International

Washington: US President Joe Biden will address the nation Wednesday to explain to fellow Americans his decision to withdraw from the presidential race and endorse his deputy Kamala Harris to be the nominee of the Democratic Party for the November general elections. Biden, 81, returned...

Washington: Kamala Harris has attracted the support of enough delegates to become the Democratic Party's nominee for president, US media outlets reported Tuesday, as the vice president received a wave of endorsements from potential rivals, lawmakers, governors and influential advocacy groups. Harris, who is of...

London: Rishi Sunak will remain in place as the UK's interim Opposition Leader for over three months after the Conservative Party set out the timetable to elect his successor by November, with nominations opening Wednesday. The 1922 Committee of backbench members of Parliament responsible for...

Addis Ababa: The death toll from a landslide in Ethiopia has risen to 55, local media reported Tuesday. The deadly landslide occurred on Monday morning at around 10.00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) in southern Ethiopia's Geze Gofa district, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported. Misikir...

New York: Tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla were engaged in a war of words on Monday over Donald Trump's candidature for the US presidency. Trump, 78, Thursday night accepted his Republican Party's nomination for a third consecutive presidential bid. On...

Manila: The Philippines' poverty rate declined to 15.5 per cent in 2023 from 18.1 per cent in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Monday. Citing preliminary data, PSA head Dennis Mapa said the number of poor Filipinos in 2023 was about 17.54 million, down...

New Delhi: Amidst strained ties with China, the pre-budget Economic Survey Monday made a strong case for seeking foreign direct investments (FDI) from Beijing to boost local manufacturing and tap the export market. As the US and Europe are shifting their immediate sourcing away from...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): The Israeli military Monday ordered the evacuation of part of an area in the Gaza Strip it has designated a humanitarian zone. The military said it is planning to begin an operation against Hamas militants who have embedded themselves in the...

Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their own party that he would be unable to defeat Donald Trump. Biden's exit Sunday, prompted...

New York: Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump has questioned Joe Biden’s fitness to continue as president after he dropped his re-election bid. Fox News quoted him Sunday: "He is not fit to serve, and I ask -- who is going to be running the...