Govts spying on Apple, Google users via push notifications: US Senator
Washington, Dec 7 - Some unidentified governments around the world are spying on Apple and Google phone users through their push notifications, US Senator Ron Wyden has warned in a letter written to the Justice Department.
S.Korea asks UAE to correct nat’l flag image mix-up on COP28 website
Seoul, Dec 6 - South Korea has requested the UAE correct the faulty posting of North Korea's national flag as that of South Korea on the website of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Blinken emphasises to Chinese FM to discuss preventing Israel-Hamas war from spreading
Beijing, Dec 6 - The top diplomats from China and the US discussed the war between Israel and the Hamas terror group in a call, Beijing and Washington said on Wednesday, the media reported.
4 Republicans qualify for fourth presidential debate
Washington, Dec 5 - Four Republicans, including Indian-Americans Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, have qualified for the fourth presidential debate scheduled to take place on Wednesday night in Alabama, the Republican National Committee (RNC) announced.
Flu, Covid infections tick up in US
Los Angeles, Dec 6 - The US is experiencing increasing flu and Covid-19 infections nationwide, with elevated respiratory illnesses, particularly among young children.
‘Second term for Trump poses threat to existence of America’
Washington, Dec 6 - A possible second term for former US President Donald Trump "poses a threat to the existence of America as we know it", the editor of a US-based magazine has said.
Republican primary not a referendum on Trump but on Biden: US media
Washington, Dec 6 - The Republican presidential race ahead of the primaries to the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire meet in another 50 days should have been a referendum on former President Donald Trump, instead, it's turning out to be a vote on
Looking forward to see results of India’s probe on Pannun: US
Washington, Dec 6 - The US has said that it is looking forward to seeing the results of India's investigation into the plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader, and will not make any assessments before the probe is finished.
There are no UN-designated safe zones in Gaza: UN
United Nations, Dec 6 - A UN spokesman has refuted the US claim that civilians in Gaza should seek refuge in UN-designated safe places.
British government makes it tougher for Indians to work in the UK
London, Dec 4 - An estimated 300,000 non-Britons – many of them Indians – will be affected by the British government on Monday raising the bar for people eligible to apply for skilled worker visas for the United Kingdom. The minimum salary that
US mounts pressure on Israel to protect civilians as IDF bombards Gaza
Washington, Dec 4 - The US has mounted pressure on Israel to protect civilians as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) resumed the war after a weeklong ceasefire with ferocious intensity, bombarding south Gaza and asking citizens there to flee.
Red Cross chief to travel to Gaza, hold talks on hostage access
Tel Aviv, Dec 4 - President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger will travel to Gaza on Monday and hold talks on allowing Red Cross representatives to gain access to the hostages currently under Hamas captivity.
Pope, Grand Imam call for robust climate action at COP28
Dubai, Dec 3 - His Holiness Pope Francis and the the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb have signed a declaration of support for urgent climate action, giving video addresses to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at the inauguration of the Faith
US Indian lawmakers call for ceasefire, ‘legitimate’ alternative in Gaza
New Delhi, Dec 2 - Indian American lawmakers have been consistently calling cessation of hostilities, extended truce for smooth flow of aid, swift release of hostages, removal of Hamas and a lasting solution to the Israel-Hamas war, which entered its 56th day on
Haley’s Comet shines bright as Republican presidential race heats up
Washington, Dec 2 - Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has been creeping up on former President Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination but she is still so far behind that only a superhuman leap can get
Kamala Harris on way to Dubai to attend Climate summit COP 28
Washington, Dec 2 - US Vice-President Kamala Harris will be the highest ranking executive of the US government attending the COP 28 summit in Dubai in the absence of President Joe Biden said to be busy with the war in Ukraine and Israel–Hamas
Strategists fear Sunak might not have temperament to charm electorate
New Delhi, Dec 2 - With the UK general elections looming next year, some Conservative Party MPs and strategists fear the British Prime Minister might not have the temperament to charm the electorate.
Moving from rejection of Israel, India makes two states its canon of diplomacy
New York, Dec 2 - In its slow march towards realpolitik, India has come a long way from looking at Palestine through the prism of its independence struggle and the trauma of partition and rejecting Israel to supporting the two-state solution of sovereign
134 countries sign declaration to address global emissions, protect farmer lives
Dubai, Dec 1 - The COP28 Presidency on Friday announced that 134 world leaders have signed up to its landmark agriculture, food and climate action declaration. Also announced was the mobilisation of more than $2.5 billion in funding to support food security while
Israeli airstrikes kill 32 people in Gaza, says Hamas-controlled Health Ministry
Gaza, Dec 1 - The Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza claimed that Israeli airstrikes that resumed on Friday after the collapse of the seven-day ceasefire, has killed 32 people in the besieged enclave so far.