The barge Bibby Stockholm is being considered to house illegal asylum seekers (Image: Bibby Marine Ltd) Local politicians say plan to house asylum seekers in barges and ships is akin to floating prisons The UK Home Office will use 10 redundant cruise ships, ferries and barges to keep asylum seekers in ports across the country,…
No president wants to give up the power and prestige that comes with the job after just one term, and Joe Biden is no exception. He is going ahead even though polls show a majority of Americans don’t want to see him run again. We went back to see when modern presidents announced their decision…
Last update: May 02, 2023, 12:39 PM HST Rock climbing is a key source of income for the impoverished country, where around 500,000 people are employed in tourism, including rock climbing, and the number of permits has steadily increased. (Image: Reuters) The 69-year-old climber was on an acclimatization rotation at around 6,400 meters (21,000 feet)…
A huge fire erupted in Crimea annexed to Moscow after a suspected drone attack hit an oil depot on Saturday, as fighting escalated on Ukraine’s southern front and shelling stripped border villages of power Russians. The attacks came a day after Kiev said preparations for a long-awaited counter-offensive were almost complete, after vowing to expel…
published by: Aashi Sadana Last update: April 30, 2023, 00:00 IST Indian nationals evacuated from violence-hit Sudan under Operation Kaveri, upon arrival at an airport in Mumbai on April 27, 2023. (Photo: PTI/Twitter) The Indian government is evacuating about 3,000 passengers of Indian origin from Sudan. Necessary quarantine facilities are being set up at mission-mode…
Last update: April 30, 2023, 06:25 HST An investigation for armed robbery has been opened, said the Paris prosecutor’s office. (Twitter) Video footage posted to social media on Saturday appeared to show two large black motorcycles parked on the sidewalk outside the jewelry store Armed robbers raided the luxury Bulgari jewelry store in Place Vendôme,…
Last update: 02 May 2023, 03:02 IST The last coronation dates back 70 years when Charles’ mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was crowned. (Image: Reuters) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar is expected to represent India at the majestic ceremony The congregation of 2,200 who will gather at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday for the coronation of…
Last update: 02 May 2023, 03:49 HST Taliban members attend the press conference on a new hijab command by Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada in Kabul (Image: Reuters) Muttaqi has long been subject to a travel ban, asset freeze and arms embargo under Security Council sanctions A UN Security Council committee agreed on Monday to…
As of Monday, authorities had still not captured a gunman in Texas who had killed five Honduran neighbors, and as the search dragged on into a third day with false alarms and few apparent leads, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said faced backlash for drawing attention to the victims’ immigration. Status. An FBI agent at the…
Last update: 02 May 2023, 07:05 IST Hinton is also concerned about the impact of AI on jobs and the technology’s potential to rot jobs. (Photo: Geoffrey Hinton/Twitter) Hinton won the Turing Award in 2018 for his breakthrough work in AI Geoffrey Hinton, renowned computer scientist and one of the “godfathers of AI”, recently resigned…
