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US Agency to Fund Adani’s Colombo Port Project in Possible Countermove to China
A US finance institution will provide $553 million for Adani's Colombo West International Terminal and this will "strengthen the position of US allies" in "one of the world’s key transit hubs"
Growing numbers of Palestinians flee on foot as Israel says its troops are battling inside Gaza City
About 15,000 people fled northern Gaza on Tuesday — triple the number that left Monday — according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Sri Lanka court restores sacked cricket board
"The restoring of the board is for two weeks, when the court will hear the case again," a court official said.
Mizoram assembly polls peaceful; over 77 per cent turnout recorded
In the 2018 state polls, the overall voter turnout was 81.61 per cent.
Portugal’s prime minister tenders resignation over corruption investigation
Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced the decision in a televised statement
Israel falls silent to mark one month since Hamas attacks
As they remembered the dead, the bloodiest Gaza war yet raged on in Israel's campaign to destroy Hamas and has claimed over 10,000 lives according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
China owed more than $1 trillion in Belt and Road, biggest debt collector in world: Report
AidData, it added, "estimates that 80 percent of China's overseas lending portfolio in the developing world is currently supporting countries in financial distress".
Cyprus arrests 33 after violence at migrant camp
According to official figures, asylum-seekers comprise six per cent of the 915,000 population in the government-controlled south of the island –- a record figure across the EU.
UAE to set up 150-bed field hospital in Gaza: official media
Five aircraft flew out of Abu Dhabi for Arish in northern Egypt carrying equipment and supplies for the 150-bed facility
Today’s Motto: ‘Speak your mind even if your voice shakes’
As every day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in history Book !
Sri Lanka’s sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe sacks cricket board days after World Cup…
Ranasinghe publicly demanded the entire board's resignations after Sri Lanka's 302-run World Cup thrashing by hosts India last week.
UK climate activists target ‘Rokeby Venus’ painting
Two 'Just Stop Oil' protesters in their twenties attacked the painting that suffragette Mary Richardson slashed in 1914, the group said in a statement.
Gaza becoming a graveyard for children: UN chief
According to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, 10,222 people have died including more than 4,000 children in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its strikes in retaliation.
South Africa recalls ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel; accuses it of genocide
The government also threatened action against the Israeli ambassador to South Africa over his recent remarks on the African country's stance on the Israel-Hamas war.
French police probe knife attack for anti-Semitism injuring a Jewish lady
Since the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, leaving 1,400 dead, there have been 857 anti-Semitic acts in France, says Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin; 425 people arrested.
Today’s Motto: ‘It is not enough to live one’s length of life; one should also live its…
Human longevity less than 10% dependent on genetics according to study published in journal "Genetics" based on 400 million people from Ancestry.com
Pak anti-migrant crackdown: Fleeing Afghans lack water, food and shelter once they cross the border,…
Pakistan set Oct.31 as a deadline to leave the country or else they’d be arrested as part of a new anti-migrant crackdown.
Blinken meets Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in West Bank
On a stop not announced in advance, Blinken traveled to Ramallah in an armored motorcade and under tight security.
India, Nepal border forces to meet, focus on better coordination
The ‘open’ border between India and Nepal is established under the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which the two countries signed in 1950.
Militants attack Pakistan Air Force training base in Punjab province, three aircraft damaged
Pakistan Army said that the Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force was attacked by terrorists but soldiers foiled it by killing three of the attackers and cornering three others.
