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18-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court will start hearing final arguments on a number of petitions seeking to legalize same-sex marriage from today. The court has said the hearing will be “livestreamed in public interest”. With same sex couples and LGBTQ+ activists hoping for a judgement in their …

18-04-2023 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Melbourne has overtaken Sydney as Australia’s most populous city for the first time since the 19th Century gold rush, following a boundary change. Sydney has proudly held the title for more than 100 years but with populations rapidly growing on Melbourne’s fringe, the city limits …

18-04-2023 KANSAS: Protests erupted in Kansas City, Missouri, over the weekend after a homeowner shot a black teenager who rang their doorbell by mistake. Ralph Yarl, 16, was trying to pick up his brothers from a friend’s house on 13 April, but went to the wrong address. The suspect opened …

18-04-2023 PORT MORESBY: At least one Indonesian soldier has been killed in a rebel attack while searching for a kidnapped New Zealand pilot in the Papua region, officials say. Rebels later claimed nine soldiers were shot dead in the clash, while the Associated Press cited military sources that put the …

18-04-2023 HOUSTON: An attempt to launch the most powerful rocket ever into space has been postponed for at least 48 hours. The vehicle, known as Starship, has been built by US entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX Company. The un-crewed mission on Monday was called off minutes before the planned launch from …

18-04-2023 LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being investigated by Parliament’s standards watchdog over a possible failure to declare an interest. Sunak is being investigated over whether a declaration of interest was “open and frank”, under rules set out by the commissioner for standards. Media understands the probe relates to …

18-04-2023 DAMASCUS: Nearly 26 people searching for valuable truffles in the Syrian Desert have been killed by the Islamic State (Daesh) group, state media and activists say. Civilians and pro-government fighters were among the victims of the attack on Sunday in Hama province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. …

18-04-2023 TEHRAN: Signaling a thaw in years of hostility with Saudi Arabia, Iran has sent an official invite to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said Monday. “Iranian President (Ebrahim Raisi) has sent an invitation to the Saudi king in return for an invitation by …

18-04-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Around 50 climate activists have been arrested in Australia after halting a train carrying coal to protest against the exports of the fossil fuel. The train was brought to a halt near Newcastle, a major coal export terminal in New South Wales, on Sunday morning by …

17-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday as fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) raged for a third day. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday joined regional efforts to pressure the warring sides to end the fighting and …