The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) on Wednesday commenced normal operations after a two-week closure due to floods in Kerala. It was shut on August 15 after the airport was flooded, causing widespread damage to infrastructure. The first aircraft, a domestic flight, touched down at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, airport officials said. CIAL authorities said […]
Iran’s parliament on Sunday voted to impeach the Minister of Economy and Finance for failing to manage the country’s ongoing economic crisis. Masoud Karbasian’s firing comes in the wake of the latest round of US sanctions against Tehran imposed earlier this month following Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, which has put pressure on […]
The President of Zimbabwe took the oath of office on Sunday, calling for unity following a disputed election that the opposition claimed was marred by fraud. Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, won the July 30 election with 50.6 per cent of the vote, after ascending to the presidency in November 2017 following a military coup that ousted […]
) Four people were killed in a shooting on Sunday in a mall in Jacksonville, Florida, media reports said. Eleven people were wounded by the gunfire, of whom four have died, Efe reported. The police said a mass shooting led to multiple fatalities and warned people to stay “many blocks” away. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office […]
Hundreds of women, and some men, marched on Sunday through numerous cities in the US to show their breasts, demanding gender equality and to protest against the “commercialization and the double standards” which affects their lives and jobs. In its eleventh edition, the mobilization known as International Go Topless Day held 20 marches across the […]
North Korea has released a Japanese citizen held in custody for allegedly violating its law, saying that the decision was made “on the principle of humanitarianism”, its state-run media reported. Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sunday night confirmed the release of Tomoyuki Sugimoto, a Japanese who had been under investigation for an unspecified […]
The US declared it is ready to support, facilitate and participate in direct negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban, on the occasion of the Afghan government’s announcement on Sunday of a conditional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban. “This plan responds to the clear and continued call of the Afghan people for peace,” the […]
The White House rejected Turkey’s offer to release an American pastor in exchange for forgiveness of billions of dollars in US fines on a Turkish bank, a senior administration official told The Wall Street Journal. The rejection could lead to the US imposing additional sanctions against Turkey sometime this week, the Journal reported on Sunday. […]
Tributes to former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Prize Laureate Kofi Annan started to pour following the announcement of his death on Saturday. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lamented the death of his 80-year-old predecessor, describing him as “a guiding force for good”, as well as a good friend and mentor. “He provided people everywhere with […]
Australian researchers on Thursday said they have developed a software tool to predict when a building will crack or its foundation will move, even when a dam could break or a mudslide occur. The tool uses applied mathematics and big data analytics to analyse intricate ground motion patterns and track location and time of landslides […]