International

Special Desk The Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided to step down and shall not even re-contest as a PM candidate. This has set the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response particularly and gradually sinking public support. Suga said he …

Special Desk Life has been disrupted as storm Ida has brought flash floods and heavy rain to New York City. US President Joe Biden said historic investment is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 45 …

Special Desk Hours after the American troop left Afghanistan on August 31 a chilling video emerged showing a body dangling from a US Black Hawk helicopter, reportedly over Kandahar. It is unclear if the person dangling from the rope was dead or alive or whether it was a human or …

Special Desk A formal withdrawal by US forces has left Taliban as in charge at Kabul. The US had decided August 31 as the date for a final withdrawal and hence it did after two decades of war, leaving the Taliban in charge. America’s top military commander in the region, …

Special Desk  Apart from covid, Singaporeans are worried for another reason and that is job losses to migrant professionals. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong underlined the need to address Singaporeans’ anxieties over foreign work pass holders as there has been a rising concern among them about job losses to …

Special Desk Neighbouring Nepal is still working to restrict spread of covid infection. The three districts in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley have decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till September 1. Most of the existing restrictive measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic will also continue except for lifting the ban on …

Special Desk Who would have forgot Princess Diana. The name is enough to make image of a kind hearted royal princess come alive before the eyes and now a biopic is coming up. The biopic, which premieres at Venice Film Festival next month ahead of its November release, recounts a …

Special Desk A baby girl was born on an evacuation flight as the mother from Afghanistan was evacuated amid the continuing chaos in Afghanistan. Afghan woman went into labour en route to Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The Air Mobility Command tweeted from its handle (@AirMobilityCmd), “Medical support personnel from …

Climate change has made extreme rainfall events like those that led to last month’s devastating floods in Germany, Belgium and neighbouring countries between 1.2 and 9 times more likely to happen, according to a rapid attribution study by an international team of climate scientists, which also found that such downpours …

Special Desk Concerned about its people in Afganistan the US says its troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned August 31 withdrawal deadline to help evacuate Americans there. President Joe Biden defended his handling of Afghanistan, where the Taliban have capitalised on the US pulling out to sweep to …