After House Speaker Mike Johnson indicated support for Republic proposal preventing Trans Congresswoman elected from Delaware Sarah McBride from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol , McBride said that she will use the men’s restroom on Capitol Hill. In her statement, she said that she is not here to fight about bathrooms but to fight…
Sukhjit (Sukhi) Singh Chahal, the founder and CEO of The Khalsa Today, a Sikh advocacy organisation and think tank in the US, congratulated former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, on her US Senate confirmation as director of national intelligence (DNI); on social media platform X. Last month, Chahal had joined a coalition of interfaith leaders in the…
(Representative image: AP) BUCHAREST: The crew of a Togo-flagged general cargo ship bound for one of Ukraine’s Danube river ports were evacuated early on Wednesday after an explosion on board near the Romanian port of Sulina, Romanian officials said. The Seama ship reported an explosion early on Wednesday and requested the evacuation of the 12-person…
BEIJING: China is renewing its criticism of this weekend’s summit among the leaders of the US, Japan and South Korea, saying no country should “seek its own security at the expense of the security interests of others and of regional peace and stability.” “The international community has its own judgment as to who is creating…
A United Nations flag is seen in Pyla in the Larnaca District of Cyprus. (Photo by Reuters) ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign minister accused the United Nations of abandoning its neutrality on Tuesday, a day after the UN Security Council criticized construction work by Turkish Cypriots inside the buffer zone dividing Cyprus and condemned their assault on…
South Korean resident Yoon Suk Yeol visits Kyiv. (Reuters file photo) SEOUL: South Korea unveiled on Tuesday financial aid of 520 billion won ($394 million) for Ukraine next year, an eightfold increase from this year. The aid package includes 130 billion won for reconstruction, 260 billion in humanitarian aid and another 130 billion won through…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called on EU member states to approve “massive, common funding” for European defense and security, proposing investments that could reach hundreds of billions of euros.“We will give a mandate to the European Commission to define our capacity needs for a common defense,” Macron said in a Sunday interview published…
NEW DELHI: Activity in the country’s manufacturing sector grew at its slowest pace in 14 months as production and new orders moderated but it still remained robust, a survey showed on Monday.The HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered a reading of 56.3 in Feb, down from 57.7 in Jan, but still indicative of…
Devajit Saikia, BCCI Secretary. (PTI) BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia responded on Monday to controversial comments made by Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed about Team India captain Rohit Sharma‘s physical appearance.Mohamed posted on social media platform X, later deleting it, suggesting that the Indian cricket team’s captain needed to lose weight and called him the country’s most…
