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Saint Clare’s Health, a member of Prime Healthcare, is among the 2026 Lown Hospitals Index Honour Roll, a group of the nation’s most socially responsible hospitals. A mere 160 out
While presiding over the 34th Kangla Board meeting in Imphal on Friday, July 3rd, the Chief Minister of Manipur Y. Khemchand Singh reaffirmed his government’s commitment towards protecting the cultural
Last year, top-ranking officials, including the Russian defence minister, approved secret military training of Russian troops in China. The joint drills were conducted by at least four high-ranking officials from
Last year, top-ranking officials, including the Russian defence minister, approved secret military training of Russian troops in China. The joint drills were conducted by at least four high-ranking officials from
Argentina is bracing for a big foreign-currency debt test in 2027, as President Javier Milei is set to run for a second term in the same year. But with improved
Former party chief of staff to Sir Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, has admitted that the Labour Party was less well-prepared for government than it should have been before it won
The United States is celebrating its 250th birthday, and on Monday, July 6, 2026, the United States will be honoured with Studio Mao’s participation in a special cultural program and
The United States is celebrating its 250th birthday, and on Monday, July 6, 2026, the United States will be honoured with Studio Mao’s participation in a special cultural program and
The County of Buena Vista is strengthening the security at the courthouse. The board of supervisors approved on 30th June morning that board chair Paul Merten be allowed to
Russia fired more than 100 missiles and drones in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, that went over the country’s border overnight into Thursday. Moscow described the intense bombing as “direct” punishment
Last year, the value of trade between the EU and the United States reached a record high of €875 billion ($1.00 trillion). EU exports to the U.S. grew by 7.7%
As President Vladimir Putin toasts to Erdoğan for making Turkey’s role more prominent, Trump may be saying goodbye to his European partners in a bit of frustration. Former US Ambassador
The South China Sea has been considered a potentially dangerous flash point between China and the United States. Until now, Southeast Asian countries were viewed only as smaller players swept
Meta is bringing Facebook Creator Studio back from the dead, as the company continues to look for more ways to enhance its appeal to creative talent. The new Facebook
At least 188 people have been killed by the two major quakes that affected Venezuela on Wednesday, authorities said, as they kept searching the wreckage of collapsed buildings. At least
Mali and Burkina Faso announce that they will reject the entry of U.S. citizens in their countries, as the Trump administration did. In the recent past, the two West African
The leader of Thailand pledged to continue fighting along the contentious border with Cambodia, with fighter jets hitting targets on 13th December, hours after the U.S. President Donald Trump announced
Mexico has failed to supply more water to aid farmers in the United States, so President Donald Trump is threatening to add another 5 percent tariff on Mexico on 8th
Last week, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) made a phone call to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and discussed the military build-up of the US against the neighboring country.
Thailand’s parliament is dissolved for new elections to be held early next year, as the country continues its cross-border skirmishes with Cambodia. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House
Russian President Vladimir Putin informed Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday (Dec 10) that Moscow was happy with the emerging military relationship between the two nations and was willing to
The US ambassador to the UN accused Rwanda, which is accused of supporting the M23 armed group in the conflict in eastern DR Congo, of taking the region towards war
The battle in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continued on 5th December, a day after President Donald Trump summoned Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign new agreements that
The scope of the deal was made clear by Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader, saying on 1st December that a temporary agreement permitting U.S. staff to access restricted areas of
Taiwan is set to rebuild relations with former ally Honduras and has been in contact with both the presidential candidates pandering to Taipei, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Wednesday
On 2nd December, Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated the Chinese stand on the comments made by the Japanese prime minister on Taiwan during their meeting with his French counterpart in
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a publicly proclaimed threat to seize the entire territory of the Donbas region in Ukraine with the use of military force, unless the Ukrainian
The threat level of ending temporary legal safeguards of Somalis residing in Minnesota by President Donald Trump is causing panic in the deeply rooted immigrant populace of Minnesota, with apprehension
On 22nd November, with the object of the U.S., a group of 20 leaders went ahead with a declaration that covered the climate crisis and other global challenges, leading to
The issues, which have been proposed by Donald Trump regarding a durable peace in Gaza and the application of an international stabilisation force and a potential road to a sovereign
A high alert was maintained in Taiwan on 31st December following the large-scale military exercises that it witnessed around the island the day before, with its emergency maritime response centre
On 2nd January, Russian missiles hit the multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, leaving the building in ruins and killing at least two and injuring an estimated 25
Thailand had on 31st December freed 18 Cambodian prisoners of war who had been detained for five months as part of a ceasefire deal between the two countries that had
Somalia’s army has killed 29 members of the al-Shabaab militia group in the town of Jabad Godane, southeastern Somalia, in collaboration with global forces, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Thursday.
The recent attacks add to the total figure of known boat strikes, 35, and the total number of people killed is at least 115 since the beginning of September, according
On 12th December, hundreds of people demonstrated in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, protesting against the military coup of last month and demanding the release of opposition leaders, when the heads
South Korea has also signed a preliminary deal with Peru to sell battle tanks and armoured vehicles as part of its biggest defence contract with a Latin American nation, as
In the early morning on 12th December, a fuel tanker crashed and exploded at Likomba, near Tiko, in southwestern Cameroon, killing at least eight people, the local authorities said. The
The Senate of Nigeria on 9th December approved the action of President Bola Tinubu in deploying troops to the Benin Republic upon the request of the government of Benin to
On 9th December, Australia is expected to announce it is going to sign a A$1 billion (A$663.30 million) contract with Boeing Australia to take the “Ghost Bat” air drone to
As tension between Tokyo and Beijing increased, the Japanese defence ministry on 9th December said that jets have been scrambled by the Japanese to keep track of Russian and Chinese
The special forces of Ukraine announced that on 12th December, they carried out an attack with what they referred to as a local resistance movement in the goal of striking
Canada has agreed on the membership of the European Union Security Action of Europe (SAFE) program that will provide Canadian military companies with wider access to the European market, said
The battle in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continued on 5th December, a day after President Donald Trump summoned Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign new agreements that
Ukraine struck the Druzhba oil pipeline in the central Tambov area of Russia, a source in the GUR military intelligence of Ukraine wrote on 3rd December. The fifth Ukrainian attack
On 12th December, the frontier guards said that over 180 migrants entered Poland through a tunnel concealed in a forest at the Belarus-Poland border. The Polish Border Guard said in
On 2nd December, a Russian-flagged tanker that was loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone strike on the Turkish coast, as its 13 crew members were safely unharmed, according to
Peru Local media reports that at least 12 people are dead and about 50 more are missing after a landslide hit two boats that were docked at a river port
In central Sri Lanka, the Kithulbadde village residents claim that they have been left in the lurch following the fatal cyclone that occurred last week, and many are languishing in
The Indonesian military increased the relief in Sumatra in three provinces, which were destroyed by the catastrophic floods and landslides, and many of the people are still trapped without government
On 21st November, a powerful 5.5 magnitude earthquake caused fatalities and injuries to more than 300 people in central Bangladesh and killed at least eight people, according to the authorities
The federal police of Brazil on 22nd November arrested the former president, Jair Bolsonaro, on suspicion that he was planning his escape and avoiding a 27-year sentence for spearheading a
On 18th November, Britain, through its MI5 security agency, alerted members of parliament against efforts by Chinese agents to gather information and influence operations, which is contained in an email
State media on 20th November reported that the number of people who have died in a new wave of heavy downpour, flooding, and landslides in central Vietnam that followed the
On a peaceful march in the Serbian capital Belgrade on 22nd November, thousands of anti-government protesters, headed by students, demanded justice for those involved in the deaths of 16 people
On 15th November, Iran affirmed that the tanker carrying a cargo of petrochemicals bound for Singapore was captured by the Revolutionary Guards of Iran in the Gulf waters due to
South Africa will probe into the mysterious coming of 150+ Palestinians who were held on a charter plane at Johannesburg for 12 hours by the border police due to a
In Indian-controlled Kashmir, a cache of seized explosives exploded in a police station killing at least 9 people and injuring 32 others, police alleged on 15th November. The explosion took
The disaster management agency of Indonesia, located in Central Java, said that a landslide that followed heavy rains claimed the lives of 11 people. Also on 15th November, it said
Poland announced on Nov 17 that it would reopen two border crossings with Belarus that it closed in September following Russian-led military exercises in the neighbouring state and 21 Russian
It is a policy-based loan of 400 million dollars granted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to assist the government in the process of reform to facilitate ease of doing
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has given Morocco a loan of 150 million euros (approximately 176 million U.S. dollars) to renovate infrastructure and accessibility to state services, the representative
The International Monetary Fund announced on 10th December that it had agreed with Ethiopia at the staff level on the fourth review of a 3.4 billion dollar lending programme, which
Canada had recorded a monthly surplus in its international trade after seven months of deficits. According to the statistics from Canada, the country experienced a trade surplus amounting to $153
The Senate of Mexico on 10th December passed up to 50 percent of tariffs on imports next year on the goods of China and some other Asian nations, in an
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama told reporters on 5th December that all communications with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda had been positive in most aspects since she assumed the
A Country Strategy Paper (CSP), which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, commits the country to an investment of $1.78 billion to
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed its key repo rate by 25 bps (basis points) on Friday (Dec 5) and did not rule out easing more while it took
The official selling prices (OSPs) of Saudi Aramco and Algerian Sonatrach of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have increased by a rate of between 3.3% and 5.4% in December, traders added,
The first two Pacific projects to be implemented today were announced by the World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda as part of
On 19th November Saudi and US authorities boasted of billions of dollars in new investments and expanding financial relationships between the two nations as Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin
On 21st November, the Brazilian central bank announced it will conduct up to two dollar auctions with repurchase agreements of up to $2 billion on Monday morning. According to a
Iran is also ready to redo nuclear negotiations with the United States, provided they are respected by the Iranian government, a high-ranking Iranian official informed CNN on 18th November, but
On 21st November, Nokia, with the Trump administration, announced its intentions to increase its U.S. R&D and manufacturing capacity by investing in AI-ready mobile, fixed access, IP, optical, and data
The Dutch government announced it is abandoning control over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, ending a conflict between China and the Netherlands that could have disrupted semiconductor supplies needed in the world
On 25th February, the North Korean supreme ruler, Kim Jong Un, vowed to develop a nuclear weapons programme as he led a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang, where he was
The presentations of the last ten cities under contention in the title race, Italian Capital of Culture 2028, are conducted up until this afternoon, Saturday, 27 February 2026. The gatherings, […]
Travellers to Britain travelling on the basis of an electronic permit need to obtain it before their trip, or they will not be allowed to travel in the country, the
The world-renowned Louvre museum in France is on the verge of a change in leadership after the resignation of its president, Laurence des Cars, on Tuesday, and there is even
The UK data watchdog has fined Reddit £14.47 million because the company was illegally processing the personal data of children. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) indicated that the site did
The Ministry of Culture assisted the Indonesian Association of Artists, Singers, Songwriters and Musicians (PAPPRI) in bringing the Indonesian music ecosystem together before the National Music Day 2026. According
In response to its president indicating his worry over Germany hosting the Olympics in 2036 on the 100th anniversary of the Berlin Games of the Nazi era, the head of
NASA is aiming to send a crew around the moon in the first mission in over 50 years. The Artemis II mission will involve four astronauts travelling on a 10-day
Central Asia is in a great cultural revival. In both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, large art institutions are being introduced at an unprecedented pace, and it is not only an investment
The social networks working in the UK will be obligated to remove the offensive photos and videos within 48 hours of receiving a complaint; they may receive substantial fines or
The next generation of iconic museums will be built in 2026 and will revolutionise skylines and cultural landscapes of diverse areas across the globe. Such mega projects as Los Angeles
In Gabon, Facebook and TikTok have indefinitely blocked communications following the claims of the Central African media regulation that social media platforms publish content that promotes conflict and division in
In the next Venice Biennale, the South African pavilion will be vacant in 2026, a representative of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC) of South Africa has informed
Mark Zuckerberg will appear on the witness stand in one of the most closely followed and historic trials to determine the future of the legal and public discourse regarding the
As early as Romans had a desire to construct a new temple, they used to travel to a local quarries of Tivoli and hewn blocks of porous rock called lapis
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