How India has fared in the past decade on the foreign policy and economic policy fronts. It is election season in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems set to win a third successive term in the national elections — for good reason, say his supporters. They claim 10 years of the Modi government have […]
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Authorities warn of dangerous water levels on the Ural river and open an investigation into the dam breach. Russia said it has evacuated more than 4,000 people in the Orenburg region near the Kazakhstan border due to flooding after a dam burst. The Orenburg governor’s office said on Saturday that “4,208 people, including 1,019 children”
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Kochi, India – A chance encounter when he was selling postcards to tourists in Jew Town as a 13-year-old in the early 1980s would change the course of Thaha Ibrahim’s life. Growing up in Mattancherry, a bustling hub of the spice trade in the southern Indian city of Cochin (now Kochi), Thaha Ibrahim had always
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CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images A citizen braves heavy rain on the evening of April 2, 2024 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China. CNN — Three people died after typhoon-like winds pulled them out through their apartment windows in southern China, as extreme weather battered the region over the past week. A total of seven people had died
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Montreal, Canada – “Unlivable.” That’s how Canada’s immigration minister, Marc Miller, described the situation in the Gaza Strip in late December. The Palestinian territory was under fierce Israeli bombardment at the time. At least 20,000 people had been killed, and hunger was spreading at an alarming rate as Israel blocked deliveries of food, water and
Thousands evacuated after Russian dam breached BBC.com Dam bursts amid flooding in Russia’s Urals, evacuation underway, emergency services say The Jerusalem Post Heavy Rainfall Ruptures Dike In Russia Barron’s Dam bursts amid floods in Russia’s Orsk, evacuation underway: TASS Al Arabiya English Evacuation Under Way In Russian City Near Kazakh Border After Dam Bursts Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
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Doctors are trying to make the field more accessible, but are they concerned about quality of care or their own prestige? Many countries around the world are facing a shortage of qualified doctors. Several countries have taken steps in recent months to make achieving qualification as a doctor more accessible. But these attempts have been
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US treasury secretary says market-based reforms will aid world’s second largest economy. United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that China is too large to try to export its way to rapid growth and would benefit by reducing excess industrial capacity that is pressuring other economies. Yellen said on Friday during a visit to
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Former US President criticises Israel for releasing ‘most heinous’ videos of air strikes in Gaza. Former United States President Donald Trump has warned that Israel is “losing the PR war” in Gaza because of the flood of distressing images coming out of the enclave. In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday,
There are fears that wars in Gaza and Ukraine may deflect attention from the climate crisis. A state of emergency is declared in Zimbabwe, with extreme drought putting millions of people in danger. As wars rage in Gaza and Ukraine, the battle against climate change continues – but makes fewer headlines. Is the world paying
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