Rescuers end search after  canopy collapse

Rescuers end search after canopy collapse

Sunday, 03 November 2024 | AP | NOVI SAD

Serbian rescuers stopped searching for survivors on Saturday after pulling out 14 bodies from underneath tons of concrete from a fallen canopy at the entrance of a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad. Serbia’s government declared Saturday a day of mourning as officials promised a thorough investigation into...

Iran lifts its ban on imports of new iPhone

Thursday, 31 October 2024 | AP | TEHRAN

Iranians will soon be able to get their hands on iPhones 14, 15 and 16 after authorities lifted a ban on new smartphone models by the US tech giant Apple, according to an announcement Wednesday.  The ban on new iPhone models had been in place since 2023 but now, the...

UK budget proposes US$ 50b in tax hikes

Thursday, 31 October 2024 | AP | london

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves told lawmakers Wednesday that taxes will rise by 40 billion pounds (USD 52 billion) in order to plug a hole in the public finances and investment projects to boost growth. In the Labour Party’s first budget since returning to power earlier this year for the first...

N Korea’s top diplomat in Moscow for talks on troop deployment

Thursday, 31 October 2024 | AP | moscow

North Korea’s top diplomat is set to hold talks in Moscow on Wednesday following reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its action in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s arrival followed the Pentagon’s statement that North Korea has deployed about 10,000 troops to Russia to...

S Korean military says the North appears poised to conduct nuclear, ICBM tests

Thursday, 31 October 2024 | AP | seoul

South Korea’s military intelligence agency told lawmakers Wednesday that North Korea has likely completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test and appears to be preparing to test a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States.  In a closed-door hearing, the agency also said some advance units of North Korean...

Trump is unstable, obsessed with revenge: Harris

Thursday, 31 October 2024 | PTI | WASHINGTON

US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris launched a fierce attack on her Republican rival Donald Trump, describing him as “unstable” and “obsessed with revenge” while urging Americans to reject his chaos and division. Making a passionate appeal to her countrymen, Vice President Harris used the last major speech of her campaign...

NY rally was an absolute lovefest: Trump

Thursday, 31 October 2024 | AP | ALLENTOWN

Urged by some allies to apologise for racist comments made by speakers at his weekend rally, Donald Trump took the opposite approach on Tuesday, saying it was an “honour to be involved” in such an event and calling the scene a “lovefest” — the same term he has used to...

China successfully launches new crew to space station

Thursday, 31 October 2024 | PTI | BEIJING/JINQUAN

China on Wednesday successfully launched its spaceship sending three astronauts, including the country’s first female space engineer on a six months’ mission to fine tune its low orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship was launched by a Long March-2F carrier rocket, early Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in...

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