Chinese Premier meets pro-Trump US Senator Daines and calls for dialogue instead of confrontation (Pictre credit: AP) BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Sunday that Beijing and Washington should choose dialogue instead of confrontation during his meeting with US Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, as the two countries are locked […]
Pakistan: Polio virus detected in sewage samples from 18 districts (Picture credit: ANI) ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at Pakistan’s National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of the Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in sewage samples from 18 districts across the country, according to ARY News.The National Emergency Operations Centre for […]
4 killed, 6 injured, some 1,500 evacuated as wildfires ravage Korea’s southeastern region (Picture credit: ANI) SEOUL: At least four people were killed, six people were injured and some 1,500 people were evacuated as wildfires fueled by strong winds have scorched areas of the nation’s southeastern region, disaster authorities said Sunday.The fire began in Sancheong […]
The Democratic party is still grasping for a coherent response to the new Trump administration. Lisa Lerer, national politics correspondent for The New York Times, breaks Democrats into four categories to explain how to make sense of the fractured Democratic opposition. Source link
File Photo: Sirajuddin Haqqani (ANI) The United States has lifted its $10 million bounty onTaliban‘s Sirajuddin Haqqani, the interior minister in Afghanistan’s Taliban-led regime, officials in Kabul said on Sunday.The US government has also removed the bounties placed on two other senior Taliban figures, namely Abdul Aziz Haqqani and Yahya Haqqani, interior ministry spokesman Abdul […]
Border statistics reveal eggs are being intercepted more frequently than fentanyl at US borders, coinciding with nationwide poultry shortages due to bird flu outbreak.US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data indicates 5,572 egg product seizures in the current fiscal year, compared to 15,955 interceptions in fiscal year 2024 and 16,541 in fiscal year 2023. For […]
The iconic blue bird logo that once adorned Twitter’s former San Francisco headquarters has been sold for $34,375 at an auction. The 560-pound (254-kilogram) sign, measuring 12 feet by 9 feet (3.7 metres by 2.7 metres), was removed after Elon Musk rebranded the social media giant to X.The auction was conducted by RR Auction, a […]
Destructive wildfires in North Carolina have prompted evacuation orders in one US county whilst emergency teams strive to control the blazes in an area still reeling from Hurricane Helene’s impact.Authorities in North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety issued a compulsory evacuation directive at 8.20 pm (local time) Saturday for specific sections of Polk County, situated […]
AI image (Credit: Lexica) UK families face declining living standards by 2030, with lower-income households experiencing twice the decline compared to middle and high-income earners, according to recent data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). This challenges Keir Starmer‘s commitment to improve working people’s financial situation. prioritising increased income for working individuals. The prime minister’s […]
Venezuela agreed to resume repatriation flights carrying deported nationals from the United States after an agreement between the two nations. The decision comes after a temporary halt imposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s national assembly and Maduro’s chief negotiator with the US, announced the decision on social media.“We […]
