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[ad_1] Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. File | Photo Credit: AP Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced on April 12 an investigation into suspected Russian interference in Europe-wide elections in June, saying that his country’s intelligence service has confirmed the existence of a network trying to undermine support for Ukraine. “Belgian intelligence services have confirmed the existence of pro-Russian interference networks with activities in several European countries…

[ad_1] A US carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a three-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as US President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The dueling military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of China’s aggressive military actions in the region.A number…

[ad_1] Chinatown’s Central Plaza in Los Angeles decorated with red lanterns for the Lunar New Year | Photo Credit: AFP Only 6% of Indian Americans lived along or below the poverty line as of 2022 in the United States. This is the lowest share among the various Asian groups that live in the country, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. Most Asian Americans who lived in poverty…

[ad_1] O J Simpson, who ran to fame and adulation on the football field, made fortunes as a Black all-American in movies, advertising and television, and was acquitted of killing his former wife and her friend in a 1995 trial in Los Angeles that riveted the nation, died of prostate cancer at his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday. He was 76.His legacy was forever changed by the June…

[ad_1] MILAN: The Italian Coast Guard rescued 22 people and recovered nine bodies after a smugglers’ boat capsized in a storm about 50 kilometers ( about 30 miles) south of the island of Lampedusa, authorities said Thursday. Survivors indicated that the steel bottom boat had departed from Sfax, Tunisia overnight Sunday carrying 46 people from Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali and Ivory Coast. The boat capsized Wednesday morning as waves…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Osama Siblani was sipping his morning coffee at the office when his phone buzzed with a message from one of President Joe Biden’s advisers. As publisher of the Arab American News in Dearborn, Michigan, Siblani serves as an occasional sounding board, and the White House wanted to know what he thought of Biden’s recent call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After months of mounting concerns over…

[ad_1] PESHAWAR: As many as 10 people celebrating Eid drowned when their boat capsized in the Indus River in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, authorities said. The tragedy took place in the Kund Park region of Nowshera district where people, who gathered in large numbers to celebrate Eid festivities, drowned in the river at the confluence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, 1122 Rescue officials said. The…

[ad_1] Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on April 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A top Vietnamese property tycoon was sentenced to death on April 11 in one of the biggest corruption cases in history, with an estimated $27 billion in damages. A panel of three hand-picked jurors and two judges rejected all defence arguments by Truong My…

[ad_1] Whooping cough is making a comeback in several parts of the world, with deaths reported in China, the Philippines, Czech Republic and the Netherlands, and outbreaks in countries including the US and UK.The infection, whose scientific name is pertussis, is difficult to detect early and can be fatal, especially in children and babies. Thirteen deaths were reported in China in the first two months of 2024, with 32,380…

[ad_1] Steven Wu, the appellate chief for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, echoed that sentiment at Wednesday’s emergency hearing. He argued that Trump’s lawyers had months to raise immunity and other issues and should not be rewarded with a delay at the eleventh hour. “Staying the trial at this point would be incredibly disruptive,” Wu said. “The court, the people, witnesses have made extraordinary efforts to make sure this…

[ad_1] Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks the media after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New York, U.S. | Photo Credit: ANI Q4 GDP growth may throw up a positive surprise at 6.5%-7% India’s GDP growth in the January to March 2024 quarter is likely to turn out to be higher than the 5.9% uptick penned in by the National Statistical Office (NSO), possibly in the…

[ad_1] CHICAGO: Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured, according to graphic video footage a police oversight agency released Tuesday. Five officers from a tactical unit who were in an unmarked police vehicle surrounded an SUV last month driven by Dexter Reed, allegedly for failing to wear a seatbelt.Video shows the 26-year-old…

[ad_1] Last Updated: April 11, 2024, 00:30 IST Read all latest and breaking World News on News18.com President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Japan’s attempts to set up a leadertoleader summit with North Korea is “a good thing,” and reiterated his administration’s willingness for its own talks without preconditions. WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Japan’s attempts to set up a leader-to-leader summit with North Korea is “a…

[ad_1] “It’s that accumulation that’s the problem,” said Scott Belcher, a North Carolina State University professor who researches PFAS toxicity. “Even tiny, tiny, tiny amounts each time you take a drink of water over your lifetime is going to keep adding up, leading to the health effects.” PFAS is a broad family of chemical substances, and the new rule sets strict limits on two common types — called PFOA…

[ad_1] SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – APRIL 10: Officials from the South Korean Central Election Management Committee and election observers count votes cast of parliamentary election on April 10, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. The ruling People Power Party (PPP) led by President Yoon Suk-yeol, aims to secure a parliamentary majority and counter opposition efforts to stymie its conservative agenda. Meanwhile, the opposition parties are striving to gain a supermajority,…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Taliban’s highly private supreme leader made a rare public appearance on Wednesday, leading thousands of worshippers in prayers for Eid al-Fitr, as confirmed by an Afghan government spokesperson. Hibatullah Akhundzada, who took over leadership of the Taliban in 2016 and guided the group back to power following the US troop withdrawal in 2021, has seldom been seen in public. The prayer session in Kandahar’s largest…

[ad_1] SEOUL: High youth unemployment, feuding politicians and a cost of living crisis: young South Korean voters told AFP what was on their minds as they voted — some for the first time — in elections Wednesday. This election cycle, younger voters were outnumbered by those over 60, official data showed, and at polling booths across the capital Seoul, there were visibly more older voters casting their ballots. AFP…

[ad_1] India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj (Centre) File phto | Photo Credit: ANI India has been elected to several key bodies at the United Nations, including a significant victory by its nominee Jagjit Pavadia who was re-elected for a third term to the International Narcotics Control Board after garnering the highest number of votes. Mr. Pavadia was re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)…