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DONALD TRUMP ARRESTED: Art of the Resurgence or End of Road?

06 Apr 2023 00:26 AM IST

The hush money case involving former President Donald Trump refers to the payments made to two women, Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, during the 2016 presidential campaign to keep them quiet about their alleged affairs with Trump. Michael Cohen, who was Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer at the time, pleaded

Guterres flays ban on Afghan women working with UN in Afghanistan

05 Apr 2023 23:50 PM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the ban on Afghan women working with the UN in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. Antonio Guterres in a tweet said: “I strongly condemn the prohibition of our Afghan female colleagues from working in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.” Guterres stressed that the

Beijing protests against Chinese dance show in Bergamo

05 Apr 2023 23:47 PM IST

Chinese authorities protested against traditional Chinese dance show held in the Northern Italian city of Bergamo today, reported geopolitical insights from Italy, Decode 39. According to the Chinese government, “Shen Yun” is the singing, dancing face of “Falun Gong” which the government describes as a malevolent “anti-society cult” that leads

Unmanned airship over U.S. was unexpected, isolated event: China

05 Apr 2023 23:46 PM IST

China reiterated that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over US territory was purely an “unexpected and isolated event,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, according to the press statement released by the ministry. While responding to a question about the unmanned airship, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Mao Ning

Will wait till October if ruling coalition shares a roadmap for polls, says Imran

05 Apr 2023 23:44 PM IST

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that he was ready to wait till October if the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement-led coalition government shares a roadmap with him for holding fair general elections, according to a media report. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Khan has been demanding early national

Cargo ship sinks off Turkish coast, nine crew members missing

05 Apr 2023 23:43 PM IST

A Guinea-Bissau flagged cargo ship with 14 crew members on board sank off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast on Wednesday, Turkish officials said. Five crew members were rescued while efforts to find nine others were underway. The Joe 2 sank off the coast of Kumluca, in Antalya province, while heading to Ukraine

UAE issues travel advisory against dangerous Marburg virus

05 Apr 2023 23:41 PM IST

UAE has issued a travel advisory for citizens against travelling to Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania due to the outbreak of Marburg virus, reported Al Arabiya News. “The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has urged the public to be aware of the virus causing Marburg haemorrhagic fever and to avoid

Nepal President Ram Paudel discharged from hospital

05 Apr 2023 16:42 PM IST

Nepali President Ram Chandra Paudel has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a four-day treatment, hospital authorities said on Wednesday. He was discharged from Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj . However, no details about the health condition of the President were mentioned in the latest release. Notably, the newly elected

Iran appoints 1st envoy to UAE since 2016 thaw

05 Apr 2023 13:32 PM IST

Since a warming in relations and realignment between Gulf governments and Iran in 2016, Iran named its first ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, according to Dawn. Reza Ameri, Iran’s recently appointed ambassador was previously the director general of the foreign ministry’s office for Iranian expatriates, according

Trump: “US is going to hell”

05 Apr 2023 08:10 AM IST

“The United States is going to hell,” said former President Donald Trump in a jibe at Joe Biden’s administration while addressing a public gathering on Tuesday night. Addressing supporters from his Mar-a-Lago property, Trump mentioned the Hunter Biden laptop scandal saying, “The FBI and Department of Justice in collusion with

US ‘still assessing’ recovered parts from China spy balloon: Pentagon

04 Apr 2023 23:47 PM IST

The United States is still assessing the parts that were recovered from the balloon, and precautionary steps were taken in time to limit the intelligence value that it would be able to collect, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a press briefing on Monday. Responding to media queries

Musk replaces Twitter’s blue bird logo with ‘Doge’ meme

04 Apr 2023 23:46 PM IST

Yet again, Twitter CEO Elon Musk is back with new updates for the micro-blogging site, and this time he has changed the iconic blue bird logo, which has served as a home button on the web version, with the “doge” meme of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. Twitter users noticed the ‘doge’