LA PALMA, Canary Islands: Officials in the Canary Islands said there are no signs that the eruption of a volcano, La Cumbre Vieja, on the island of La Palma will end soon, even after a month of lava flows and ash clouds. Since the volcano first erupted on 19th September, Reuters reports that 2,000 buildings […]

In the wake of the AUKUS deal, Beijing’s hosting of a summit involving many tiny Pacific countries is significant. It illustrates how China is ready to challenge the traditional supremacy of Australia and the U.S. in the region. On Thursday, China hosted a summit which was attended by foreign ministers from the Pacific island nations […]

Baltimore [US], October 22 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) vowed to protect Taiwan in event of a Chinese attack and said that the US was committed to Taiwan’s defence. Asked twice during CNN’s town hall whether the US would protect Taiwan if China attacked, Biden said it would. “Yes, we have a […]

Dushanbe [Tajikistan], October 22 (ANI): Tajikistan needs to be cautious of the Taliban as it shares a long, mountainous and difficult to control border with Afghanistan. Temur Umarov in The Frontier Post said that the Tajik army is considered as the weakest in Central Asia and most of the drug traffic from Afghanistan to Russia […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary: Conservative provincial mayor Peter Marki-Zay, a political outsider with no party affiliation, won an opposition run-off primary on Sunday, becoming the main rival of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next year’s election. Marki-Zay, 49, will now lead a united opposition, with opinion polls suggesting he has the best chance of ousting Orban, […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: Before granting approval for use in young people, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying whether Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could increase the risk of a rare inflammatory heart condition in teenagers. Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway have limited or suspended the use of the Moderna vaccine for people under the age of […]

DENVER, Colorado — Some 83 high-end condominium units were torched in a massive blaze early Tuesday morning in the affluent city of Boulder, Colorado, located 30 miles (48.2 kilometers) northwest of Denver, the capital city of the state. Although no serious injuries were reported, two people were treated at the scene for minor injuries and […]

BEIJING, China: Three astronauts from China have arrived at the country’s new space station, a major achievement for a national space program that is becoming one of the world’s most advanced. The three-person crew, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guanfu, lifted off on a Shenzhou-13 spacecraft launched by a Long March 2F rocket from […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI): The trailer of Kartik Aaryan-starrer ‘Dhamaka’ is finally out, and it has surely left everyone in awe of the actor’s performances. Directed by Ram Madhvani, Netflix’s ‘Dhamaka’ follows the story of an ambitious ex-news anchor Arjun Pathak, played by Kartik, who is given another chance to go live on […]

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 19 (ANI): The Pakistani state may want to rework its foreign policy regarding extending support to the Taliban and its formal relations with Afghanistan amid the Durand Line dispute. The Durand Line divides the traditional Pashtun homelands in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The border was mainly porous until recently fenced and heavily guarded […]