German police have detained four people accused of plotting to create “civil war conditions” so they could eventually overthrow democracy. Prosecutors say the group, linked to far-right and anti-Covid movements, were planning to destroy power stations to cause a nationwide blackout. They also wanted to kidnap Germany’s health minister, who backed the country’s strict coronavirus […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Kamaal Khan (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In National Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). https://journalist-association-of -india.business.site/ H K Sethi: Journalist Association of India announced their Annual Awards & […]
Australia election 2022 A car carrying the Australian prime minister’s security team has crashed in Tasmania during an election campaign visit. Four police officers were taken to hospital with “non-life threatening injuries” after the car and another vehicle collided, authorities said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was not in the car, but the accident prompted […]
Sri Lanka is about to default on its debts, two of the world’s largest credit rating agencies have warned. Fitch Ratings lowered its assessment of the South Asian nation, saying “a sovereign default process has begun”. S&P Global Ratings made a similar announcement and said that a default is now a “virtual certainty”. […]
By Frances Mao BBC News New Zealand’s top court has ruled that a man can be extradited to China to face a murder charge, in what activists have called a “deeply disturbing precedent”. Kyung Yup Kim, a New Zealand permanent resident, is accused of murdering a young woman in Shanghai in 2009. Human […]
By Sharanya Hrishikesh BBC News, Delhi Is it really easy to get away with hate speech in India? A spate of recent incidents in the days leading up to the Hindu festival of Ram Navami on 10 April would suggest so. The festival was marked by incidents of hate speech and even violence in some states. […]
H K Sethi, Secretary-General of Journalist Association of India declared, “Kamaal Khan (Sr. Journalist, NDTV) as an awardee of National & Global Awards, (In National Category) organised by Journalist Association of India, under the flagship of Journalists Federation of India (JFI). https://journalist-association-of -india.business.site/ H K Sethi: Journalist Association of India announced their Annual Awards & […]
At least 45 people in South Africa have been killed in floods caused by days of heavy rain, the authorities say. It happened in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, where many people are still missing and emergency services are searching for survivors. Some in the city of Durban are standing on rooftops awaiting rescue, but local […]
Sixteen people have been injured in a shooting during the morning rush hour at a New York City subway station. The unidentified attacker detonated a smoke bomb and opened fire at Brooklyn’s 36th Street station at 08:30 local time (12:30 GMT), police said. Images from the scene showed bloodied passengers lying on the floor of […]
By Jonathan Beale BBC News, Donbas, Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war People in eastern Ukraine know the Russians are about to step up their offensive here. Even the dogs on the streets seem to know and can be heard barking whenever there’s a heavy thump of artillery in the distance. Hundreds of thousands of people have […]
