April2024
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Lyles wins 100 at Bermuda meet with wind-aided 9.96 effort
Apr 30, 2024At the Bermuda Grand Prix athletics tournament on Sunday, reigning world 100- and 200-meter champion Noah Lyles easily won the 100 meters in a wind-aided time of 9.96 seconds. With a 3.0 m/sec tailwind helping him... -
Forty-day ceasefire offered to Hamas: UK foreign secretary
Apr 30, 2024British Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced on Monday that Hamas has been promised a 40-day truce and the release of “potentially thousands” of Palestinian captives in exchange for freeing Israeli hostages. “A very generous offer of... -
Setback for Japan PM Kishida after election losses
Apr 30, 2024Fumio Kishida, the prime minister of Japan, suffered a new blow on Monday when the scandal-plagued ruling party lost three parliamentary seats in the weekend’s by-elections. The country’s main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of... -
Asia’s heatwave-baking regions
Apr 30, 2024A heatwave that has smashed temperature records from Myanmar to the Philippines and prompted millions of youngsters to stay home from school is causing extreme discomfort throughout large portions of Asia, reports BSS. These are some... -
At least 25 people died in Peru after bus plunged into ravine
Apr 30, 2024Local authorities said on Monday that a bus in northern Peru had crashed into a ravine from a mountain route, resulting in at least 25 fatalities and over a dozen injuries. The tragedy occurred late on... -
Three Venezuela opposition activists arrested after Machado rally
Apr 29, 2024According to her party on Sunday, three Venezuelan activists were detained following their participation in a campaign rally alongside opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. This development heightens worries about President Nicolas Maduro’s administration’s repression of dissent... -
Russian band arrested mid-concert over ‘Nazi symbols’
Apr 29, 2024Authorities claimed that three prominent Russian metal band members had been arrested for allegedly flashing “Nazi symbols” during a concert. The band Korrozia Metalla, with members ages 19, 42, and 57, was charged with “propaganda or... -
Host Saudi tells global economic summit the world has failed Gaza
Apr 29, 2024At a global economic summit on Sunday that was attended by a number of mediators, Saudi Arabia declared that the international community had failed Gaza and restated its demand for a Palestinian state. “The situation in... -
Tesla CEO Musk meets China’s number two official in Beijing
Apr 29, 2024Premier Li Qiang, China’s second-ranking official, met with tech tycoon and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday in Beijing and pledged that China would “always” be open to international businesses. One of the richest persons in... -
Dubai begins construction of ‘world’s largest’ airport terminal
Apr 29, 2024The ruler of the Gulf emirate, Dubai, declared on Sunday that construction had started on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport. At a cost of about $35 billion, the new facility is expected to...
