White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan | World News

[ad_1] White South Africans leave for US under Trump refugee plan (Photo: AP) The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a program initiated by US President Donald Trump departed from Johannesburg on Sunday.A reporter for news agency Reuters described seeing a queue of white citizens with airport trolleys full of luggage waiting to […]

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hits Pakistan today, follows Saturday’s twin tremors

[ad_1] An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale struck Pakistan at 1:26 pm (IST) on Monday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.This comes just two days after Pakistan was jolted by two back-to-back earthquakes on Saturday, a 5.7-magnitude quake in the morning, followed by a 4.0-magnitude tremor hours later, Reuters reported. Experts warn […]

Does the United States ‘Need’ Canada? What to Know.

[ad_1] President Trump had one big question on his mind as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney headed to Washington last week. “I very much want to work with him, but cannot understand one simple TRUTH,” Mr. Trump said in a social media post, reiterating several of ways he believes Canada benefits unfairly from its trade […]

What Is Absent From the Pro-Natalist Ideas Pitched to Trump?

[ad_1] Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to President Trump’s aides as they consider plans to boost the birthrate. After writing about this, Caroline Kitchener, a New York Times reporter who writes about the American family, was inundated with emails and comments from readers with the same notion, what about […]

As oil prices fall can Gulf big spenders keep Trump pledges?

[ad_1] Representative image (AP) Almost every month, there’s another announcement about how various Gulf states will spend mind-blowing sums of money, hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, in deals made with the new Trump administration in the US.In January, Saudi Arabia said it would broaden investments into, and trade with, the US to […]

Hungary’s Viktor Orban targets Ukraine, as opposition grows

[ad_1] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (AP) The video clip shows investigators, fingerprints, crime scene photos, a drug lab and bullet casings, then the head of a black wolf looking maliciously into the camera. A man speaks in a deep, menacing voice: “Drug and arms trafficking is the specialty of the Ukrainian mafia.Their mercilessness is […]

Two policemen killed in suicide blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | World News

[ad_1] Two policemen killed in suicide blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PESHAWAR: At least two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night, an official said. SSP Masood Bangash said the suicide bomber attacked a police mobile van near the cattle […]

South Korea ex-president Yoon in court again for criminal trial

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol appeared in court Monday for another hearing in his criminal trial after filing past waiting journalists, as he defends himself against insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law.Yoon was formally stripped of office last month after being impeached and suspended by lawmakers over his December […]

US Listeria Outbreak: California company removes food from shelves after 10 hospitalised

[ad_1] A Listeria monocytogenes bacterium (AP) At least 10 people have been hospitalised in the United States due to a Listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, prompting an urgent recall by a California-based food producer.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), alongside state and local agencies, has identified the source of the outbreak as […]

Awami League rejects ban by Bangladesh, to continue operations

[ad_1] DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Bangladesh‘s deposed PM Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League on Sunday rejected “with disgust” the interim govt’s decision to ban the party and vowed to continue its operations despite the restriction.The Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt’s council of advisers or the cabinet on Saturday night slapped a ban on “all activities of Awami League”, including […]