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Modi intensifying efforts to relegate English as India sheds colonial past
Oct 23, 2022 05:56Narendra Modi’s government is stepping up efforts to relegate English to the margins of Indian life by offering medical and engineering degrees in Hindi along with shifting course language to Hindi for the first time.
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Militant attacks in Africa increase 300% despite US operations: Report
Oct 23, 2022 05:51A new report from the Pentagon has shown that militant attacks increased 300 percent in Africa over the past decade.
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US Army suicides continues to surge
Oct 23, 2022 05:44The number of suicides in the US Army, the military’s largest branch, continued to increase in 2021, newly released Pentagon data shows, registering 176 cases.
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Thousands of Anti-Brexit protesters in London call on UK to rejoin EU
Oct 23, 2022 05:37Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through central London, waving EU flags and calling on the UK to rejoin the European Union.
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Files seized from Trump home included secret docs on Iran, China
Oct 23, 2022 03:27Highly sensitive US intelligence reports on Iran and China were among the documents recovered by federal agents during their August search of former President Donald Trump's home in Florida, a report has unveiled.
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German cities host major protests against soaring energy cost
Oct 22, 2022 14:23Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in six German cities to demand a more just distribution of government funds amid an energy crisis across the European country.
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Chinese ruling party upholds Xi's ‘core’ leadership position
Oct 22, 2022 13:31China’s Communist Party has concluded its week-long gathering at the National Congress in the capital Beijing by approving amendments to its charter and endorsing President Xi Jinping’s “core” leadership.
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South Korea arrests former top officials over 2020 killing
Oct 22, 2022 08:47South Korean former defense minister and coast guard chief have been arrested over their alleged involvement in covering up facts relating to North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official in 2020 near the rivals’ tense sea border.
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Islamophobia: Switzerland plans $1000 'burqa ban' fine
Oct 22, 2022 06:21A draft law aiming to punish anyone caught wearing a full face covering has been proposed in Switzerland. If passed, Muslim women caught wearing a niqab or burqa could be fined up to $1000.
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US, Russian defense chiefs discuss ‘security’ in phone call
Oct 22, 2022 04:58US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu have talked on the phone for the first time since May, discussing “international security problems,” American and Russian officials have announced.