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US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose higher tariffs on countries that “play games” with recent trade deals, after the Supreme Court blocked many of the sweeping global levies. His warning came as countries around the world said they were evaluating what tariffs and trade deals would stand following last week’s decision, which struck down the…

The incident occurred early Sunday when 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin breached Mar-a-Lago’s security with a shotgun and fuel can, prompting the Secret Service to respond. A day after a gun-wielding intruder was shot dead while breaching the security perimeter of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, US President Donald Trump said that he was unsure “how long I’ll…

General Dan Caine has cautioned against a potential US military strike on Iran, highlighting inadequate munitions and lack of allied support that could jeopardize US personnel. The Pentagon’s top general has cautioned the White House about the risks of a potential US military strike on Iran, as President Donald Trump publicly dismissed reports of internal opposition to…

Canada is considering revoking the citizenship of Tahawwur Rana, a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India. Canada is mulling to revoke the citizenship of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Tahawwur Rana ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s India visit, reports quoted Global Times. Rana – the…

The online backlash comes against the backdrop of a rise in racial violence against Indians in Ireland last year. A simple photograph of a queue outside an Irish food bank triggered a wave of racist attacks against Indians on social media, exposing the growing xenophobia faced by the Indian community in Ireland. The said photograph, showing students…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainians are exhausted after nearly four years of war but cannot concede to Russia, warning that surrender would mean losing the country entirely. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainians are exhausted after nearly four years of war with Russia, but made clear that conceding to Moscow’s demands is not an option, stressing…

The Arctic country had been set to hold a referendum on resuming membership talks in 2027. But according to media reports, geopolitical developments could see the vote being brought forward to this summer. Iceland’s government is considering holding a referendum on EU relations as early as August, according to two sources cited by news publication Politico. Reykjavik…

A Palestinian award-winner’s accusation that Germany has supported genocide sparked political after the closing gala, while others criticized the festival’s attempts to remain neutral on Gaza. This year’s Berlin International Film Festival prize winners, and their acceptance speeches, make clear the difficult tightrope along which the festival has to walk. Closing a 10-day festival that had been…

A U.S. judge permanently barred the Justice Department on Monday from releasing a prosecutor’s report on the criminal case accusing President Donald Trump of unlawfully retaining classified documents following his first term in office. Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found that releasing the report would be a “manifest injustice” to the Republican president and two former…

A group of 22 U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday introduced legislation that would require President Donald Trump’s administration to fully refund within 180 days all of the revenue, with interest, collected from tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. The legislation would require the Customs and Border Protection agency, which collects tariffs at U.S. ports of…

Over 3,000 people protested against the attendance of AfD politician Björn Höcke at a party event at Dortmund city hall on Sunday. An even bigger protest is expected in nearby Düsseldorf on Monday. Around 3,300 people gathered in the western German city of Dortmund on Sunday to protest against a visit by a fascist politician from the…

The EU and the US have very different views about the critical topic of censorship. Donald Trump’s envoy, Sarah Rogers, has attacked the EU’s new big tech laws while Europe wrestles with its far-right content problem. Whether it’s control of Greenland, security strategy or tariffs, relations between the US and Europe are dangling by a fraying thread.…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to send out a firm message of defiance. When we met this weekend in the government headquarters in Kyiv, he said that far from losing, Ukraine would end the war victorious. He was firmly against paying the price for a ceasefire deal demanded by President Vladimir Putin, which is withdrawing from strategic…

North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party has again chosen Kim Jong Un to be its general secretary, state media report. The announcement by the rubber-stamp party congress on Sunday comes as little surprise given the Kim family has ruled the dictatorship since the late 1940s. State-run KCNA said that under Kim’s leadership North Korea “radically improved” its “war…

Pakistan has carried out multiple overnight air strikes on Afghanistan, which the Taliban has said killed at least 18 people, including women and children. Islamabad said the attacks targeted seven alleged militant camps and hideouts near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and that they had been launched after recent suicide bombings in Pakistan. Afghanistan condemned the attacks, saying they…

Prince William gave insight into his mindset after his uncle, ex-Prince Andrew, was arrested last Thursday. The Prince of Wales attended the BAFTA Awards 2026 on Sunday alongside his wife, Kate Middleton, where he was asked about the movie “Hamnet.” “Hamnet,” which ended up winning in the best British film category of the annual awards show, centers…

Dr Estephan Salameh’s visit comes at the invitation of Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. The Palestinian Authority’s minister of finance and planning is in Singapore for a four-day official visit. Dr Estephan Salameh is in Singapore from Sunday (Feb 22) to Wednesday at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. The…

The Secret Service said the man was seen near the resort’s north gate carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel container, triggering an immediate armed response from security personnel. A white man in his early 20s was shot and killed by US Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy after entering…

These are the key developments from day 1,459 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Fighting A Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region killed four people, including a 17-year-old boy, while another attack on the southeastern Zaporizhia region killed a 77-year-old man, according to Ukrainian authorities. Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Odesa region wounded two people and caused…

Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned remarks made by the US ambassador to Israel suggesting that Israeli control over the entire Middle East would be acceptable, describing the comments as reckless and a violation of international law. US envoy to Israel Mike Huckabee said it would be acceptable if Israel took control of the entire Middle East, including…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said India and Brazil are “two countries that are in need or in want.” He said no one is above the other country. “The truth is that there’s a lot of similarity between Brazil and India in the attitude and in the needs. So when you sit down around a…

One of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or “El Mencho,” was killed in a military raid on Sunday, sparking widespread retaliatory violence. President Claudia Sheinbaum has been under mounting pressure from Washington to intensify her offensive against drug cartels blamed for producing and smuggling drugs, particularly the synthetic opioid fentanyl, across the border to the…

Iran has indicated it is prepared to make concessions on its nuclear programme in talks with the U.S. in return for the lifting of sanctions and recognition of its right to enrich uranium, as it seeks to avert a U.S. attack. Both sides remain sharply divided — even over the scope and sequencing of relief from crippling…

Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Verona a few hours before the Olympics closing ceremony to protest against housing costs and environmental concerns linked to the Winter Games. The rally, “Olympics? No thanks”, was organised by university groups and associations that oppose hosting an event they say disrupts forests, pours concrete onto fragile land and…

The European Commission demanded on Sunday that the United States stick to the terms of an EU-U.S. trade deal reached last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s global tariffs and he responded with new levies across the board. The Commission, which negotiates trade policy on behalf of the 27 EU member states, said…

The US space agency has said an issue with fuel supply is the culprit, though the source of the problem has not yet been found. The scheduled flyby is to be the first manned mission to the moon in five decades. The US space agency NASA on Saturday announced that an issue with the flow of helium…

Ecuador released 158 juveniles in the first phase of an ambitious rewilding effort at the World Heritage Site. Nearly 150 years after giant tortoises vanished from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, the species has made a long‑anticipated return. Ecuadorian authorities this week released 158 juvenile tortoises, each between 8 and 13 years old. The release is…

The political drama by Oscar nominee Ilker Catak took the top award at the Berlin International Film Festival. The Golden Bear, the Berlin International Film Festival’s top prize, was awarded on Saturday to the political drama “Yellow Letters,” by German director Ilker Catak. His previous film, “The Teachers’ Lounge” (2023) was nominated for an Oscar. Starring Tansu…

Russian authorities say divers have recovered the bodies of seven Chinese tourists and a Russian driver who died after their mini-bus plunged under the ice to the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia. Irkutsk regional Governor Igor Kobzev offered his “deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims”. He earlier said one Chinese tourist had…

Bruce Mouat’s rink were unable to end a 102-year wait for a men’s Winter Olympic curling gold – and vanquish their own disappointment from 2022 – as Canada denied Team GB a fourth gold medal of this year’s Games. Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie – plus alternate Kyle Waddell – arrived in Cortina as…

Nasa has said that its 6 March launch day for its long-awaited lunar mission is now “out of consideration”, after it spotted several last minute issues during routine checks that would prevent lift off. On Friday, the space agency said that its Artemis II mission, which would see astronauts sent to the moon for the first time…

Cat Day, which is set on Feb 22 in Japan, has exploded in recent years, with companies embracing a growing market for felines, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion. Much of Asia was celebrating the Year of the Horse this week. In Japan, which does not mark Lunar New Year, attention turns to a different animal. There…

No cases of the Nipah virus infection have been reported in Singapore in connection with the outbreak in West Bengal or the case in Bangladesh. Singapore will cease Nipah virus temperature screenings at the airport and seaports from Monday (Feb 23), progressively easing some measures as the outbreak in India stabilises. No cases of the Nipah virus…

The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai said that testing detected the highly infectious canine distemper virus as well as bacteria affecting the respiratory system. A deadly virus and bacterial infection have killed at least 72 tigers at a private animal park in Thailand’s north in recent weeks, authorities said. The provincial livestock office in Chiang Mai…

A MAN who lived on Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch as a teenager fears the financier could have gotten away with burying girls on the property, following a disturbing email claim in recent document dumps. Ean Royal, 28, lived in a house away from the main mansion at the New Mexico estate with his father, who had worked…

ARROGANT Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor tried to talk himself out of trouble by begging, “I’m the Queen’s second son, you can’t do this to me,” as he was kicked out of Royal Lodge. The ex-prince’s desperate plea came when he was evicted from the Windsor mansion to Sandringham. A royal insider told The Sun on Sunday: “He refused to…

After siding with President Donald Trump in two dozen cases in the past year in ways that boosted his power and let him quickly transform U.S. policies on immigration, military service, federal employment and beyond, the U.S. Supreme Court finally reached its limit. The court on Friday upended one of Trump’s top priorities in his second term…

The development comes a day after the Supreme Court struck down the Republican President’s reciprocal tariffs announced shortly after he assumed his Presidency. US President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on the global tariffs issue announcing that his administration would raise reciprocal tariffs to 15 per cent, 5 per cent up from his earlier announcement. The…

President Donald Trump lashed out on Friday at the U.S. Supreme Court and the six justices who struck down his signature global tariffs – including two he appointed – in remarkably personal terms while hailing the three justices who backed him. Although previous presidents have sharply criticized Supreme Court rulings against them, Trump’s lengthy tirade to reporters…

Australia’s centre-left government on Sunday rejected a local media report that said it was working to repatriate Australians in a Syrian camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants. The 34 women and children were released on Monday from the camp in northern Syria, but returned to the detention centre due to technical reasons. The group is…

JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), told President Donald Trump and his hospitality business in February 2021 it was closing their accounts at the bank, according to new documents released Friday as part of a $5 billion lawsuit Trump has filed against the bank and CEO Jamie Dimon. Several businesses cut ties with Trump after the January 6, 2021, attack…

The U.S. men’s hockey team is one win from ending a decades-long Olympic gold-medal drought, 46 years after they delivered one of the most iconic moments in sports history at the 1980 Winter Games. The Americans throttled Slovakia 6-2 in the Milano Cortina Olympic semi-finals on Friday to book their berth in the gold-medal game where they…

As the country’s biggest political event held every five years, the congress sets policy and can bring changes in leadership roles beneath supreme commander Kim Jong Un. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began reviewing the country’s progress in the past five years that brought “great transformation” during the second day of a key party congress, state…

NEWLY released footage showed Vince McMahon swerving through traffic while driving over 100 mph before he smashed his Bentley into another vehicle. In the horrifying video, which stemmed from an accident McMahon was involved in last July, the ex-WWE boss, 80, appeared dazed and confused after a state trooper told him he caught him going about 115…

UP to 20,000 prisoners have broken out of a Syrian ISIS detention camp the size of a city. Between 15,000 and 20,000 detainees, including the families of jihadist fighters, are now at large after the mass breakout, according to US spies. The sprawling Al-Hol camp held the radicalised families of terrorists, and experts had long warned that…

DONALD Trump’s bombshell call to unseal the government’s top secret alien files will be “the biggest story of all time”, according to a former Ministry of Defence chief. Nick Pope, who led the UK government’s “UFO Desk” for three years, told The Sun: “There either is or isn’t a smoking gun in the files somewhere that will…

Reacting to court setback, Donald Trump said, “I can embargo. I can do anything I want, but I can’t charge $1.” US President Donald Trump on Friday ripped into the US Supreme Court after it struck down his administration’s reciprocal tariffs, saying the ruling meant he was “not allowed to charge even $1” to other countries. Within…

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi revealed she has stage 1 cervical cancer and may have to undergo a hysterectomy. The “Jersey Shore” alum took to TikTok Friday to announce her adenocarcinoma diagnosis after getting the results of her recent cone biopsy, a procedure where surgeons remove a cone-shaped wedge of abnormal tissue from the cervix, per the Cleveland Clinic.…

China replaces US as Germany’s top trading partner, reclaiming a position it held from 2016 to 2023. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to visit China next week. China has overtaken the US as Germany’s most important trading partner, according to figures released by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Friday. The sum of exports and imports…

Milan-Cortina 2026 has been one of the most eventful Winter Olympics in history – in sporting and political terms – so it is appropriate that the final medal event could be the most enticing of all. Canada and United States have been the two best teams in the men’s ice hockey competition, and they will duke it…

Like many wild and wacky ideas, it all started down at the pub. “I was literally looking out the window at that intersection and thought, ‘What if we put in a beach volleyball court and play a competition?’ “On a tar road. In the middle of a town 400km from the nearest beach,” Simon Sutherland, 51, says.…

Bigger, better, bolder is the message being touted about the first of this year’s London fashion weeks. As the British capital attempts to regain its status as the hottest destination for talented designers, both established names and rising stars have been showcasing their autumn and winter looks. Highlights so far have included Paul Costelloe’s perfectly tailored looks…

Four people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand for allegedly burning to death a woman and her 10-month-old son on suspicion of practising witchcraft earlier this week. The woman’s husband, who was also attacked, suffered severe burns and is in hospital. Police say they are searching for more people who may be involved.…

While the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday against President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs marks a clear setback for his use of trade levies as an economic weapon, analysts say it offers little immediate relief for the global economy. Instead, they expect another bout of activity-crimping confusion combined with near-certainty that Trump will seek other means…

China may be less likely to follow through on another big purchase of U.S. soybeans that President Donald Trump has been touting for several weeks in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, analysts said. Most actively traded soybeans fell slightly on Friday morning after rallying 8.49% since February 4, when Trump said…

U.S. investors are pulling money out of their own stock market at the fastest pace in at least 16 years as Big Tech returns fade and better-performing overseas markets look more attractive. In the last six months, U.S.-domiciled investors have pulled some $75 billion from U.S. equity products, with $52 billion flowing out since the start of…

Ukraine’s Winter Paralympics team will boycott the event’s opening ceremony next month after Russian and Belarusian athletes were invited to compete under their national flags. On Tuesday, it was announced six Russian and four Belarusian athletes will take part in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and snowboarding at the Milan-Cortina Games, which start on 6 March. Both countries had previously…

International team uncovers gene mutations that cause rare and aggressive cancer in both cats and humans. Their findings could provide a path to treatments for both species. Cat lovers have more in common with the family feline than they may realize. New research published in the journal Science suggests cats and humans develop similar cancers due to similar tumor-causing…

Tesla unveiled a cheaper Cybertruck variant in the U.S. on Thursday and slashed the price of its most-expensive model, Cyberbeast, as the electric-vehicle maker struggles to find buyers for its pickup trucks. Tesla priced the new dual-motor all-wheel-drive model at $59,990, making it the company’s “most affordable” Cybertruck yet, and lowered the Cyberbeast price to $99,990 from…

Nvidia is close to finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI, as the chipmaker moves to take a stake in one of its largest customers, a person familiar with the matter said. The investment is part of a fundraising round in which OpenAI is seeking more than $100 billion, the person said. That would value the ChatGPT…

THIS is the moment a mother and her two toddlers are mown down by an allegedly drunk driver as they leave a preschool. Wild surveillance footage shows Patrice Pisani stepping out of Bloom Academy in Freehold Township around 3pm last Friday, flanked by her young boys. Seconds later, a grey SUV suddenly barrels toward them. Pisani is…

Speaking at the initial meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, Trump repeated that tariff threats and direct calls to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif halted hostilities between India and Pakistan in May last year. United States President Donald Trump has once again claimed that he helped defuse a military conflict between India and…

Actor Eric Dane has died. The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum passed away on Thursday, 10 months after announcing his ALS diagnosis. He was 53 years old. Dane’s family shared in a statement to People, “With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS.” “Throughout his journey with ALS, Eric…

Macron noted that France hopes to see the success of the Rafale deal replicated with submarines as well. “Rafale is absolutely key,” he said. “I hope we will do it on submarines. We offered additional capacities.” French President Emmanuel Macron has a message for critics of New Delhi’s proposed move to purchase and co-produce 114 Rafale fighter…

The White House said there are many “reasons and arguments that one could make for a strike against Iran” but that diplomacy is always the first option. It comes as the US rapidly builds up a military presence near Iran. What military assets does the US have in the Middle East? The United States is sending its…

Wherever Eileen Gu goes, her fans will follow. Headlines will too. With five medals – and the opportunity for one more on Saturday – she is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history. But she is also someone who transcends her sport, a 22-year-old global superstar with a bank balance to make your eyes water.…

King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was released from police custody on Thursday evening after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 on Thursday, had been questioned all day by detectives from Thames Valley Police. Earlier this month, the police force…

Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one transfer from an account which lacked sufficient funds, files released by the U.S. Department of Justice show. Details of the transactions, reported…

President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop nuclear weapons, according to a copy of the document sent to Congress and reviewed by Reuters. Trump, a Republican, and former President Joe…

Bill Gates pulled out of India’s AI Impact Summit hours before his scheduled keynote on Thursday, as scrutiny over his ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein intensified following the release of U.S. Justice Department emails. The abrupt withdrawal of Microsoft’s co-founder dealt a fresh blow to a flagship event already marred by organisational lapses,…

Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing work at a location reportedly bombed by Israel in 2024 amid tensions with the U.S. Images also show that Iran has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear site bombed…

Canada introduced new immigration priority categories on Wednesday to bring in skilled workers in fields ranging from research and health care to aviation, and to include certain military recruits. The new categories align with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s goals of broadly reducing the number of new permanent residents in Canada while recruiting skilled workers and scholars and…

Two days of peace talks in Geneva between Ukraine and Russia ended on Wednesday without a breakthrough as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was dissatisfied with the outcome while Washington reported “meaningful progress”. Officials from Moscow and Kyiv said the discussions in Geneva were difficult. At the conclusion, the delegations said they would meet again, without providing…

The country has not carried out capital punishment in almost three decades, despite its courts continuing to hand down death sentences. Park Chang-seon was once a top student in South Korea who dreamed of becoming president. But his life fell apart in 1974 when his father, Park Gi-rae, was arrested on charges of anti-state activities and sentenced…

CNA speaks to local leaders and businesses in Indonesia’s Batam on how Nongsa Digital Park is anchoring the city’s push to become a regional digital economy hub, even as challenges around talent and sustainability remain. Jesica Aulia Pardede moved from Medan to Batam in Indonesia’s province of Riau Islands in 2023 when she saw growing opportunities in…

A video of multiple humanoid robots skillfully performing kung fu at the China Media Group (CMG) 2026 Spring Festival Gala was shared online. The clip immediately went viral and left netizens awestruck. It’s China again– flaunting the impressive technological advancement they currently possess. China recently held a grand Spring Festival- China Media Group (CMG) 2026 Spring Festival…

The White House has been briefed that the military could be ready for an attack by the weekend. The US military is prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend; however, President Donald Trump is yet to take a final decision whether he’ll authorise such actions, sources familiar with the matter informed CNN. According to reports,…

Germany has joined the growing list of EU nations that are considering banning children from social media. Australia has banned youths from social media since December — and its example has lessons for EU governments. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz thinks that sociel media regulations could help prevent “personality deficits and problems in the social behavior of young…

The top commander overseeing U.S. forces in Latin America, General Francis Donovan, and senior Pentagon official Joseph Humire made a surprise visit to Venezuela on Wednesday for security talks, U.S. officials said. The trip is the first by a U.S. military delegation since U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an audacious raid last month and…

“Pulp Fiction” star Peter Greene died from an accidental gunshot wound, Page Six can confirm. The “Mask” star, who was found dead inside his Lower East Side apartment on Dec. 12, 2025, at the age of 60, died from the gunshot wound to the left axilla with injury to the brachial artery, the Office of the Chief…

When a US-imposed ceasefire halted the Gaza War last October, Hamas’s war for survival against Israel switched into a battle for control at home. The war had left the group’s disciplined military units shattered into guerrilla forces, and most of its leaders killed; Gaza’s buildings and infrastructure were largely destroyed, its population displaced, and its economic life…

Rescue teams combing through the backcountry of California’s Lake Tahoe region say they have found the bodies of eight skiers who went missing in an avalanche on Tuesday. The search for a final missing skier continues but that person is presumed dead, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said at a news conference on Wednesday. Officials said one…

A long-awaited ceasefire in eastern DR Congo is set to begin under the 2025 Washington Accords. Analysts remain skeptical, but US interest in Congolese resources could help propel the peace process. The increasingly unstable situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has occupied politicians and diplomats in recent days, both at the African Union summit in…

Germany’s national rail operator says it was hit with a cyberattack on its systems that disrupted ticketing and timetable information. German rail operator Deutsche Bahn on Wednesday said it had been targeted by a cyberattack that disrupted its digital services. The company said a so-called DDoS attack hit its IT systems around midday Tuesday, causing outages in…

Kim Jong Un said the new weapons system was a gift for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party — a landmark meeting set to begin soon. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony to unveil huge, multiple rocket launchers capable of firing nuclear warheads, state media reported on Thursday. At the ceremony, Kim…

Police said a man died after the car he was driving was trapped in flood waters near the North Island’s Otorohanga. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed New Zealand in recent days, killing one man, flooding large areas and cutting off several communities, authorities said. The severe storm since last Friday (Feb 13) has prompted a…

Om Birla represented India at Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in in Dhaka, delivered Narendra Modi’s invitation, and discussed regional cooperation with leaders from Maldives and Bhutan. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, where he handed over an invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an official visit to…