Colombo: Sri Lanka's embattled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew out of his country to the Maldives early on July 13, ahead of his resignation after months of widespread protests against his island nation's worst-ever economic crisis. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had promised at the weekend to resign on July 13 and clear the way for a "peaceful transition of...
New York: The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is "nowhere near over" as the number of new cases worldwide has risen by 30 percent in the last two weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. "I am concerned that cases of Covid-19 continue to rise -- putting further pressure on stretched health systems and health workers....
New York: Maher al-Agal, leader of the Islamic State militant group in Syria, was killed on July 12 in a US drone strike, the Pentagon said. Al-Agal is one of the top five leaders of the militant group. Sources say he was responsible for developing IS networks outside Syria and Iraq. A DW report said al-Agal...
New York: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed several of Kyiv's senior envoys abroad, including India's, according to the presidential website. In a decree that gave no reason for the move, he announced the sacking of Ukraine's ambassadors to India, Germany, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Hungary. It was not immediately clear if the envoys would be handed...
New York: Rishi Sunak, one of several Tory MPs, whose exit from Boris Johnson's government has brought the UK prime minister on the brink of stepping down from the coveted post, is the frontrunner to be the next entrant to 10, Downing Street. As of July 12, Sunak and Attorney General Suella Braverman were the two...
By Narendra Modi Shinzo Abe - an outstanding leader of Japan, a towering global statesman, and a great champion of India-Japan friendship - is not among us anymore. Japan and the world have lost a great visionary. And, I have lost a dear friend. I first met him in 2007, during my visit to Japan as...
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot earlier today, died in a hospital, local media reported. Citing a senior member of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, national broadcaster NHK said “former prime minister Abe died at a hospital in Kashihara city, Nara, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was 67.” The assassination of...
Ottawa: The ‘Kaali’ poster controversy intensified on Thursday as in a seemingly deliberate attempt to offend Hindus, filmmaker Leena Manimekalai tweeted a photograph of two artists dressed as Shiva and Parvati, smoking ‘bidi’. After this, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said that the state government will write to the center to issue a Lookout...
London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the United Kingdom (UK) has resigned as Conservative Party leader after months of ethics scandals and a party revolt. But he remains Britain’s prime minister — for now — while a successor is chosen. His resignation, which came after dozens of ministers quit his government in protest, sparks a...
