Computer science graduate Alain Saas is hoping a fourth time is the charm to make his China dream come true. As a young man growing up in the small town of Selestat in eastern France, the distant Asian country seemed magical. But the dream has been elusive and trying to land a job in China…
School Assembly News Headlines (Nov 12): Top National, International & Sports Updates Thought of the Day Photo : iStock If you’re a student on the lookout for news headlines to read out in your school assembly, you’re at the right place! We’ve compiled a list of the most important national, international, and sports-related news items…
US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states. Published On 7 Nov 20257 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States did not send a representative to attend a United Nations review of its human rights record,…
Even as Russia and China wage a relentless cyber war against the West, the United Nations is celebrating a new cybercrime treaty whose chief architects were none other than Moscow and Beijing. It should come as no surprise, then, that this U.N. convention, signed by 65 nations last month, is less about fighting cybercrime than about legitimizing authoritarian…
Residents of northern Afghanistan began a clean-up operation on Tuesday after a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake left at least 20 dead and almost 1,000 injured. Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most fatalities.(Reuters) The quake struck near the northern Afghan city of…
United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright says planned nuclear tests will be “noncritical” and will not feature any nuclear explosions for now. This clarification on Sunday came three days after President Donald Trump announced he had instructed the Department of Defense to “immediately” restart testing of US nuclear weapons. What are ‘noncritical’ nuclear tests? “I…
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said “a multipolar world is emerging”, positioning Beijing’s latest vision for global governance as a unifying and stabilising framework at a time of increasing turbulence and Washington-driven unilateralism. Speaking in Beijing on Monday, Wang also called for “an end to politicising economic and trade issues, artificially fragmenting global markets, and…
Updated on: Oct 25, 2025 11:58 pm IST The Ansar Allah security forces detained the two female workers of the World Food Programme from their Sanaa homes. Yemen’s Houthi rebels intensified their crackdown against the United Nations in the country on Saturday, detaining two additional workers connected to the world body in the capital Sanaa….
China can sustain annual growth of 4.5 to 5 per cent over its next five-year plan period, former finance vice-minister Zhu Guangyao has said, just days ahead of a key Communist Party conclave to roll out the 2026-2030 blueprint. “We have full confidence that we will accomplish the economic development goal this year. The economic…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels stormed the United Nations compound in the capital Sanaa and detained staff on Saturday in the latest attack against humanitarian workers in the country. Houthi rebels storm UN compound in Yemen’s Sanaa, staff detained(REUTERS file photo) The incident is the latest in a long-running Houthi crackdown against the UN and other international…