Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, on February 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis reached the two-week mark recovery from pneumonia Friday (February 28, 2025) as doctors suggested he had overcome the most critical phase of the infection while holding … Read more
Health workers walk on snow during a polio vaccination drive in Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s Neelum Valley. File | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistani authorities have confirmed two new poliovirus cases, one each in Sindh and Punjab provinces, posing a setback to the country’s efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, according to a media report. The new cases … Read more
Rose Girone was believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor | Photo Credit: Facebook/@Rose Girone Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113. Her death was confirmed Thursday by the Claims Conference, a New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims … Read more
A group of at least 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China, Thai and Chinese officials said Thursday (February 27, 2025). The men made a public appeal last month to halt the deportation, saying they faced imprisonment and possible death in China. Thai lawmakers and international … Read more
Livelihoods of war-affected northern Sri Lankan fishermen have been severely affected by bottom trawling used by their Indian counterparts. | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Ending the destructive bottom-trawling method of fishing would safeguard the livelihoods of ordinary fishermen in Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka, former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council C.V. … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters China on Friday (February 28, 2025) vowed to take “all necessary countermeasures” after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports. Mr. Trump’s latest move is due to enter effect on … Read more
A vehicle carrying the Russian delagation arrives at the residence of the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 27, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian and U.S. diplomats met in Istanbul on Thursday (February 27, 2025) to discuss normalising the operation of their respective embassies after years expelling each others’ diplomats. Kremlin spokesman … Read more
Livelihoods of war-affected northern Sri Lankan fishermen have been severely affected by bottom trawling used by their Indian counterparts. | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Ending the destructive bottom-trawling method of fishing would safeguard theFof ordinary fishermen in both Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka, former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council C.V. Wigneswaran … Read more
Henk Slebos. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Henk Slebos, one of the major contributors to Pakistan’s clandestine nuclear network that subsequently came to be known as AQ Khan network has passed away, confirmed his close friend and Dutch investigative journalist Marcel van Silfhout. Slebos joined Technische Hogeschool (TU Delft) in 1964. A brilliant student from the … Read more
Spokespeople for the other companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday [File] | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed eight major technology companies, including Alphabet, Meta, Apple, and X Corp, seeking details about their communications with other countries over fears of foreign censorship, it said on Thursday. … Read more