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2022 was 5th warmest year on record, situation alarming: NASA

Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest year on record, according to an analysis...

Trump threatens to permanently cut off WHO funding

Washington, May 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) and also hinted at...

Erdogan takes seemingly neutral stance in mentioning Kashmir at UNGA; hopes for ‘permanent peace’

ARUL LOUIS United Nations, Sep 20 (IANS) Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brought up Kashmir in his address to the high-level meeting of the UN...

Fossils of 6.4 million-years-old monkey found in China

New York, Oct 10 (IANS) Scientists have found three fossils of 6.4-million years old world monkeys at the Shuitangba lignite mine in northeastern Yunnan...

Pak FM Bilawal Bhutto reaches US to reset dented Pak-US ties

HAMZA AMEER Islamabad, May 18 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is in New York to hold a series of meetings with different officials...

Biden’s loan forgiveness programme in danger of being shelved by GOP

Washington, April 20 (IANS) US President Joe Bidens decree to forego loans under the government-funded PELTs scheme is in danger of being shelved by...

G7, India, others back open democratic societies

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The G7 countries along with guest countries, including India, on Sunday committed themselves to create open societies and strengthen...

Republican Hindu group scaling back campaign for Trump

BY ARUL LOUIS Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) During the 2016 election campaign around this time, then-candidate Donald Trump addressed a large, glamorous rally of...

US ‘working closely’ with India on Covid surge

By Arul Louis New York, April 24 (IANS) US President Joe Biden's administration is "working closely" with Indian officials to find ways to help the...

How an Ex-Minister’s son runs D-company’s operations from a remote jail in Nepal

Kathmandu, June 9 (IANS) Former Nepalese Minister Salim Miya Ansari's 'entrepreneur' son Yunus Ansari is the most well-protected prisoner in Lalitpur's Nakkhu Jail, located...