Officials on Tuesday confirmed that more than 150 people were injured in a fireworks accident during a temple festival in the southern Indian state of Kerala. According to the police officials, the accident took place late Monday night in Kasaragod district, about 555 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. The police said…
Iraq has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council that the Israeli Air Force used its airspace to attack Iran on October 26, an Iraqi government spokesman said. The spokesman, Basim Alawadi, said on Monday in an official statement that Israel had blatantly violated Iraq’s airspace and sovereignty. Iraq “will not allow Iraqi…
At least two people died as a result of Russian military action in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson and a three injured, regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Monday. Images published on Prokudin’s Telegram channel showed burnt-out apartments in a multi-storey building. The Dnipro River has marked the front line between Ukrainian and Russian…
Devastating rains that triggered deadly floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan in recent months were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists said on Wednesday. Global warming made the seasonal downpours this year about five to 20 per cent more intense across the Niger, and Lake Chad basins, said World…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. However, heavy Israeli air strikes on a large historic Lebanese port city have demonstrated that there was no respite. Huge clouds of thick smoke billowed above residential buildings in Tyre, a UNESCO-listed port…
Nearly half of Africa’s citizens live in a country where governance has worsened over the past decade, as deteriorating security erodes progress, according to a new report. The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance report found that in spite of the positive progress in 33 countries, overall governance was worse in 2023 in 21 countries,…
A German government delegation is set to travel to New Delhi in an effort to strengthen economic and labour ties with India. Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck is due to leave for New Delhi with a business delegation on Wednesday. He would be joined by Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday to open…
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has released a report to assist African countries to accelerate and ensure the successful implementation of Agenda 2030 and 2063 on the continent. The ECA said this in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ECA report is titled: “Towards…
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has unveiled an ethical framework to guide countries, world leaders and institutions on responsible decision making and inclusive dialogue towards addressing climate change, global warming. The report tagged “Ethical Framework Principles for Climate Intervention Research” was signed by Mr Josh Weinberg, Vice-President, Strategic Communications and Marketing, AGU, and made available…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer remains opposed to apologising for the UK’s historical role in slavery, his office said on Monday. The talks of reparations were not on the agenda for a major meeting of Commonwealth leaders this week. The prime minister would travel to Samoa this week for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…
