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Morocco mourns quake victims as death toll climbs to over 2,000
Flags will fly at half-mast on all public facilities during the national mourning, according to a statement released by the Royal Office after Moroccan King Mohammed VI chaired a meeting on the disaster, Xinhua news agency reported.
Maldives' Prez election sees no candidate securing majority
Mohamed Muizzu, candidate of the coalition of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and People's National Congress (PNC), and incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih have received the highest number of votes, Xinhua news agency reported, citing figures released by local media.
Russia's bromance with 'rogue state' North Korea dates back to Stalin
The meeting between President Putin and North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un - who has not been out of his country since he ordered its borders closed in wake of the 2020 Covid outbreak - is being deemed as between leaders of two "pariah nations" - both at the receiving end of widespread sanctions.
Burden of unrealistic expectations: UN not a ‘world government’; can't end wars
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spectacularly blasted the myth yet again like the drones raining bombs. This unrealistic expectation gives rise to cynicism about the organisation that rose from the ashes of World War II with the shimmering goal of ending wars and genocide.
All talk about American decline remains unproven & grossly exaggerated
The same question has been asked every year since, with the insinuation that it’s the incumbent president of the time who is responsible for it. And it’s being asked again now as US President Joe Biden joins G20 leaders — barring two glaring absenteesphenomenon Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping — in New Delhi for an annual meet.
Russia's nuclear mindgames limit response from already divided West
This peril has put limits on how far the West – which in any case doesn’t really have a firm centre – would go in their defence of Ukraine. Putin appeared to draw a redline when he said last September that “we will certainly use all the means at our disposal” when his country is “threatened”.
BRICS expansion a win for China as it sees itself as Global South leader
It is also discouraging to see countries that had been long-standing US partners, such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, cozy up to Beijing. BRICS seems to be positioning itself as a new axis of authoritarians in contrast to the G-7 club of democracies. Of the potential new members, only Argentina is rated as free, according to Freedom House, Kroneig said.
US puts SpaceX’s next Starship launch on hold, lists 63 ‘corrective actions’
“The final report cites multiple root causes of the April 20, 2023, mishap and 63 corrective actions SpaceX must take to prevent mishap reoccurrence,” the regulator said in a statement late on Friday.
Ex-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to seek re-election
Pelosi, 83, was first elected to her San Francisco district in 1987, before serving two terms as speaker between 2007-2011 and 2019-2023, reports the BBC.
India reaches out to assist nationals in quake-hit Morocco
The Indian Embassy in Morocco released a helpline number asking Indians to reach out for any kind of assistance.
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