TODAY NEWS - Page 77

Operation False Target: How Russia plotted to mix deadly new weapon among decoy drones in Ukraine

November 16, 2024 12:07 IST

The idea was to launch armed drones along with dozens of decoys, sometimes stuffed with rags or foam, and indistinguishable on radar from those carrying real bombs.

US steps up campaign to transform Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping force

November 16, 2024 08:02 IST

The UN said Friday that the trust fund has received $85.3 million of the $96.8 million pledged. The United States agreed to contribute $300 million to the multinational force.

US, Japan to hold defence trilateral in Darwin on Sunday

November 16, 2024 05:31 IST

At the last trilateral, held in Singapore in June, the nations expressed serious concern about security in the East China Sea and said they opposed "any destabilising and coercive unilateral actions" there.

12 decomposing bodies found inside a Georgia funeral home have been identified

November 16, 2024 04:55 IST

The owner, Chris Lee Johnson, 39, was initially charged with 17 counts of abuse of a dead body, according the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Austria says Russia to cut off gas from Saturday

November 16, 2024 04:43 IST

Moscow's suspension of gas for Austria, the main receiver of gas via Ukraine, means Russia will now only supply significant gas volumes to Hungary and Slovakia, in Hungary's case via a pipeline running mostly through Turkey.

British Indian spy Noor Inayat Khan’s George Cross bravery medal to go on display

November 16, 2024 01:01 IST

Noor Inayat Khan, who operated undercover in Nazi-occupied France during WWII, was posthumously awarded the UK’s highest civilian honor for her bravery with the Special Operations Executive.

Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes

November 16, 2024 02:23 IST

The prosecutors' move to seek a "provisional execution" on the public office ban - a tough, rarely used tool that means the ban would stand irrespective of any appeal - casts doubt on Le Pen's chances of running in the 2027 presidential election.

Dutch government could fall over handling of Amsterdam violence: Reports

November 16, 2024 00:59 IST

Anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders has repeatedly said Dutch youth of Moroccan descent were the main attackers of the Israeli fans, although police have given no details about the background of suspects.

Brazil launches global anti-hunger alliance before G20 summit

November 15, 2024 22:37 IST

The initiative brings together developed nations, NGOs, and financial institutions to donate money and expertise to countries in need.

Germany’s Scholz urges Putin in phone call to open talks with Ukraine

November 15, 2024 20:46 IST

In a one-hour phone conversation, their first in almost two years, Scholz also demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine and reaffirmed Germany's continued support for Ukraine, a German government spokesman said.

Croatian health minister arrested and sacked over alleged graft

November 15, 2024 20:29 IST

The European Public Prosecutor's Office also said it had initiated an investigation against eight people over alleged bribery, abuse of authority and money laundering.

Hungary’s Orbán says sanctions on Russia will ‘destroy’ EU economy

November 15, 2024 23:48 IST

The EU has imposed several rounds of sanctions against Moscow since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, targeting the energy sector, banks, the world's biggest diamond mining company and other businesses.

Protests erupt in breakaway Georgian region Abkhazia over deal with Russia

November 15, 2024 18:23 IST

Two people were injured in the clashes, Russia's RIA state news agency cited local emergency services as saying. Russian media showed a truck ramming into the gates surrounding the parliament in the capital, Sukhumi.

Plastic waste could double by 2050, researchers find, suggest policies to address issue

November 15, 2024 17:28 IST

The study, published in the journal Science, comes ahead of the signing of the United Nations (UN) Plastics Treaty -- the world's first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito’s sister-in-law, dies at 101

November 15, 2024 14:25 IST

Japanese Princess Yuriko has recounted living in a shelter with her husband and their baby daughter after their residence was burned down in the US fire bombings of Tokyo in the final months of the war in 1945.

FlyDubai, the sister airline to the long-haul carrier Emirates, has kept up multiple flights daily and kept Israel connected to the wider world even as its other low-cost competitors have stopped flights.

As airlines avoid Israel, UAE’s FlyDubai and Etihad keep up flights for both diplomacy and dollars

November 15, 2024 13:16 IST

The Emirati flights, in addition to bolstering the airlines' bottom line, have shined a light on the countries’ burgeoning ties — which have survived the wars raging across the Middle East and could be further strengthened as US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office.