SEOUL: Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has slammed South Korea’s recent live-fire drills as “provocation,” warning of serious consequences. South Korea said last week it had resumed live-fire artillery drills near the borders with the North, following the suspension of a 2018 bilateral military pact aimed at reducing […]
NEW DELHI: Amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave here on Monday on an official visit to Russia to hold the 22nd Annual India-Russia Summit with President Vladimir Putin. From Moscow, the PM will leave for Austria in what will be the first visit by an Indian PM to the […]
TEHRAN: Iran’s Constitutional Council has confirmed the result of the July 5 presidential runoff election, which led to the victory of Masoud Pezeshkian. “The validity of the second round of the 14th presidential election has been approved by the Constitutional Council,” spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif said on Sunday. He added that the Interior Ministry, the […]
CAIRO: Egypt will host Israeli and US delegations to discuss the “outstanding points” regarding a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian media reported, without revealing the specific timing of the meeting. Egypt has been holding intensive meetings with relevant parties this week to advance efforts to reach a truce agreement in the Gaza Strip, […]
WASHINGTON: More than 130 million people in the United States are under threat from a long-running heatwave that has already broken records with dangerously high temperatures, forecasters said, adding that scorching heat will be felt from the East Coast to the West Coast. The heat and humidity could team up to spike temperatures above 100 […]
NEW YORK: You have to wonder how people originally figured out how to eat some foods that are beloved today. The cassava plant is toxic if not carefully processed through multiple steps. Yogurt is basically old milk that’s been around for a while and contaminated with bacteria. And who discovered that popcorn could be a […]
TEHRAN: Masoud Pezeshkian, a seasoned lawmaker and former health minister, has been declared the winner of the Iranian presidential runoff election, defeating his opponent Saeed Jalili. According to the final vote count announced by the election headquarters early on Saturday, Pezeshkian has been elected as the ninth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He […]
DOHA: Chief of Israel’s Mossad spy agency David Barnea has returned from the Qatari capital Doha following an initial meeting with mediators, and a team will be dispatched next week to continue the negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has announced. “It should be emphasized that there are still gaps between the sides,” the Israeli […]
KATHMANDU: The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak. The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas […]
NEW DELHI: High blood pressure, or hypertension, isn’t just an adult issue. More children and teenagers are being diagnosed with this condition than ever before. According to the American Heart Association, nearly 4% of children and adolescents in the United States have hypertension. As per a study done by JAMA, 35% of 10 to 12-year-olds […]