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]Joe Biden to host leaders of Sweden, Finland amid NATO bids
The White House said they would discuss the two countries’ applications to join the mutual defense alliance, as well as European security broadly.
Published on May 17, 2022 07:45 PM IST
AP |
One in four Britons skips meals, finds report. Here's why
- Among people on lower incomes, one in three people say they have missed meals recently because of the surge in inflation, polling firm Ipsos said on Tuesday.
Updated on May 17, 2022 07:29 PM IST
Reuters | , London
India’s missions in Canada reach out to students after spate of incidents
According to data from Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 156,171 study permits were given to students from India in 2021, almost double the number for 2020, which was at 76,149
Updated on May 17, 2022 08:55 PM IST
Sri Lankan Parl defeats no-confidence motion by Oppn against President Gotabaya
With the motion, the Opposition sought to demonstrate how nationwide calls for President Rajapaksa’s resignation is reflected in the country’s legislature, the report said.
Published on May 17, 2022 02:03 PM IST
PTI |
US envoy urges India to ‘reconsider’ wheat export ban: ‘Will worsen...’
Agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven nations (G7) on Saturday also emphasised that India's decision to ban wheat exports would worsen the global food shortage.
Published on May 17, 2022 01:38 PM IST
Written by Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Canada to quickly ratify membership of Finland, Sweden in Nato: Melanie Joly
Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly said while the process does not require parliamentary approval and the executive branch has ‘jurisdiction’, she had reached out to leaders of other parties and they were supportive.
Published on May 17, 2022 01:23 PM IST
Russia was prepared to use artillery against inhabited areas in Chernihiv: UK
Russia-Ukraine war: Pointing to what is said was the ‘scale of damage’ to residential buildings in the region, the UK said Moscow would've shown ‘minimal regard to discrimination or proportionality.’
Published on May 17, 2022 01:17 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
New Sri Lanka PM to sell airline, print money to pay wages
The new administration plans to privatize Sri Lankan Airlines, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a televised address to the nation Monday.
Published on May 17, 2022 01:17 PM IST
Bloomberg |
Normal life is weeks away for Shanghai, despite 'zero Covid' status
For other cities in China that have been under lockdown, a third day with no new cases in the community usually means "zero Covid" status and the beginning of the lifting of restrictions.
Published on May 17, 2022 11:42 AM IST
Reuters |
Chinese PM presses Pak PM to punish Karachi university blast culprits: report
During the phone call with Sharif, Li pointed out that the Chinese side is shocked and outraged by the recent attack on its nationals in Karachi, and strongly condemns the terrorist attack, Xinhua news agency reported.
Published on May 17, 2022 11:39 AM IST
ANI |
What is the US baby formula controversy? Regulators step in, imports in focus
- The shortage is believed to have found its origin in 2020 as consumers stockpiled due to Covid lockdown. Experts say that the shortages may last for another 2-4 months despite the White House trying to increase supplies. Here’s what we know so far about the baby formula shortage in US.
Published on May 17, 2022 09:03 AM IST
Written by Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Imran Khan's phones stolen, but ‘video statement’ not on them: Ex-Pak PM's aide
Taking to Twitter, PTI spokesperson Dr Shahbaz Gill said the theft took place on Saturday, shortly after Khan left the Sialkot airport to address a rally in the city.
Published on May 17, 2022 07:51 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Macron names Elisabeth Borne as France's new prime minister
Borne, 61, the labor minister in French President Emmanuel Macron's previous government, succeeds Jean Castex, whose resignation on Monday was expected after Macron's reelection last month to a second five-year term.
Published on May 17, 2022 07:36 AM IST
AP |
Ukraine says holdout mission complete, Russia slams G7 on food crisis: 10 points
Ukraine war: The besieged city of Mariupol has faced intense fighting, damage and destruction ever since the war started.
Published on May 17, 2022 07:30 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Indian American group to host summit gala in US this week
The event will bring together more than 300 South Asian American community leaders, philanthropists, celebrities and organisers to celebrate and educate, a media release said.
Published on May 17, 2022 07:27 AM IST
PTI |
Russia-Ukraine War LIVE: EU top diplomat says Russia lost 15% of army since war
Russia-Ukraine War LIVE Updates: Russia continued strikes on Lugansk, killing two people and wounding nine during shelling of a Severodonetsk hospital, the Ukrainian presidency said Monday.
Updated on May 17, 2022 09:13 PM IST
Biden’s new press secretary notes all ‘firsts’ at briefing: ‘I am a Black gay..’
Karine Jean-Pierre served as former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s principal deputy until Psaki’s resignation on Friday.
Published on May 17, 2022 06:30 AM IST
Bloomberg |
Amid Covid outbreak, North Korea's Kim deploys army to battle ‘fever’: 5 points
As many as six more people lost their lives due to the suspicious ‘fever,’ pushing the nationwide death toll to 56.
Published on May 17, 2022 06:26 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
6 more die of ‘fever’ in North Korea amid reports of Covid outbreak
- The toll comes despite leader Kim Jong Un ordering nationwide lockdowns in a bid to slow the spread of disease through the unvaccinated population.
Published on May 17, 2022 04:14 AM IST
AFP |
Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's human rights body, other key agencies
Afghanistan faces a budget deficit of 44 billion Afghanis ($501 million) this financial year, Taliban authorities said on Saturday as they announced their first annual national budget since taking over the war-torn country last August.
Published on May 17, 2022 02:45 AM IST
Reuters | , Kabul
Turkey ‘will not allow’ Sweden, Finland joining NATO: Erdogan
At a press conference in Ankara late Monday, Erdogan poured cold water on expectations that Turkish opposition to the enlargement plan could be easily resolved.
Published on May 17, 2022 02:37 AM IST
Bloomberg |
Sri Lanka down to last day of petrol, PM says ‘next few months most difficult’
Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed prime minister on Thursday, said in an address to the nation the country urgently needed $75 million in foreign exchange to pay for essential imports.
Published on May 17, 2022 01:58 AM IST
Reuters | , Colombo
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal talks about spam and facts, Elon Musk replies
Agrawal said that the estimate can not be reproduced externally given the need to use both public and private information, to which the Tesla chief responded with a ‘pile of poo’ emoticon.
Published on May 16, 2022 11:49 PM IST
Putin says ‘no problem’ with Finland, Sweden's NATO bid, but there’s a warning
- Sweden's ruling Social Democratic Party approved the country's NATO bid on Sunday. It was followed by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's announcement earlier in the day about Sweden's intent to join the military alliance, thereby making it official.
Published on May 16, 2022 11:39 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
1 dead as IED blast rocks busy Karachi market, several hurt
According to footage aired on several Pakistan TV channels, vehicles suffered damages due to the blast.
Updated on May 16, 2022 11:21 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
Elisabeth Borne is new French prime minister, second woman to hold top post
Elisabeth Borne is the second woman to hold the position after Edith Cresson, who was prime minister in 1991-1992 under Socialist President Francois Mitterrand.
Published on May 16, 2022 10:13 PM IST
AP |
Russian shelling kills 10 civilians in Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk
- Gaidai, the governor of the Luhansk region, had said earlier on Monday that heavy shelling had caused fires in residential areas.
Published on May 16, 2022 10:04 PM IST
Reuters | , Kyiv
Ukraine war: Russia agrees to evacuate wounded soldiers from Azovstal plant
Kyiv has said that more than 1,000 of its troops – a majority of them injured – remained in the Azovstal plant.
Published on May 16, 2022 09:07 PM IST
Written by Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
US deaths from Covid hit 1 million, less than 2 ½ years into the pandemic
- The confirmed number of dead is equivalent to a 9/11 attack every day for 336 days. It is roughly equal to how many Americans died in the Civil War and World War II combined. It’s as if Boston and Pittsburgh were wiped out.
Published on May 16, 2022 07:34 PM IST
AP |
