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Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo secures parliamentary majority

By Ananda Teresia and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has secured a parliamentary majority after the party that backed his rival in the February elections

Explainer-Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for

Pakistan confirms first monkeypox case of 2024

Islamabad , August 16 (ANI): Pakistan has confirmed its first monkeypox case of the year after a man who recently returned from Saudi Arabia...

Trump refuses to tone down his personal attacks on Harris, says entitled to do so

Washington, Aug 16 (PTI) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he is "entitled" to personally attack his Democratic rival Kamala Harris because he...

Three more ex-Pakistan army officers held in connection with former ISI Chief case

Islamabad , August 16 (ANI): Three retired military personnel have been taken into military custody in relation to ongoing court-martial proceedings against former ISI...

Hurricane Ernesto strengthens to Category 2 storm as it barrels toward Bermuda

By Brendan O'Brien and Liya Cui (Reuters) -Hurricane Ernesto on Thursday strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it barreled toward Bermuda threatening major damage over the weekend from powerful

Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra nominated for PM in parliamentary vote

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Paetongtarn Shinawatra was nominated to become Thailand's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Friday by Pheu Thai party secretary general Sorawong Thienthong. The vote comes

Australia, NZ say AUKUS deal to boost security amid strategic challenges

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - The leaders of Australia and New Zealand said on Friday the AUKUS trilateral defence pact would boost regional security and stability, as both countries warned they

Gaza ceasefire negotiations extend to another day as death toll exceeds 40,000

By Andrew Mills and Nidal al-Mughrabi DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel

Jordanian charged in US for threats against perceived Israel supporters

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Jordanian citizen residing in Orlando, Florida, was charged with threatening to use explosives and destruction of an energy facility after threats against

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?