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Here are the key developments on the 1,093rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Friday, February 21: Fighting Russian forces took back more than 800 square kilometres (309 square miles) from Ukrainian troops in western Russia’s Kursk region, the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper reported, quoting Colonel General Sergei Rudskoi, head…
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, has confirmed Cairo is ‘actively developing’ a reconstruction plan for Gaza. The Egyptian government is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without displacing the Palestinian enclave’s population, as it attempts to provide a viable alternative to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to “take over” the territory and displace…
Indian officials said the accident happened amid a surge of passengers waiting for trains to attend a major Hindu religious festival. Ten women and three children were among at least 15 people killed in a crowd crush at a train station in India’s capital New Delhi, as thousands of Hindu pilgrims waited to board trains…
As the United States winds back humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asia, its rival China may see an opportunity to expand its influence in a region where it has directed billions of dollars in investment and aid, analysts say. In a little over three weeks since US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Washington has frozen nearly all…
Prayagraj, India – Arvind Agrawal has been running a business supplying stationery items across India for four decades in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state. The city is currently hosting the Mahakumbh, often simply called the Kumbh, the world’s largest religious gathering of Hindus. His mobile phone comes alive every few minutes with callers asking for…
NEW DELHI: Focus more on creating facilities, amenities and better transportation network in zones in cities which naturally attract people and businesses, rather than developing new cities that push horizontal growth, PM Narendra Modi told top officials of housing and urban affairs ministry at a recent review meeting on urban sector, sources said.TOI has learnt…
A powerful earthquake has struck a remote region of Tibet, killing at least 95 people and wounding dozens, with tremors felt in Nepal, Bhutan and parts of northern India. Videos aired by China’s state broadcaster CCTV showed houses destroyed with the official Xinhua News Agency saying more than 1,000 houses were damaged. The epicentre of…
Puerto Rico has been immersed in darkness after a power grid failure sparked a blackout across much of the island. The outage happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the last day of 2024. While full blackouts are relatively rare on the island, power outages in general have become a regular occurrence in the years…
NewsFeed A truck carrying wedding party guests has crashed in Ethiopia, killing more than 70 people. The vehicle was reportedly speeding towards a bridge before it plunged into a river below. Published On 31 Dec 202431 Dec 2024 Source link
