The US Senate is pushing for a bipartisan stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, while the House prepares to vote on partisan Republican spending bills. The Senate bill, which would extend federal spending until November 17 and authorize funding for domestic disaster response and aid to Ukraine, has already been rejected by...
Read MoreKim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian hit each other with brutal low blows during their intense phone call in The Kardashians season 4 premiere. In their heated exchange, Kim accused Kourtney of hating the family and being a different person while the latter had quite the mic-drop responses.
Read MoreWorld Bank maps out plans to further boost lending by $100 bln-plus over a decade
Read MoreGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Pakistan “initialized” a free trade agreement, the GCC said on messaging platform X on Thursday. The agreement was signed by GCC Secretary-General Jasem al-Budaiwi and Pakistani trade minister Gohar Ejaz.
Read MorePresident Joe Biden urged Americans to stand up for democracy in a speech Thursday that accused ” rival Donald Trump and “extremist” Republicans of trying to subvert US institutions. They can die when people are silent and they fail to stand up,” said Biden, particularly criticizing Republicans for failing to speak up after Trump...
Read MoreOver 2,500 migrants have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in 2023, according to a UN official. The number of deaths and disappearances has significantly increased compared to the same period in 2022. The land journey from sub-Saharan African countries to departure points in Tunisia and Libya remains...
Read MorePresident Joe Biden delivered a speech in Arizona, warning that Donald Trump and his allies pose a threat to America’s democratic institutions. Biden referred to the MAGA movement as an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of democracy. Despite facing low approval ratings and concerns about his age, Biden is focused...
Read MoreIndia’s crowning glory in scientific advancement may well be the Moon-landing, but a more substantial triumph is the use of plant genetics to boost food production. Until 1965, when the population was more than 500 million, wheat output in India was barely 12 million tonnes. It was a country infamously living “ship-to-mouth” on imported...
Read More“Your appa changed our lives.” Those voices of women farmers I met on Wednesday in a Villupuram village 150km from Chennai have been echoing in my mind. More than 90% of the farmers in that village are women.
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