Month: June 2023
Biden: President Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
WASHINGTON: With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling, averting an unprecedented default on…
Belgrade: Tens of thousands rally against government in Belgrade
BELGRADE: Tens of thousands gathered on Saturday for the fifth anti-government protest this month in Serbia‘s capital Belgrade after two back-to-back shootings that killed 18…
US defense secretary says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China
SINGAPORE: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by…
Belgorod: ‘Frightening’: Thousands of Russians flee shelling to Belgorod
BELGOROD (RUSSIA): Since the start of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine, Russian pensioner Antonina Zaikina had a bag prepared in case she had to flee her…
Erdogan: Turkey’s Erdogan takes oath of office, ushering in his third presidential term
ANKARA: Turkey‘s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential term that followed three stints as…
mnregs: 88 pc wage payment under MNREGS done through Aadhaar Based Payment System in May: Govt
About 88 per cent of wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) was made through the Aadhaar Based Payment System (ABPS)…
Three Israeli soldiers, Egyptian security officer killed in border gunfire incident
JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian security officer were killed near the countries’ border on Saturday, Israel and Egypt said, in an incident whose…
Belgorod: Two people killed by Ukrainian artillery fire on Russia’s Belgorod region: Governor
MOSCOW: Two people were killed and two injured by Ukrainian artillery fire on Russia’s Belgorod region on Saturday, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. “Since this morning,…
Germany tells China to stop poaching ex-air force pilots
FRANKFURT: Germany on Saturday asked China to stop recruiting former Luftwaffe pilots to train its own air force, fearing they could reveal NATO secrets.“I raised…
UK PM Rishi Sunak finds himself drawn into the one feud he hoped to avoid
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent seven months trying to persuade the public that he could put the turmoil of the Brexit years and the…