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UAE President, WHO chief discuss health cooperation in Abu Dhabi

Dubai: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday. During the meeting today at Qasr Al Bahr in…
Turkey to block passage of Ukraine-bound minehunter ships

Ankara: Turkey has said that it will not let two minehunter ships donated by the UK to Ukraine pass through the Turkish Straits to the Black Sea in line with the 1936…

Japan earthquake toll climbs to 64 as aftershocks continue

Tokyo: Amid continued aftershocks and reports of additional damages, the death toll due to a series of powerful earthquakes that struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week, increased to…
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns

San Francisco: Harvard Corporation has confirmed that it has accepted Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation “with overarching consideration in mind”. “These past several months have seen Harvard and higher education face a…
Trump appeals Maine’s ruling of his disqualification for primary ballot

San Francisco: Former US President Donald Trump has filed an appeal of the decision by Maine’s top election official ruling him ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot. Maine Secretary of…
United Kingdom student visa ban on dependants comes into effect

London: International students starting courses this month in the UK will no longer be able to bring their family members, following restrictions to student visa routes coming into effect on the New…
Canadian study permit applications for Indians dwindles by 40%

New Delhi: The Indian demand for Canadian education declined significantly with the number of study permit applications processed going down by more than 40 per cent since July 2023, according to a…

Pakistan poll panel rejects nominations of leaders of Imran Khan’s party

Islamabad: As general elections inch closer in Pakistan, for former premier Imran Khan and the top leadership of his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party the going is getting tougher as it faces rejection of…
India, UAE begin 2-week mega military exercise in Rajasthan

New Delhi: Armies of India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, January 2, kick started the inaugural edition of a two-week military exercise in Rajasthan’s Mahajan area, reflecting the growing…
Israel’s SC strikes down Netanyahu govt’s judicial overhaul law

Jerusalem: The Israeli Supreme Court’s landmark decision nullifying a controversial law passed by Parliament in 2023 received mixed reactions on Tuesday, January 2, even as the media said the “wise thing” for…
UAE, Saudi, Iran, 5 other nations become full members of BRICS

New Delhi: The BRICS bloc of top emerging economies, including India, Russia and China, has announced the induction of five full members into it as part of an attempt to expand its…
Watch: 5 crew members killed as aircraft with 400 onboard catches fire in Japan

Tokyo: As many as 5 crew members were killed when a Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday following a suspected collision with another aircraft,…
Ramaswamy reiterates pledge to withdraw from state ballots that removed Trump’s name

Washington: Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has urged his rivals to follow him and withdraw from the ballots of the US states of Maine and Colorado which disqualified the party’s frontrunner…
South Korean oppn leader Lee Jae-myung attacked during visit to Busan

Seoul: South Korea’s opposition party chief, Lee Jae-myung, was attacked during his visit to the southeastern port city of Busan on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency reported. Lee, the chief of the main…
Japan quake toll reaches 30, search on for survivors

At least 30 people have died after a series of powerful earthquakes, with the major one measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, hit central Japan and the surrounding areas, with rescue teams…