Sojan Joseph: Nurse from Kerala & now UK’s new MP
(): Sojan Joseph, a mental health nurse in the National Health Service (NHS) who migrated from Kerala 22 years ago, is among the new crop of Labour members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons in the UK general election. Joseph, 49, connected with the voters at the doorstep with...
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Biden to decide soon on continuing presidential race
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Israeli protesters block highways as war marks 9 months
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UK PM heads to Scotland, Ireland, Wales as ‘re-set’ with 4 nations
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France's polls may push Macron to cooperate with far right
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Imran’s party postpones Islamabad rally after cancellation of NOC
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Now we get to work, Starmer to Cabinet
Prime Minister Keir Starmer held his first Cabinet meeting Saturday as his new government takes on the massive challenge of fixing a heap of domestic woes and winning over a public weary from years of austerity, political chaos and a battered economy. Starmer welcomed the new ministers around the table at...
Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire after dropping key demand
Hamas has given initial approval for a US-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel give an up-front commitment for a complete end to the war, a Hamas and an Egyptian official said Saturday. The apparent compromise by the militant group — which controlled...
Russian strikes leave thousands in north Ukraine sans power, water
Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities reported Saturday, while civilian casualties rose sharply in the country’s embattled east. The northern Sumy region, which borders Russia, was plunged into dark after Russian strikes late...
Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff poll
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in...
Veteran SL politician & Tamil leader passes away
R Sampanthan, a veteran Sri Lankan politician and a moderate Tamil leader, who relentlessly pursued a life of peace, justice and dignity for Tamil nationals in the island nation, passed away on Sunday night. Sampanthan, 91, passed away while receiving treatment in a hospital, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) announced. Sampanthan led...
S’pore Indian-origin opp leader re-elected Secy Gen of Workers’ Party
Singapore’s Indian-origin Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh has been re-elected secretary-general of the Workers’ Party (WP), ahead of the city-state’s next general election. A total of 14 members, led by re-elected chairwoman Sylvia Lim, were voted into the Central Executive Committee (CEC) — the top decision-making body of the Workers’ Party...
Petrol and high-speed diesel prices hiked in Pak after Eid
Weeks after slashing the prices of fuel ahead of the Eid ul Adha festival, the cash-strapped Pakistan government on Monday sharply hiked their prices for the next fortnight as it began the new fiscal year. According to a notification, the prices of petrol and High-Speed Diesel (HSD) were raised by Rs...
