International

Special Desk Nobel prizes have come to the scientists who discovered how human bodies feel the warmth of the sun or the hug from another. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature. They …

Special Desk Britney Spears feels on cloud nine after a court suspended the legal arrangement between the pop start and her father. The singer posted a video of her having a flying lesson, shortly after the new came. A judge has suspended Britney Spears’ father from the legal arrangement that …

Special Desk Days after Kim Yo Jong sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed willingness to talk to South Korea, the North Korea claimed it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile. State media reported the new missile called ‘Hwasong-8’ was one of the five most important new weapons systems …

Special Desk Fumio Kishida will become Japan’s prime minister as the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) anointed former foreign minister Kishida as its new leader, virtually ensuring the soft-spoken consensus-builder will become prime minister soon. Fumio Kishida enjoys only moderate popular support and has a bland image. Kishida but …

Special Desk The poll results have come and Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have narrowly won the country’s federal elections, defeating Chancellor Angela Merkel’s the party. As per the primary results the SPD secured 26.0% of the vote, while the ruling conservative CDU/CSU bloc gained 24.5%. The Greens achieved the …

Special Desk IN what could be said as a significant development in the strained relations between north and south Korea, Kim Yo Jong sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has shown willingness to talk to South Korea. IN what is being seen as a step towards ending the Korean …

Special Desk The new PM Najib Mikati has urged Lebanon’s people to put their trust in his government. Mikati acknowledged that some Lebanese would struggle to put their faith in him and his government as he seeks to help his economically shattered country. This because so many politicians have failed …

Special Desk Ballots have been locked and despite a clear drop in support, Vladimir Putin is looking to retain majority in parliamentary election. An exit poll predicted a resounding victory for the ruling party. Kremlin’s most vocal critics were barred from running in the election, and there have been numerous …

Special Desk A Constitutional Court has rejected former President Jacob Zuma arguments. South Africa’s top court has ruled that Zuma had failed in his attempt to have his 15-month jail sentence for failing to attend a corruption inquiry overturned. The sentence was handed down in June this year after Zuma …

The World Bank’s updated Groundswell report released today finds that climate change, an increasingly potent driver of migration, could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050. Hotspots of internal climate migration could emerge as early as 2030 and continue to spread and intensify by …