Adani Group Chairperson Gautam Adani. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, according to U.S. prosecutors. Authorities said Mr. Adani and seven … Read more
The next two or three months in Ukraine are likely to be exceedingly violent, in a war that has already been the deadliest in Europe in the past 80 years. Marc Santora, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the war with Russia, explains why. Source link
Instagram Part-time model Valeria Baigascina appears to have a jet-set lifestyle High-tech equipment made by a UK firm worth $2.1m (£1.6m) has been sold to companies in Russia connected to the military, customs documents seen by BBC News suggest. The documents indicate the British-made camera lenses were shipped by a company registered in Kyrgyzstan, apparently … Read more
The National People’s Power (NPP), led by Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has swept the Sri Lankan parliamentary polls with an astounding majority. The NPP’s success, built on Mr. Dissanayake’s win in September 2024 (the presidential election), was made possible by an astute reading of the ground sentiment, patient planning and execution of a … Read more
As people are displaced by the Israeli air strikes pounding the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, two TikTokers are filming the damage for families who have fled. Ali Baydoun and Adam Kassak post videos online documenting the scale of damage to buildings for those who have been forced to abandon their homes at short notice. Dahieh, … Read more
Mpox vaccine bottles stand in a package, at Federal Medical Center in Abuja, Nigeria November 18, 2024 | Photo Credit: REUTERS The World Health Organization listed KM Biologics’ mpox vaccine for emergency use on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, making it the second shot to get the approval of the global health agency. The WHO had … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News late on Tuesday that Ukraine would lose the war if Washington, its main military backer, pulled funding. The Ukrainian leader said it would be “very dangerous if we lose unity in Europe, and what is most important is unity between Ukraine and the United States”. US President-elect Donald … Read more
“United Nations (U.N.) agencies are trying to unlock key climate financing for Afghanistan, one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change which has not received approval for any such fresh funds since the 2021 Taliban takeover,” two U.N. officials told Reuters. Plagued by drought and deadly floods, Afghanistan has been unable to access … Read more
Getty Images Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal ahead a bail hearing on February 9, 2021 Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong’s most influential pro-democracy figures, has taken to the stand in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life in jail. The 76-year-old founder of … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Mr. Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health … Read more