Nigeria’s hard-hit families seek justice as armed groups seek control

Nigeria’s hard-hit families seek justice as armed groups seek control

Monday, 29 May 2023 | AP | Abuja

Christian Jonathan’s mother was holding the 9-month-old boy in her arms when she was shot dead during an attack on their village in northwestern Nigeria. The assailants cut off one of Christian’s fingers and abandoned him by the side of the road with a bullet wound in his tiny leg. “They...

Sudan military ruler seeks removal of UN diplomat

Monday, 29 May 2023 | AP | Cairo

Sudan’s military ruler demanded in a letter to the UN secretary general that the UN envoy to his country be removed, officials said Saturday. The UN chief was “shocked” by the letter, a spokesman said. The envoy, Volker Perthes, has been a key mediator in Sudan, first during the country’s fitful...

US, Saudi call for warring sides in Sudan to extend ceasefire

Monday, 29 May 2023 | AP | Cairo

The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country. The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan since...

1 killed in ‘largest drone attack’ on Kyiv Day

Monday, 29 May 2023 | AP | kyiv

Ukraine’s capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia’s war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. At least one person was killed. Russia launched the “most massive attack” on the city overnight Saturday with Iranian-made Shahed drones,...

Joe, McCarthy reach debt ceiling deal

Monday, 29 May 2023 | AP | Washington

An “agreement in principle” between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling, but now Congress has only days to approve a package that includes spending cuts and would avert a potentially disastrous US default. The compromise announced late Saturday risks angering both...

Recession may be necessary to get inflation down: UK Treasury chief

Saturday, 27 May 2023 | AP | london

Britain’s Treasury chief said he would be prepared to see the UK economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation. With the Bank of England expected to keep raising rates following higher-than-anticipated inflation figures this week, Jeremy Hunt said it was necessary to...

Credit Suisse owes millions to Georgia’s ex-PM: Court

Saturday, 27 May 2023 | AP | London

Credit Suisse owes former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to protect the billionaire’s money held in a trust pilfered by a manager, a Singapore court ruled Friday, the latest scandal for the Swiss bank whose yearslong problems forced its takeover by a rival. Ivanishvili...

‘Debt ceiling talks making progress’

Saturday, 27 May 2023 | AP | Washington

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Friday negotiators “made progress” on an agreement with the White House to raise the debt limit as they race to close out a deal ahead of a looming deadline to avert a potentially catastrophic default. McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol that there is still...

State Editions

10 shooters of Bishnoi, Brar gangs land in police net

02 June 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

55 jhuggis razed, 40 families homeless

02 June 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

LG OK’s appointment of CBI prosecutors in 20 POCSO cases

02 June 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

Min Atishi gets another portfolio

02 June 2023 | Staff Reporter | Delhi

Inbrief

02 June 2023 | PNS | Delhi

Sunday Edition

Golden Haveli: From dusty ruins to pristine glory

21 May 2023 | Deepak Kumar Jha | Agenda

Chemistry of mind

21 May 2023 | Bharat Bhushan Padmadeo | Agenda

Mind and its functional dimensions

15 May 2023 | Bharat Bhushan Padmadeo | Agenda

SUN’S FURY

14 May 2023 | Ramit Debnath | Ronita Bardhan | Agenda