Climate change has significantly disrupted the Earth’s water cycle, leading to a surge in severe water-related disasters. According to a report released by the Australian National University, the world has set new temperature records, and extreme precipitation events intensified in 2024. More than half of the world’s population across 11...
More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, have arrived in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Aceh. They arrived in East Aceh in two boats stranded in the sea, according to the Aceh Online newspaper. Local police chief Surya Dharma said information about the boats was obtained from fishermen who saw two ships carrying refu...
Billionaire Elon Musk has confirmed his Starlink company has applied to launch internet services in Pakistan. This is in response to a post by a Pakistani netizen. Musk says his application is awaiting approval. Pakistan tops the list of countries that suffered the most due to internet outages in 2024. According to Top10VPN.com, an independe...
The U.S. government is in the process of finalizing necessary steps to delist Indian nuclear entities. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, recently held talks with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval in New Delhi on the issue. Following India’s nuclear test in 1998, the U.S. had imposed sanctions on Indian enti...
President-elect Donald Trump has sparked debate, suggesting Canada join the U.S. as its 51st state. This came hours after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation yesterday, following internal party discontent and poor approval ratings. Trump claimed on his Truth Social platform that many Canadians favor the idea and cr...
The U.S. temporarily has eased sanctions on Syria for six months, allowing critical humanitarian aid delivery. This includes electricity, water, and sanitation services. Aid groups now can conduct transactions for energy supply, including petroleum and gas, and process personal remittances. The relief excludes dealings with Syrian military or...
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been found in civil contempt twice. This is for defying court orders in a $148 million defamation case. Judge Lewis Liman stopped short of jailing Guiliani. However, he barred a key defense that could protect the former mayor of New York City’s Palm Beach condo. The ruling […]
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger has expressed concern about pardoning the insurrectionists behind the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. While he refrained from commenting on President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to pardon the defendants, he stressed the need for accountability for assaults on police. Manger is questioning the pardons impact on law...
Congress has formally certified President-elect Donald Trump’s win of the Nov. 5 presidential election. This marks the final step before his Jan. 20 inauguration. Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump in November, presided over the session in her constitutional role as president of the Senate. Harris said the peaceful transfer ...
KHATMANDU, Nepal (MNTV) – A devastating earthquake struck the southern region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, killing at least 95 people and injuring over 130, according to Chinese state media. The tremors, described as strong and alarming, were felt across the Himalayan region, extending to Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and parts of northern India. ...
