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Backlash intensifies at UK government’s extremism definition
The UK government yesterday unveiled a new definition of extremism to determine which organisations get public funds and meetings with officials, prompting criticism from civic, political and religious groups.
The change, to what…
Mamata ‘was pushed from behind’
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who suffered injury on her forehead after a fall in her house in south Kolkata's Kalighat area on Thursday evening and was hospitalised for a few hours, has returned home after undergoing…
First aid ship sails to Gaza as famine looms
A Spanish charity ship taking food aid to Gaza left the Mediterranean island of Cyprus yesterday in hopes of opening a maritime corridor to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
The Open Arms set sail towing a barge loaded with 200…
UN seeking $850m for Rohingya refugees
The UN yesterday called for increased support for the many Rohingya refugees languishing in camps in Bangladesh, where funding shortfalls have left many without enough food or other aid.
In its annual response plan to the crisis, the…
Biden blasts ‘loser’ Trump as campaign slugfest intensifies
President Joe Biden needled "loser" Donald Trump Wednesday, in his first battleground campaign stop since the two rivals secured their parties' nominations for what promises to be one of the most rancorous elections in US history.…
Magnitude 5.4 quake hits Bosnia-Montenegro border region
A magnitude 5.4 quake struck the border region between Montenegro and Bosnia early Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The quake's epicentre was around 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the town of Niksic in western…
UK to pay failed asylum seekers to move to Rwanda under new scheme
Failed asylum seekers are to be offered up to £3,000 to move to Rwanda under a new voluntary scheme.
The plan, first reported by The Times, is understood to be a variation of an existing voluntary returns scheme, where failed asylum…
Giant redwoods: World’s largest trees ‘thriving in UK’
Giant redwoods - the world's largest trees - are flourishing in the UK and now even outnumber those found in their native range in California.
The giants were first brought to the UK about 160 years ago, and a new study suggests they…
Controversial CAA becomes reality in India ahead of polls
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the Indian government today issued a notification for implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.
The CAA -- which makes religion, for the first time, a test of citizenship -- was cleared by…
First aid ship sails to Gaza as famine looms
A Spanish charity ship taking food aid to Gaza left the Mediterranean island of Cyprus yesterday in hopes of opening a maritime corridor to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
The Open Arms set sail towing a barge loaded with 200…