People in Nabatieh mourn the recent dead in religious ceremony held amid empty streets and shattered buildings William Christou in Nabatieh As the procession wound its way through mounds of rubble, the crowd chanted and beat their chests, their lamentations echoed by the dull thud of shelling in the foothills just beyond the city. “This is…
Speculation grows over a potential split in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s Lok Sabha unit. Sanjay Raut claims some MPs are being offered ₹50 crore. ByShailesh Gaikwad X As speculation mounts over a possible split in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Lok Sabha unit, senior party leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday alleged that some MPs…
Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi data Damian Carrington Environment editor The rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the “race against extinction” faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic…
Global officials are calling on world leaders to finalise a crucial international agreement aimed at preventing future pandemics, according to a joint letter issued on Monday. Penned by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the message underscored a shared global responsibility to protect humanity from repeating such devastation seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed…
As Sudan’s conflict enters a fourth year, civilians are increasingly trapped not only by frontline violence but by fear, disappearance and detention, according to an update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan to the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Both sides in the conflict – the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the…
The Delhi Gymkhana Club has attracted the attention of Narendra Modi’s government. It is now suddenly under threat Penelope MacRae in New Delhi Narendra Modi’s government has ordered one of India’s most exclusive private clubs, the Delhi Gymkhana Club, to vacate its sprawling premises – the latest move against institutions seen as symbols of Delhi’s old world establishment….
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Iran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal with the US is imminent, pointing to the confusion in US positions and Israeli interference as key factors in why a complete agreement is proving difficult to secure. Speaking at the…
By Assumpta Masoi The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned on Saturday at the close of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva. His call came as Ugandan authorities confirmed on Saturday that there were three…
US president says it’s a ‘solid 50/50’ on either making a ‘good’ deal with Iran or striking the country anew William Christou in Beirut and José Olivares Donald Trump said he would meet today with American negotiators to review Iran’s latest proposal and decide by Sunday whether he will strike Iran “to kingdom come”. The US secretary of…
The fragile ceasefire in Lebanon hasn’t prevented “ongoing killing and displacement”, with villages in the south of the country rendered completely unrecognizable after Israeli strikes, aid teams reported on Friday. According to the Lebanese authorities, more than 2,700 people have been killed since 2 March amid clashes between Hezbollah fighters based in Lebanon and the…