Category: World

World News

Ukraine war unlikely to end in immediate future: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

September 8, 2023 admin

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses a press conference ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi on Sept., 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Efforts to build a peaceful world are faltering and the Ukraine conflict is unlikely to end in the immediate future, said Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres here on…

World

PM Modi, President Biden Welcome Push For Deal To Make Jet Engines In India

September 8, 2023 admin

The two leaders also reaffirmed their commitment to deepen India-US Major Defence Partnership New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden welcomed the completion of the notification process regarding negotiations for a commercial agreement between GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautical Limited, the White House said in a statement. The two leaders also…

World

Musk says blocked Ukraine attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet

September 8, 2023 admin

Elon Musk said he prevented a Ukrainian attack on a Russian Navy base last year by declining Kyiv’s request to activate Internet access in the Black Sea near Crimea. File | Photo Credit: AP Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that he prevented a Ukrainian attack on a Russian Navy base last year by declining…

World

First Batch Of Leopard 1 Tanks Arrive In Ukraine

September 8, 2023 admin

Denmark’s Leopard 1 A5 tanks were operational in its defence until 2005. Copenhagen: The first 10 Leopard 1 tanks donated by Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands have arrived in Ukraine and more are on their way, Denmark’s armed forces said on Friday. The three countries announced in February that they would donate 100 of the…

World

‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Danny Masterson Gets 30 Years In Jail For Rapes

September 8, 2023 admin

This was the second rape trial for 47-year-old Danny Masterson. (File) Los Angeles: Actor Danny Masterson, a star of the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” was sentenced Thursday to at least 30 years in prison for raping two women at his home two decades ago. The US actor was convicted in May of drugging and then…

World

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | G-20 Summit | Key takeaways India will be looking for

September 8, 2023 admin

This week on WorldView- India’s G20 Moment is finally here- what do you need to know to get through the big weekend of India’s international diplomacy? So first, leaders have begun to arrive for the G20 summit- A grouping that represents around 85% of the global GDP, over 75% of the global trade, and about two-thirds…

World

Not Hopeful Of Ukraine-Russia Peace Solution In Immediate Future: UN Chief

September 8, 2023 admin

“India is a very important partner in the multilateral system,” said UN Chief. (File) New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday said he is not very hopeful that there will be a peace solution in the immediate future for the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the G20 summit,…

World

Putin Killed Wagner Chief Prigozhin, Says Ukraine’s Zelensky

September 8, 2023 admin

Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin was behind the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday Russian leader Vladimir Putin was behind the death of mutinous mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in an unexplained plane crash with his top lieutenants last month. President Zelensky, who provided no evidence to…

World

G20 Summit 2023 | Which leaders are attending? What is their agenda?

September 8, 2023 admin

The final event in India’s year of G20 Presidency is the New Delhi Summit scheduled to be held on September 9-10 at the newly inaugurated Bharat Mandapam (ITPO) complex — a culmination of all G20 processes and meeting held throughout the year. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the group comprising of leaders of eighteen…

World

Russian missile attack kills policeman, injures 52 others in Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine

September 8, 2023 admin

Damaged buildings at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on September 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Russian missile attack September 8 on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine killed one policeman and injured at least 52 others, emergency officials said, while another attack in the…

World