International

AUSTRALIA: Australian prime minister Scott Morrison thanked the Deaf Society and Deaf Services for all the work they do to help empower with non-verbal communication those who are hearing impaired. The International Day of Sign…

Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz (L) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Armin Laschet (R) with Annalena Baerbock (Greens) before their televised debate on September 12 in Berlin. GERMANY: On…

US: US President Joe Biden opened a COVID-19 summit of world leaders Wednesday with a promise to donate a “historic” extra 500 million vaccines to countries struggling to push back against the pandemic. “This is an…

US: Unvaccinated Heads of State attending the UN General Assembly this week have to settle for a piece of pizza on a sidewalk instead of fine dining at New York’s restaurants. That is how Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro dined…

AFGHANISTAN: One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of…

SWITZERLAND:Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has gained wide support for a second term as head of the World Health Organisation, formally nominated by at least 17 European Union members and backed by countries in other regions, diplomats…

A Buddhist monk chants as local residents offer prayer during a ceremony to celebrate Pchum Ben or Ancestors’ Day at Kob Srov Pagoda on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodians began the celebration of the traditional 15-day…

RUSSIA: A student opened fire on Monday at a university in Russia, leaving six people dead and 28 hurt, before being shot by police and detained, officials said. Beyond saying that he was a student, authorities offered no further…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be arriving in the United States today where he will be following a marathon schedule and will hold a series of back-to-back high-level meetings, ANI news reported. PM Modi will be arriving in…

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has rattled southeast Australia, damaging buildings in the city of Melbourne. The earthquake happened about 09:15 local time (23:15 GMT) on Wednesday at Mansfield, not far from the Victorian state…