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New Conservative Party leader and Britains Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London on September 5, 2022. - Truss is the UKs third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher. The 47-year-old has consistently enjoyed overwhelming support over 42-year-old Sunak in polling of the estimated 200,000 Tory members who were eligible to vote.World
Liz Truss to be next UK PM after winning party vote

The foreign secretary beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399

5 Sept 2022 5:31 PM IST

People walk past a \Gun Free Zone\ sign posted on 40th Street and 7th Avenue on August 31, 2022 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)World
New York's Times Square to become 'Gun-Free Zone'

New York governor said that arms, even if they are concealed, will be prohibited in bars, libraries, schools, govt...

1 Sept 2022 11:34 AM IST

US President Joe Biden gestures ahead of a European Union (EU) summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)World
Biden appoints two Indian-Americans to his National Infrastructure...

The President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) advises the White House on how to reduce physical and...

1 Sept 2022 9:32 AM IST

A farmer walks past government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with slogans which reads, Unity Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune, in northwestern Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (AP file photo)World
UN releases report on possible crimes against humanity in China's...

Hours before the release, China's UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing remained firmly opposed to the release

1 Sept 2022 9:18 AM IST

Indian Army tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Tso lake region, in Ladakh along the India-China border on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP)World
Satellite images show China's radar system in Pangong Tso

The radar system will allow it to monitor the disputed finger areas on the northern banks

30 Aug 2022 10:06 AM IST

Chinas research and survey vessel, the Yuan Wang 5, arrives at Hambantota port on August 16, 2022. - A Chinese research vessel entered Sri Lankas Chinese-run southern port of Hambantota on August 16 despite concerns from India and the US about its activities. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)World
Lanka needs support, not 'unwanted pressure', says India slamming...

India had rejected China's 'insinuations' that New Delhi pressured Colombo against the visit by a Chinese research...

28 Aug 2022 10:36 AM IST

Russian army soldiers march during an action in support for the soldiers involved in the military operation in Ukraine, at the Mamaev Kurgan, a World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexandr Kulikov, file)World
Putin orders Russian military to beef up forces by 137,000

The presidential decree will boost the overall number of Russian military personnel to 2,039,758, including 1,150,628...

27 Aug 2022 1:02 PM IST

Russian soldiers patrol an area of the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on June 13, 2022. (AP Photo, file)World
Ukraine war: six months that shook the world

Tens of thousands of people have been killed, millions have fled and cities have been reduced to rubble by Russia's...

22 Aug 2022 1:27 PM IST

Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins as legal tender help?World
Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins as legal tender...

The central bank plans to introduce smaller denominated gold coins in Nov to allow ordinary people to also use them as a...

19 Aug 2022 3:39 PM IST

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (AP)World
Indonesia leader says Putin and Xi to attend G20 summit: Report

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been...

19 Aug 2022 12:09 PM IST

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) arrives at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on August 11, 2022. (Tananchai KEAWSOWATTANA / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)World
Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24: Report

Rajapaksa is currently staying at a hotel in Bangkok in the heart of Thailand's capital, where police have advised him...

18 Aug 2022 10:18 AM IST

A file photo of State Department spokesman Ned Price (AP)World
India should move away from Russia in long term, says US

Indians acted very clearly on inviolable principle of state sovereignty, says US spokesperson

18 Aug 2022 9:47 AM IST

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