Narendra Modi hails controversial opening as fulfilment of ‘dream that many have cherished for years’ More than three decades after a mob of militant Hindu radicals razed a mosque to the ground in the Indian town of Ayodhya, the country’s … Read More
A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may live for just a few hours. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) put itself gently on the lunar … Read More
North Korean officials claim they have tested an “underwater nuclear weapons system.” According to Newsweek, the city of Pyongyang tested a “Haeil-5-23” weapon in the East Sea, sometimes called the Sea of Japan. The nation claimed to have first tested the … Read More
an 19 (Reuters) – China has instructed heavily indebted local governments to delay or halt some state-funded infrastructure projects, three people with knowledge of the situation said, as Beijing struggles to contain debt risks even as it tries to stimulate … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, No doubt everybody has seen it. The things you have to do to save the planet! It did make a good visual though, people pushing their battery cars in the snow. Elon Musk is something akin to … Read More
Jan. 18 (UPI) — The European Union Parliament Thursday adopted a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war if a pair of conditions are fulfilled. The non-binding measure demanded that all hostages be released and that Hamas be … Read More
Rare footage obtained by BBC Korean shows North Korea publicly sentencing two teenage boys to 12 years of hard labour for watching K-dramas. The footage, which appears to have been filmed in 2022, shows two 16-year-old boys handcuffed in front … Read More
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Pakistan launched strikes on separatist militants inside Iran on Thursday, in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran said it struck the bases of another group within Pakistani territory. Iranian media said several missiles hit … Read More
Russian riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony. Footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with police – some throwing … Read More
At the opening of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for increased cooperation between governments and private businesses to enact tech censorship in the face of “industrial scale disinformation”. … Read More