly 11,000 people have been …
[ad_1] Israeli forces have killed at least 50 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip and battled in close combat with Hamas-led fighters in the southern city of Rafah, health officials and the armed wing of Hamas say. Israeli tanks advanced in Rafah’s southeast, edged towards the city’s western district of Yibna …