International

24-03-2023 PARIS: A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured on Thursday, March 23, during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform, Interior Minister GErald Darmanin said. Speaking to the CNews channel on Friday morning, Darmanin also said that there had been 903 fires …

23-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made in 2019 in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi, and sentenced him to two years in prison. Gandhi was present …

23-03-2023 OTTAWA: Canada saw record-high population growth last year due to a surge in immigrants and temporary residents, the government statistical agency said Wednesday, adding that if the trend continues the nation will double its population in 26 years. As of January 1, the country’s population hit 39,566,248 after adding …

23-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ BEIJING: China and Australia held defence talks focused on regional security issues, officials said on Thursday, just days after Beijing condemned Canberra’s plan to deploy a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. Australian defence officials hosted a team from the People’s Liberation Army for the discussions …

22-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Internet services remain restricted in parts of India’s northern Punjab state for a fourth day as thousands of police continue their search for Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh. Over 100 of his supporters have been arrested in the manhunt since Saturday. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann …

22-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ QUETTA: An earthquake of 6.8 magnitudes shook parts of Pakistan on Tuesday, killing dozens people including two women, and injuring over 260 others as well as causing many buildings to collapse, authorities said. Earthquake tremors were felt in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, …

22-03-2023 NEW YORK: Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to his partner Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain. Murdoch, 92, and Ms Smith, 66, met in September at an event at his vineyard in California. The businessman told the New York Post, one of his own publications: …

22-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Police in major US cities are preparing for potential unrest in case ex-President Donald Trump is arrested this week as part of a hush-money inquiry. Authorities in New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles are ramping up their law enforcement presence. A Manhattan prosecutor may charge Trump over …

22-03-2023 JAKARTA: Parents whose children died or were injured by tainted cough syrup have wept with relief after an Indonesian court allowed a class action lawsuit. “My child’s struggle was not in vain,” said Nur Asiah, whose four-year-old daughter died last year. Her family and the relatives of 24 other …

22-03-2023 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden exercised his veto power for the first time, as he overturned a Republican-initiated prohibition on pension funds considering progressive principles in their investment decisions. The measure would have nullified a Labour Department rule that allowed retirement fund managers to take environmental, social and governance …