A California federal judge on Wednesday said then-US President Donald Trump had signed a sworn statement asserting that voter fraud numbers included in a 2020 election lawsuit were accurate, despite being told the numbers were not correct. US District Judge David Carter made the disclosure in ordering lawyer John Eastman to provide more emails to … Read more
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised India’s independent foreign policy and described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a great patriot. He further said that India and Russia have special relations and the two countries have no outstanding issues whatsoever. Addressing the Valdai Club conference in Moscow, Putin said, “PM Modi is a great … Read more
After the announcement of Rishi Sunak as the new British Prime Minister, Indians across the world can hold their excitement and have flooded different social media platforms with posts, wishes and memes about him. Amid this, celebrity chef Sanjay Raina shared a video on Twitter of his brief interaction with the UK PM that left … Read more
As new UK prime minister Rishi Sunak refused to attend the Cop27 climate summit this week, Boris Johnson is said to be making a plan to attend the event, a report said. Former UK PM Boris Johnson- who was expected to challenge Rishi Sunak in the Conservative party leadership contest but later quit the race- … Read more
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry criticized the United States for expanding joint military exercises with South Korea that it claims are practice for a potential invasion and it warned Tuesday of “more powerful follow-up measures” in response. The statement from the ministry came as the U.S. and South Korea conduct aerial drills involving more than 200 … Read more
London: Nearly 1,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in one day in Ukraine, Kyiv has claimed, marking the deadliest day for Vladimir Putin since his troops invaded eight months ago. Ukrainian forces have been making gains across Russian-occupied areas, with fighting intensifying in the country’s east and in the southern city of Kherson. In a blow … Read more
New Delhi: Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister Hassan Mahmood said on Tuesday (November 1) that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which was framed to grant Indian nationality to minorities of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan is an internal issue of India. The minister declined to comment on the issue, saying that a petition has been filed in … Read more
Five Indian-Americans are in the race for the US House of Representatives when the country goes for its mid-term polls on November 8. If the pollsters and opinions of political pundits are any indications, Indian-Americans are likely to have a 100 percent strike rate for the House of Representatives. The four incumbents – Ami Bera, … Read more
As earthquakes are persistent in Afghanistan, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to construct 1,000 “earthquake-resilient” houses for over 8,000 earthquake-stricken people of the Barmal district of Paktika province in southeastern Afghanistan. In a tweet, the UN refugee agency in Afghanistan wrote, “UNHCR Afghanistan is moving swiftly to provide 1000 earthquake-resilient … Read more
Melbourne: It’s been a week since Elon Musk strode into the Twitter headquarters with a kitchen sink, signalling his official takeover of the company. Having had some time to let the news of his US$44 billion (about A$70 billion) purchase “sink in”, Twitter users are now wondering what he’ll do with the platform. What’s Musk going … Read more
Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday acknowledged for the first time that his country has supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow’s war on Ukraine that has seen the Iranian-made drones divebombing Kyiv. The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian come after months of confusing messaging from Iran about the weapons shipment, … Read more