Energy Minister Albert Roesti said the government would submit a proposal to amend nuclear legislation by the end of 2024 so it can be debated in parliament next year. “Over the long term, new nuclear power plants are one possible way of making our supply more secure in a geopolitically uncertain time,” Roesti told a […]
Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters marching towards the state secretariat on Tuesday, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in opposition in the state, to call for a 12-hour state-wide strike on Wednesday, to protest against what it said were police atrocities. Thousands of protesters, most […]
In a post on the social media website X, formerly Twitter, the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs wrote: “The United States strongly condemns the multiple attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province which took many lives. “Any violence disrupting peace and stability is indefensible. We stand with Pakistan in its fight against terrorism […]
Shanshan is expected to strike Japan’s southwestern Kyushu island over the next few days, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said it may issue a special warning to Kagoshima prefecture. “Maximum caution is required given that forecasts are for strong winds, high waves, and high tides that have not been seen thus far,” the JMA […]
Two Palestinians were killed in the city of Jenin, four others in a nearby village, and four more in a refugee camp near the town of Tubas, said the Red Crescent’s Ahmed Jibril. He added that 15 others had been wounded. The operation comes two days after Israel said it carried out an air strike […]
Ukraine attacked Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack. Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin’s foreign minister for more than […]
The star footballer, in an interview with a Portuguese channel NOW, revealed that his retirement decision from the national football team would be spontaneous and he would not share it with anyone. “When I leave the national team, I won’t tell anyone in advance and it will be a very spontaneous decision on my part, […]
Broken as she served for the match, Swiatek trailed 6-3 in the second-set tiebreaker, saving three set points as she won the last five to close out the match against her 104th-ranked opponent. Swiatek, the 2022 US Open champion, candidly revealed she carried “too much baggage” in her New York title defense last year. She […]
The decision follows a raft of actions since last year to end COVID-era concessions for foreign students and workers in Australia that helped businesses recruit staff locally while strict border controls kept overseas workers out. “There are about 10% more international students in our universities today than before the pandemic, and about 50% more in […]
Speaking to reporters in a virtual briefing, Kirby pushed back on suggestions that the talks have broken down, and said, on the contrary, that they were “constructive”. “The talks progressed to a point where they felt like the next logical step was to have working groups at lower levels to sit down to hammer out […]
