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Three miners feared dead, six others trapped
Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India’s northeastern Assam state, authorities said yesterday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
What’s next for Canada after Trudeau’s resignation
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said he would step down in the coming months after nine years in power, bowing to legislators alarmed by his Liberal Party’s miserable pre-election polling numbers. Here is what might happen next:
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
International flights resume at Damascus airport
International flights resumed at Syria’s main airport in Damascus yesterday for the first time since rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month, AFP journalists said.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Delhi to vote on Feb 5
Over 1.55 crore Delhi voters will vote in the assembly elections on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8, the Indian Election Commission announced yesterday.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
US records its first human death from bird flu
The patient, aged over 65, had been hospitalized in the southern state since at least mid-December
7 January 2025, 07:30 AM
What to know about the HMPV outbreak in China
HMPV has likely been around for centuries, and it has likely infected most people once in their lifetime.
7 January 2025, 06:25 AM
Indonesia welcomes its entry into BRICS bloc
BRICS was created in 2009 by founding members Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa joined the following year.
7 January 2025, 05:53 AM
10 gunmen dead in clash with Mexico security forces
A dozen firearms were seized along with several stolen vehicles and ballistic vests
7 January 2025, 05:51 AM
Major storm sweeps across Central and Eastern US, leaves 5 dead
The mercury could sink tens of degrees below seasonal norms on the US Gulf Coast.
7 January 2025, 05:13 AM
7.1M earthquake in Tibet kills 95 with tremors felt in Bangladesh, Nepal, India
Today's quake was the most powerful recorded within a 200-kilometre radius in the last five years
7 January 2025, 01:18 AM
Over 30m in need of aid: UN
More than 30 million people, over half of them children, are in need of aid in Sudan after twenty months of war, the United Nations said yesterday.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Jailed Malaysia ex-PM Najib moves closer to house arrest
Jailed former Malaysian leader Najib Razak yesterday moved closer to serving the rest of his sentence at home after an appeal court ruled he could use a royal decree supporting his claim.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
8 Indian cops, driver killed in bomb blast
At least eight policemen and a driver were killed in a bomb blast set off by Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said yesterday.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
US taking steps to clear hurdles: Sullivan
The United States is finalising steps to clear hurdles for civil nuclear partnership with Indian firms, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said yesterday, seeking to give fresh momentum to a landmark deal between the two countries.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Cyberattacks on Taiwan gov’t double in 2024
Chinese hackers were involved in most of the cyberattacks against Taiwan last year, which doubled to a daily average of 2.4 million, Taiwanese security officials said.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Around 18 Indian labourers feared trapped in Assam
Around 18 Indian labourers are feared trapped after water entered a “rat hole” mine in Assam yesterday. The 300-foot deep coal mine is located in Umrangso, a remote industrial town in Dima Hasao district.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran ‘main security challenge’ in ME
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday said Iran was the main strategic and security challenge in the Middle East, citing the acceleration of its nuclear programme and support for Russia’s war against Ukraine.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Fighting rages inside Russia’s Kursk region
Russia said yesterday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran executed over 30 women in 2024: report
Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said yesterday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught in a surge in the use of capital punishment in the Islamic republic.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Kurdish fighters will be ‘eliminated’
Turkey said yesterday that it was “only a matter of time” before Syrian Kurdish fighters -- seen by the West as essential in the fight against Islamic State jihadists -- will be wiped out.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM