Thu, 23 Mar 2023

Idaho to OK death by firing squad when drugs not available

BOISE, Idaho: Under a bill passed by the Idaho Legislature thios with a veto-proof majority, the state will allow firing ...

California joins with drugmaker to manufacture affordable insulin

SACRAMENTO, California: The state of California and generic drug manufacturer Civica have announced a 10-year partnership to produce affordable, state-branded ...

Newly signed Wyoming law outlaws use of abortion pill

CHEYENNE, Wyoming: A Wyoming bill outlawing the use or prescription of medication abortion pills, which was passed by the state's ...

US, states using cloud seeding to generate rain in west

DENVER, Colorado: The Southern Nevada Water Authority has voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the US Bureau of ...

Wet winter ends three year California drought

WASHINGTON D.C.: The US government has reported that the exceptionally wet winter in California this year will offer relief from ...

German police crackdown on gangs blowing up ATMs in robberies

FRANKFURT, GERMANY: Authorities said that as part of a crackdown on gangs suspected of blowing up ATM machines and stealing ...

German visitor to talk computer chips in Taiwan

BERLIN, Germany: Germany will send a cabinet minister to visit Taiwan next week, at a time when Berlin is reviewing ...

UBS to buy Credit Suisse for fraction of its value, Swiss government to underwrite losses

ZURICH, Switzerland - Depositors will be fully protected, shareholders will have their equity dwarfed, while bond holders will be largely ...

US CDC reports 40% rise in pregnancy deaths during Covid

ATLANTA, Georgia: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this week showed that in 2021 during the ...

San Francisco area to end installing gas appliances in 2027

SAN FRANCISCO, California: Demands by environmentalists have resulted in the passing of rules in which natural gas-powered furnaces and water ...

US will seek jail sentence for Chinese businessman Guo Wengui

WASHINGTON D.C.: The US government has charged exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with being the mastermind behind a complex conspiracy ...

After Chinese balloon flies across US, Senators seek end to incursions

WASHINGTON D.C.: US Senators Mark Kelly, a Democrat, and Ted Budd, a Republican, will introduce legislation this week to help ...

US Senate leader: Federal safety probe needed for freight railroads

WASHINGTON D.C.: US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that following the East Palestine, Ohio derailment of a Norfolk ...

In rare move, China blocks webcasting of UN North Korea rights meeting

UNITED NATIONS: China has blocked the United States from broadcasting over the internet an informal United Nations Security Council meeting ...

Gold jumps as US Fed signals rate-hike pause imminent

WORLD CAPITALS, 22nd March, 2023 (WAM) -- Gold prices climbed on Wednesday after the U.S. Fed toned down its aggressive ...

Pashtun activist at UN exposes Pakistan's ties with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): A Pashtun political activist during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in ...

Uyghur activist asks China to enforce UN recommendations to curb human rights abuses in Xinjiang

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): An Uyghur activist has asked China to implement the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee ...

PoK, Gilgit Baltistan witness rise in human rights abuses, activists inform UN

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan have informed the United Nations Human Rights Council ...

China Watching World's Response to War in Ukraine, Blinken Says

WASHINGTON - China is very carefully watching how Washington and the world respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine but has ...

Amit Shah inaugurates Maa Sharda Devi Temple in J-K's Kupwara

Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 23 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Maa Sharda Devi Temple at Kupwara ...

Japan PM expected to roll out vision towards 'free and open Indo-Pacific'

By MaheepNew Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to roll out a vision towards ...

UN calls for game-changing action on global water crisis

© Provided by Xinhua "This conference must represent a quantum leap in the capacity of member states and the international ...

Chinese Capital's Population Declines for First Time Since 2003

The population of Beijing, China's capital, has fallen for the first time in two decades, official data show, in line ...

China's expansionist designs in South Asia exposed at UNHRC

Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Director of the Amsterdam-based think-tank, the European Foundation for South Asian Studies, Junaid Qureshi, has ...

India must lead in 6G technology: Ashwini Vaishnaw

New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Highlighting the country's stride in technology and innovation Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday ...

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis

Bottled water is one of the world's most popular beverages, and its industry is making the most of it. Since ...

5 Indigenous engineering feats you should know about

For many millennia, Indigenous Australians have engineered the landscape using sophisticated technological and philosophical knowledge systems in a deliberate response ...

The Great Southern Reef is in more trouble than the Great Barrier Reef

Marine heatwaves are damaging reef ecosystems around Australia, but while the tropical north has received the lion's share of the ...

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the climate is changing

Earlier this week, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report, bringing together six previous ...

India, Japan share responsibility to maintain, strengthen international order based on rule of law

New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): PM Modi, and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida have confirmed that India and Japan ...

Astros 2B Jose Altuve undergoes thumb surgery

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve underwent surgery on his right thumb in Houston on Wednesday. The team added that Altuve ...

Member state claims EU delusional in push to decouple from Russia

Austria's Alexander Schallenberg was defending Raiffeisen Bank over its business in Europe's largest countryRussia will always remain important for the ...

Second G20 Tourism Working Group meeting to be held in Siliguri, Darjeeling from April 1

New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): The second G20 Tourism Working Group meeting is to be held in Siliguri, Darjeeling ...

Rohingya Skeptical of Myanmar Refugee Return Offer

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Rohingya refugees said Wednesday they doubted Myanmar was offering a genuine return to their homeland, as ...

Tel Aviv Fashion Week urges less consumption, more sustainable fashion

© Provided by Xinhua by Xinhua writer Wang ZhuolunJERUSALEM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Rags, cans, faded plastic wrap ... household ...

NGO terror funding case: NIA Court sends Khurram Parvez to 10 days remand

New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): A National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Delhi on Wednesday sent Khurram Pravez into ...

Punjab assembly passes resolution to name Ludhiana airport after Shaheed Kartar Singh

Chandigarh [India], March 22 (ANI): The Punjab Vidhan Sabha, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Wednesday unanimously passed a ...

ISSF World Cup: Sarabjot Singh wins men's 10m Air Pistol gold

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 22 (ANI): India's Sarabjot Singh clinched the gold medal while Varun Tomar finished with bronze ...

Kane Williamson closing on Marnus Labuschagne in ICC Test Rankings

Wellington [New Zealand], March 22 (ANI): Kane Williamson is on a journey to restore himself as the number one ICC ...

Anirudh Thapa's strike helps India edge past Myanmar in tri-nation opener in Imphal

Imphal (Manipur) [India], March 22 (ANI): India clinched 1-0 victory over Myanmar at the Khuman Lampak Stadium in Imphal, in ...

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Australian river town reports millions of dead fish

MENINDEE, Australia: After recent floods and hot weather, millions of dead fish have washed up in southeastern Australia, which authorities ...

Idaho to OK death by firing squad when drugs not available

BOISE, Idaho: Under a bill passed by the Idaho Legislature thios with a veto-proof majority, the state will allow firing ...

California joins with drugmaker to manufacture affordable insulin

SACRAMENTO, California: The state of California and generic drug manufacturer Civica have announced a 10-year partnership to produce affordable, state-branded ...

Newly signed Wyoming law outlaws use of abortion pill

CHEYENNE, Wyoming: A Wyoming bill outlawing the use or prescription of medication abortion pills, which was passed by the state's ...

US, states using cloud seeding to generate rain in west

DENVER, Colorado: The Southern Nevada Water Authority has voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the US Bureau of ...

Wet winter ends three year California drought

WASHINGTON D.C.: The US government has reported that the exceptionally wet winter in California this year will offer relief from ...

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