Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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Pakistan hackers target personal website of MoS G Kishan Reddy, now temporarily unavailable

The personal website of minister of state (home) G Kishan Reddy -- kishanreddy.com -- was targeted by self-claimed Pakistani hackers. The website was hacked on Independence Day and the hackers had put messages related to Free Kashmir, Pakistan, and...

Proud daughter of Indian immigrants: Haley

Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the UN, on Monday night said she is the proud daughter of Indian immigrants while seeking to address the issue of racism as she spoke at the Republican convention to nominate President Donald Trump for...

Covid-19 epicentre Wuhan opens colleges for first time since January

Thousands of domestic university students are returning to Wuhan, China, where the Covid-19 pandemic originated, as campuses have been reopened there with strict social distancing norms in place around seven months after physical classes were suspended. International students, including hundreds from...

Arsonists set fires in US’ Wisconsin as police shoot Jacob Blake, a Black man

Arsonists set buildings ablaze and torched much of the Black business district in a second night of unrest in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, triggered by the wounding of a Black man shot in the back by officers as...

Black Lives Matter: British Museum founder’s bust removed

The hitherto prominently displayed bust of British Museum’s founder, Hans Sloane, has been removed in the context of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign and his links to slave trade before he died in 1753 aged 92. Sloane Square in...

Pakistan mentions Dawood Ibrahim’s Karachi addresses in sanctions document

Weeks ahead of an expected assessment of its counter-terror financing actions, Pakistan has tightened curbs on eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders, including its founder Hafiz Saeed, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim by taking steps to enforce UN...

Two tropical storms a potential double threat to US Gulf Coast

Two newly formed tropical storms could become almost simultaneous threats to the US Gulf Coast early next week. They could even get sucked into an odd dance around each other. Or they could fall apart as they soak the...

Over a dozen VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire

More than a dozen journalists with the US government’s premier international broadcaster may soon be forced to leave the United States as their visas expire with no action from the agency’s new leadership. Some 16 Voice of America journalists will...

Israel’s Covid-19 chief urges Ukraine to ban annual Jewish pilgrimage

The head of Israel’s coronavirus task force has asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to ban an annual pilgrimage in which Hasidic Jews visit the central Ukrainian town of Uman over concerns the site may become a virus hotspot. Tens of...

Germany registers biggest surge in Covid-19 cases since April

Germany recorded the highest number of new coronavirus cases in more than four months, as infections exceeded 2,000 in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. Cases rose by 2,034 to 232,082, the most since April, according to data from the...

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Danielle Smith Advocates Diplomacy Amid Trump’s Tariff Threats

As U.S. President Donald Trump threatens sweeping 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has calleda for...