China

UK police initiate hate crime inquiry after Sikh Scripture damaged

22 Jul 2023 10:09 AM IST

Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a Sikh holy text was found damaged outside a residential address in Leeds, northern England. West Yorkshire Police said it received the report of the incident from a member of the local Sikh community on Sunday. The incident occurred in the Headingley

Homicides in Brazil at all-time low in a decade

22 Jul 2023 10:08 AM IST

Brazilian researchers say the number of violent deaths last year reached the lowest level in more than a decade, puzzling some experts because there has been an explosion of firearms circulating in the country in recent years. About 47,500 people were slain in Latin America’s largest nation in 2022, said

Notorious Indonesian animal market ends its brutal dog and cat meat trade

22 Jul 2023 10:07 AM IST

Authorities on Friday announced the end of the “brutally cruel” dog and cat meat slaughter at a notorious animal market on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi following a years-long campaign by local activists and world celebrities. The Tomohon Extreme Market will become the first such market in Indonesia to go

Petroleum dealers demand higher profit margins,protest

22 Jul 2023 10:03 AM IST

The petroleum dealers in cash-strapped Pakistan have threatened to hold a nationwide strike from Saturday as they are dissatisfied with Shehbaz Sharif-led government on its failure to increase their profit margins, a media report said on Friday. Speaking at a press conference here, Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) Chairman Samiullah

Japan, US, and South Korea push for Dialogue amid North’s weapons development

22 Jul 2023 10:01 AM IST

Senior officials from Japan, the US and South Korea condemned North Korea over its recent ICBM-class ballistic missile launches and vowed to step up their trilateral cooperation to strengthen deterrence and sanctions against the North, while stressing the need for dialogue with Pyongyang. Their meeting Thursday in the central Japanese

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft align with White House AI guidelines

22 Jul 2023 10:00 AM IST

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology have agreed to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration. The White House said Friday that it has secured voluntary commitments from seven U.S. companies meant to ensure their

Russia aims missiles at Ukraine’s farm storage, port attacked

22 Jul 2023 09:58 AM IST

Russian cruise missiles, flying low and hugging the terrain to dodge Ukrainian air defences, destroyed farm storage buildings in the Odesa region early Friday, Ukrainian officials said, as the Kremlin’s forces expanded their targets following three days of bombardment of the region’s Black Sea port infrastructure. Two missiles struck the

Gautam Adani meets Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe, discusses Colombo port, other projects

21 Jul 2023 12:13 PM IST

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the president of Sri Lanka, was in town, and Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani met with him to discuss a number of projects on the island. The discussions included the development of the Colombo Port West Container Terminal (WCT), the industrialist said Wickremesinghe is on a two-day visit

NYC Agrees to Pay million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in Historic settlement

NYC Agrees to Pay $13 million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in Historic settlement

21 Jul 2023 10:16 AM IST

New York City has agreed to pay more than USD 13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept through the city during the summer of 2020. If approved by a

Russia ends Grain deal, exacerbating Hunger in Kenyan refugee camp

21 Jul 2023 10:13 AM IST

Abdikadir Omar was trapped in an extremist-controlled town in Somalia for years until May, when he slipped out to make a 12-day journey with his wife and seven children to neighbouring Kenya in search of food and safety. To his surprise, “I found peace but no food,” the 30-year-old told

60-Day Notices to leave Shelter system to be given to select migrants in NYC

21 Jul 2023 10:11 AM IST

With hundreds of migrants arriving daily, New York City will start giving adult asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system 60 days notice to find somewhere else to live, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday. The new policy is intended to make room for migrant families with children, Adams said. Caseworkers

Gas explosion in Johannesburg injures 9 during rush hour

21 Jul 2023 10:09 AM IST

A suspected underground gas explosion during Johannesburg’s evening rush hour ripped open roads and flipped more than 20 cars in South Africa’s biggest city Wednesday, injuring at least nine people, authorities said. The nine were sent to the hospital with injuries that authorities said were not life threatening. Other people