U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China next week, rescheduling a visit that was cancelled in February | file photo | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China next week, rescheduling a visit that was cancelled in February after a saga over a suspected surveillance balloon, … Read more
Federal Monitor Mylan Denerstein said that only 41% of stops, 32% of frisks and 26% of searches were lawful. File (representational image) | Photo Credit: AP New York City’s reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk” as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of colour and running … Read more
Locals gather after the Coromandel Express derails after hitting a goods train near Bahanaga station in Balasore on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha train accident | 233 people killed, over 900 injured in Odisha triple train crash The accident took place at around 7 p.m. when two coaches of 12864 (SMVB-HWH) Yashwantpur-Howrah Express derailed near Bahanaga … Read more
Sedition law can be retained but with safeguards: Law Commission The Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained but certain amendments could be made for greater clarity regarding its usage, the 22nd Law Commission has said in its report to the government. The commission said sedition being a … Read more
File photo of U.S. President Joe Biden with Philippines President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in New York | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks on May 1 as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine vessels in the … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the day of his court appearance in New York after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., on April 4, 2023 | Photo Credit: Reuters Donald Trump offered a full-throated … Read more
Police officers arrive at the Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, after reports of a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. on March 27, 2023. Photo: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department/Handout via Reuters A shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27, left multiple victims before police “engaged” the gunman, leaving the suspect dead, … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, top center, walks past Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi Thursday, March 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met briefly Thursday at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 … Read more
Laboratory technicians work samples taken from people to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in China‘s northeastern Liaoning province | File photo | Photo Credit: AFP China on Monday accused the United States of “smearing” the country and “politicising” scientific research, after a government agency in Washington published a report concluding that the COVID-19 pandemic likely began from a … Read more
Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder. File. | Photo Credit: AP China declined a request for a phone call between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe after Washington brought down a Chinese spy balloon, a Pentagon spokesperson said on Tuesday. A U.S. Air Force fighter jet shot … Read more