Vladimir Putin accepts PM Modi’s invitation to visit India, preparations underway: Russian FM Lavrov

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India and preparations are underway for it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday (March 27, 2025). In a video address to a conference titled “Russia and … Read more

‘Exemplar’ — U.N. lauds India’s progress in child mortality reduction

India’s efforts and progress in reducing preventable child deaths has been lauded as “exemplar” by the United Nations, which cited the example of health initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat, and said the country has saved millions of young lives through strategic investments in its health system. The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation … Read more

South Korea’s truth commission says government responsible for fraud and abuse in foreign adoptions

South Korea’s truth commission concluded the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated children’s backgrounds and origins. The landmark report released Wednesday (March 26, 2025) followed a nearly three-year investigation into complaints from … Read more

Mass bleaching drains life from Australian reef

Divers inspecting corals impacted by a bleaching event on the Ningaloo Reef off Australia’s west coast. | Photo Credit: AFP An “unprecedented” mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia’s western coast, scientists said Wednesday (March 26, 2025), turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white. A months-long marine heatwave had … Read more

Capitulation, defiance as Trump takes aim at law firms

Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. President Donald Trump’s offensive against lawyers and law firms who have crossed swords with him in the past is being met with a mixture of capitulation and defiance. The 78-year-old Trump, the first convicted felon to serve in the White House, has a long and acrimonious history with … Read more