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Kids entitled to clean, healthy environment: UN committee
Published On: August 28, 2023 08:07 PM NPT By: Republica
GENEVA, Aug 28: All children are entitled to a clean and healthy environment, a UN committee said for the first time on Monday, bolstering young people's arguments for suing authorities over the ravages of climate change.
3 US Marines dead after aircraft crashes during drills in Australia
Published On: August 28, 2023 08:40 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
DARWIN, Australia, Aug 28: Three US Marines died Sunday after an Osprey aircraft crashed on a remote tropical island north of Australia during war games, US military officials said.
Bhutan cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors
Published On: August 26, 2023 03:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is to halve the $200 daily fee it charges tourists in an effort to boost a sector still struggling to recover a year after the end of COVID-19 restrictions.
Russian President Putin won’t attend G20 India Summit in person, says Kremlin
Published On: August 26, 2023 09:30 AM NPT By: Republica
MOSCOW [Russia], August 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to attend the G20 Summit in India next month, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian media on Thursday. The main emphasis now is a special military operation, the Kremlin spokesperson said.
Xi, Modi hold rare sitdown for China-India border talks
Published On: August 25, 2023 08:30 PM NPT By: Republica
BEIJING, Aug 25: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held "candid and in-depth" talks to ease tensions along their disputed frontier, Beijing said Friday, after a rare face-to-face encounter between the two leaders.
Mug shot of Donald Trump shows scowling former president during speedy booking at Atlanta jail
Published On: August 25, 2023 09:38 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — A scowling Donald Trump posed for a mug shot Thursday as he surrendered inside a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, creating a historic and humbling visual underscoring the former president’s escalating legal troubles.
Inflation, Covid pushed nearly 70 million Asians into extreme poverty: ADB
Published On: August 25, 2023 09:10 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
MANILA, Aug 25: Soaring food and fuel prices and the coronavirus pandemic pushed nearly 70 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty last year, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Thursday.
Japan begins release of water from Fukushima nuclear plant
Published On: August 25, 2023 08:51 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
NAMIE, Japan, Aug. 25 : Japan began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday in an operation it insists is safe but has generated a fierce backlash from China.
Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead after a plane crash outside Moscow
Published On: August 24, 2023 09:10 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead Wednesday after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 people on board.
Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods in Pakistan
Published On: August 23, 2023 04:14 PM NPT By: Republica
KASUR, Aug 23: Around 100,000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages in Pakistan's Punjab province, emergency services said on Wednesday.
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