International

Special Desk Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and bodyguards fled the country on an Air Force plane to Male, the capital of the Maldives. The president informed Sri Lanka’s Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that he will resign in a few hours, something that becomes irrelevant after the …

Special Desk Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, an official from his political party said. Japan’s former PM and an internationally known face Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot at on Friday while he was campaigning in …

Special Desk Japan’s former PM and an internationally known face Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot at on Friday while he was campaigning in Nara city. He has been taken to hospital. It is said he might have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun. Chief Cabinet Secretary …

Special Desk Boris Johnson, 58, has announced he would step down following a slew of resignations from his top team that was in protest against him. Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer had welcomed his impending departure. This has paved way for the selection of a new Prime Minister. “It is …

Jubilee News desk # Next fuel consignment by July 22 An unprecedented fuel crisis, has left Sri Lanks with just one-day fuel according to its ministers and to manage situation the Sri Lankan Education Ministry has declared extended holiday at schools. Schools have been asked to conduct online classes similar …

Special Desk What NATO chief had said earlier about Russia-Ukraine war, found mention in the G7 summit Monday when Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky told global leaders about ending the war by the year end. Zelensky addressed G7 summit via video-link, calling for more weapons for Ukraine. He told global leaders …

Special Desk Diego Maradona’s medical team is accused of simple homicide that resulted in Maradona’s death in November 2020 and now the team shall face trial. IN all, eight people who attended to the medical care of Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona will be tried in the courts for homicide …

Seema Javed  A climate lawsuit has been filed in which children” under the age of five are the main claimants. Sixty-two babies and children, including a 20-week-old fetus, are claimants.  Their counsel claims that the Korean-government’s statutory target of 2030 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) infringes the constitutional rights of these “babies”. On June 13 …

This year’s G7 summit takes place against the backdrop of a growing energy and hunger crisis. Geopolitical  questions and the war in Ukraine dominate the agenda.  While G7 leaders meet in a 5 star castle hotel in Elmau, Bavaria, Germany (in the Alps close to the Austrian border) from 26 June …

Special Desk European seismological agency, European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, stated tremors were felt over 500 kilometres by 119 million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. A powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes and killing at least 1,000 people, reports said. The Taliban government has …