30-05-2024 HONG KONG: Hong Kong national security police arrested six people across the city on Tuesday under a new security law for alleged seditious intent, including a pro-democracy barrister already behind bars. Security Secretary Chris Tang told reporters the six were suspected of using a Facebook page to “advocate hatred” …

30-05-2024 LONDON/ SINGAPORE CITY: Early investigations into severe turbulence that hit a Singapore Airlines flight last Tuesday reveal it dropped around 178ft (54m) over 4.6 seconds. One British passenger died and dozens more were injured when the London-Singapore flight encountered the turbulence over Myanmar and was diverted to Thailand. Singaporean …

Hyderabad, May 29 : Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday took Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) T. S. Uma Maheswar Rao into custody for questioning in a disproportionate assets case. Rao, who was serving as ACP in the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) at Central Crime Station (CCS) in Hyderabad, was …

HYDERABAD’29 May 24: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy held a review meeting at his residence in Jubilee Hills on Wednesday to finalise the Telangana State emblem. Noted artist Rudra Rajesam, Minister Jupalli Krishna Rao, Professor Kodandaram, Addanki Dayakar, JAC leader Raghu, CM’s advisor Vem Narender Reddy, MLAs and others are …

29-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS), opens new tab, operator of the world’s biggest refining complex, has signed a one-year deal with Russia’s Rosneft to buy at least 3 million barrels of oil a month in roubles, four sources aware of the matter told media …

29-05-2024 BRUSSELS: The establishment of a Palestinian state is “the only route to peace” in the Middle East, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said as his country announced formal recognition, alongside Norway and Ireland. Sanchez spoke on Tuesday before a cabinet vote that approved the previously announced plan to …

29-05-2024 MEXICO CITY: Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea; a symbol of the climate change effects being felt by the major fossil fuel producer. The school where Adrian Perez used to attend classes in the community of El Bosque in the …

29-05-2024 NEW YORK/ LONDON/ MADRID: Thousands of protesters around the world took to the streets to condemn both “Israel” and the world leaders’ silence on the genocide, following the horrendous massacre “Israel” committed as it targeted tents housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah. Israeli occupation forces committed a new massacre against …

29-05-2024 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said as he met visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin said on Monday that Russia would put $400m into a joint investment fund of …

29-05-2024 RAFAH: The Gaza Strip’s collapsing health system is under further strain after the Israeli army intensified bombing in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan area and other parts of the enclave, a day after an attack on a camp in Rafah killed 45 Palestinians. The Indonesian Field Hospital is the latest medical …