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Ukraine reportedly grapples with a shortage of artillery ammunition
India rejects report on transfer of ammunitions to Ukraine as 'speculative'
NEW DELHI — India has dismissed a news report claiming the government failed to prevent European buyers from transferring Indian-made artillery shells to Ukraine.In a story published on Thursday, Reuters alleged that artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers had been diverted by European customers to Ukraine.The report alleged that the transfer of ammunition has been ongoing for more than a year, with Delhi taking no action to stop it despite repeated protests from Moscow.India's foreign ministry has called the report "speculative” and “misleading".The report "implies violations by India, where none exist, and hence, is inaccurate and mischievous", Randhir Jaiswal, the ministry's spokesperson wrote on X (formerly Twitter).Jaiswal added that India has an...
September 20, 2024

India rejects report on transfer of ammunitions to Ukraine as 'speculative'

Security personnel stand guard near the site of a knife attack near a Japanese school in Shenzhen, China on September 18, 2024
Boy, 10, killed in new China stabbing attack near Japanese school
HONG KONG — A 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in southern China has died after being stabbed on his way to class on Wednesday, according to Tokyo’s foreign minister, in the second knife attack near a Japanese school in the country in recent months.The boy was attacked by a man about 200 meters (650 feet) from the gates of the Japanese school in Shenzhen, a tech-hub metropolis home to many Japanese businesses, according to China’s foreign ministry.A 44-year-old suspect was apprehended at the scene and taken into custody, police in the city said in a statement.Japanese and Chinese authorities did not specify the nationality of the victim. But Japanese nationality is required for enrollment at the Shenzhen Japanese School, according to its website.“The fact that such a...
September 19, 2024

Boy, 10, killed in new China stabbing attack near Japanese school

An international coalition of law enforcement representatives including Europol held a news conference announcing their operation against the Ghost app in The Hague on September 18, 2024
Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens
SYDNEY — Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests, the Associated Press news agency reported.The app’s alleged administrator, Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, appeared in a Sydney court Wednesday on charges including supporting a criminal organization and benefitting from proceeds of crime.Jung did not enter pleas or apply to be released on bail. He will remain behind bars until his case returns to court in November.Australian police arrested 38 suspects in raids across four states in recent days while law enforcement agencies were also making arrests in Canada, Sweden, Ireland and Italy, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney said.“We allege hundreds of...
September 19, 2024

Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens

Thousands of doctors in Kolkata have been protesting the rape and murder of their colleague
Indian state accepts key demands of protesting doctors 
KOLKATA — The Indian state of West Bengal has agreed to remove the police chief of its capital, Kolkata, following a meeting with doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague.Two other senior officials - the director of medical education and the director of health services - will also be removed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.Thousands of junior doctors in the state have been on a strike since 9 August, when the body of the 31-year-old woman was found at the state-run hospital where she worked.The crime sparked nationwide outrage and concerns about the safety of health workers in India.A hospital volunteer was arrested in connection with the case, which is now being investigated by a federal agency.The protesting doctors have voiced five key changes: justice for the...
September 17, 2024

Indian state accepts key demands of protesting doctors 

Myanmar's military junta issued a rare appeal for foreign help at the weekend
Floods and mudslides kill more than 200 in Myanmar
BANGKOK — The number of people in Myanmar who have died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi rose to more than 220, with nearly 80 others still missing, the military government said.The storm swept through northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar last week, killing more than 500 people across the region, according to official figures.It triggered severe floods and mudslides in Myanmar, leaving at least 226 dead as whole villages were wrecked.With hundreds of thousands of acres of crops destroyed, the UN also warned that more than half a million people in the war-torn country are in urgent need of food as well as drinking water, shelter and clothes.The UN said the storm's devastation spanned nine states and regions, including the country's capital Naypyidaw in the interior, as well as...
September 17, 2024

Floods and mudslides kill more than 200 in Myanmar

Protests calling on the Rajapaksas to resign carried on for months
Chased out by protesters, a political dynasty plots its comeback
COLOMBO — Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered. Sri Lankans dancing in an opulent hallway as the iconic papare bands played festive tunes with trumpets and drums.These scenes beamed across the world on 13 July 2022 in the hours after crowds overran the presidential palace, forcing then-leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country.It was a moment of triumph for them.Hundreds of thousands of people from across Sri Lanka had defied a national curfew — they braved tear gas shells and water cannons to march peacefully to the presidential palace, calling on Rajapaksa to step down.For weeks, he had resisted calls to resign, even though his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa had already quit as prime minister to try to defuse...
September 17, 2024

Chased out by protesters, a political dynasty plots its comeback

The violence occurred near the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's central highlands
Rival tribe shootouts kill 30 in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY — A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in Papua New Guinea, police said on Monday.Security forces have been given emergency powers to stop the fighting — including the use of "lethal force" — according to the country's police commissioner.Alcohol sales have been banned and an overnight curfew is in place, he added.Unrest had been brewing near the Porgera gold mine in the country's central highlands ever since members of the Sakar clan settled on land owned by their rivals, the Piande, sometime in August.Police say that on Sunday alone, more than 300 shots were fired by tribesmen, after peace talks between the clans had failed."This deteriorating situation has been caused by illegal miners...
September 16, 2024

Rival tribe shootouts kill 30 in Papua New Guinea

Mehbooba Mufti, former chief minister and PDP leader, greets her supporters at a rally
After a decade, Kashmir to vote in historic elections
SRINAGAR — On a bright September afternoon, a caravan of colorful cars, festooned with flags, arrives at a village in Indian-administered Kashmir for an election rally.Iltija Mufti, a politician from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), slowly rises from the sunroof of one of the cars.“Yeli ye Mufti (When Mufti will be in power)," she shouts at a crowd that has gathered to hear the third-generation leader of one of the most influential political dynasties of the region.“Teli Tch’le Sakhti (Then the repression will end)," they respond in unison.From a distance, army personnel in bulletproof jackets, armed with automatic rifles, stand watch, tracking every movement.For the first time in a decade, elections are being held in 47 assembly seats of Kashmir, long marked by...
September 16, 2024

After a decade, Kashmir to vote in historic elections

Pedestrians struggle with their umbrellas in strong winds and rain from the passage of Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai on September 16, 2024
Shanghai slammed by strongest storm in seven decades
HONG KONG — Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday by what authorities say was the strongest typhoon to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades, with flights, trains and highways suspended during a national holiday.Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in an industrial suburb southeast of the metropolis of 25 million people at about 7:30 a.m. local time. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said it packed top wind speeds of 130 kilometers per hour (80 mph), the equivalent of a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane.The China Meteorological Administration recorded wind speeds of 151 kph (94 mph) near the typhoon’s eye when it made landfall, and state media described it as the strongest storm to hit Shanghai since 1949.The administration on Monday issued a red typhoon...
September 16, 2024

Shanghai slammed by strongest storm in seven decades

Officials say at least 64 people are missing in the floods
Over 100 dead in Myanmar floods after Typhoon Yagi
BANGKOK — More than 100 people have died in flooding and mudslides caused by the remnants of Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar.Spokesman for the nation's ruling junta Zaw Min Tun said in a statement on Sunday that 113 people had been confirmed dead, with a further 64 missing — though regional reports suggest the true death toll may be higher.Meanwhile, over 320,000 people have been forced to evacuate to temporary shelters, according to the AFP news agency.Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, has already proved devastating as it swept across Vietnam, Laos, the Chinese island of Hainan and the Philippines.At least 287 people were thought to have died as a result of the storm before it reached Myanmar.While the typhoon has been downgraded to a tropical depression since making...
September 16, 2024

Over 100 dead in Myanmar floods after Typhoon Yagi

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