International
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Jul- 2022 -14 July
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue vandalised in Canada
Hyderabad: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi located at the Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill, Canada, was vandalised on Wednesday. “We are distressed at the desecration of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill. This criminal, hateful act of vandalism has deeply hurt the sentiments of the Indian community in Canada. We are in contact with Canadian authorities to investigate this hate crime,” the Indian Consulate General in Toronto tweeted. We are distressed at the desecration of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill. This criminal, hateful act of vandalism has deeply hurt the sentiments of the Indian community in Canada. We are in contact with Canadian authorities to investigate this hate crime.— IndiainToronto (@IndiainToronto) July 13, 2022…
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14 July
Rishi Sunak to Priti Patel, UK PM race shows it’s a mature democracy. India’s not even close
There are more Muslim MPs in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party than there are in India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Many of these Muslim MPs are of South Asian origin: making the difference between our ruling party and Britain’s even more startling. I hadn’t thought about it until Boris Johnson was forced to step down as the prime minister and the race to succeed him began in earnest. I was struck by the number of non-white contenders and began to wonder: Has Britain become a diverse society, where minorities get a share of power? Or is it just that India is a diverse society where minorities are kept away from power? Both propositions are valid, I imagine. Come to think of it, even the United…
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14 July
550 women sue Uber for sexual assaults by drivers in US
San Francisco: Nearly 550 women passengers have sued ride-hailing platform Uber, alleging they were assaulted by its drivers that included kidnapping, rape and physical attacks in the US. The complaint, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, has sought damages and a jury trial. The women said in their complaint that they were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers, per a court filing, TechCrunch reported late on Wednesday. “Uber’s whole business model is predicated on giving people a safe ride home, but rider safety was never their concern — growth was, at the expense of their passengers’ safety,” said Adam Slater, founding partner of Slater Slater Schulman representing the women, in…
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14 July
US: White House expects June inflation to be ‘highly elevated’
The White House said it expects June inflation data due out on Wednesday to be “highly elevated,” hours before the release of the latest consumer price index. US President Joe Biden has seen his approval ratings plummet as Americans face the worst inflation surge in more than 40 years. Promising to do whatever it takes to rein in price rises, the Federal Reserve has launched a series of aggressive interest rate hikes that have fueled concerns the country could tip into recession. Ten Camping Products to Make You Feel Like A Glasto VIP AdWoo “We expect the backwards looking inflation data to be highly elevated, mainly because gas prices were so high in June,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said aboard…
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14 July
Iran says it and Saudi Arabia interested in more talks
Iran and Saudi Arabia are interested in holding more talks, Tehran’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, three months after a fifth round of contacts aimed at restoring relations between the Middle East’s two main rival powers. Tehran gave an update on the status of the talks as U.S. President Joe Biden landed in Israel in a high-stakes Middle East trip that will include Saudi Arabia. Both countries are U.S. allies while Iran is a longtime adversary of Washington. Ten Camping Products to Make You Feel Like A Glasto VIP AdWoo Tehran and Riyadh, the leading Shi’ite and Sunni Muslim powers in the Middle East, severed ties in 2016 with both parties backing opposide sides in proxy wars across the region,…
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14 July
Ukraine breaks diplomatic relations with North Korea after it recognizes independence of Kremlin-backed separatist regions
Ukraine said on Wednesday that it officially broke diplomatic relations with North Korea.North Korea earlier recognized independence of Moscow-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that it severed diplomatic relations with North Korea after the country recognized the independence of two Moscow-backed separatist regions. The Best Ways To Avoid Inheritance Tax – (Learn Your Options) AdInheritance tax / Search Ads “Ukraine today breaks diplomatic relations with DPRK in response to its decision to recognize the so-called ‘independence’ of the temporarily Russian-occupied territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine,” Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, wrote in a tweet. Russian state media TASS reported earlier on Wednesday that North Korea had recognized the independence of…
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14 July
Heavy security presence at Maldives airport as Sri Lankan President set to fly to Singapore
The Velana International Airport in Maldives was heavily guarded on Wednesday night as the Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is set to depart from Maldives to Singapore soon, reports said. The embattled President flew out of his country to Maldives early Wednesday, in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests against the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis. The source, who declined to be identified given the sensitivity of the subject, said Rajapaksa could send his resignation to the speaker of Sri Lankan parliament after landing in Singapore, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, according to reports, journalists waiting near the VIP terminal of Velana International Airport were removed by security officials. A state of emergency was imposed on Wednesday across Sri…
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14 July
Rishi Sunak wins first round of Tory leadership vote
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has won the first round of voting by MPs to choose the next Conservative leader and prime minister. He got 88 votes, with Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt in second place on 67 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss third on 50. Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt were eliminated from the race. Those still in the contest face another round of voting on Thursday. The field is expected to be narrowed to two by the end of next week, and then around 160,000 Tory members decide which candidate they want to become the next party leader and prime minister. The result will be announced on 5 September. The remaining six hopefuls are now scrambling…
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13 July
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to Maldives
Colombo: Amidst severe public protest and an ultimatum to resign by protestors who took over the President’s House in a violent protest on Saturday, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country secretly, an emigration officer confirmed to IANS on early Wednesday. President Rajapaksa had left for the Maldives together with his wife and a bodyguard from the country’s main airport in Katunayake, closer to the capital, the officer said, seeking anonymity. Rajapaksa who attempted to escape together with his brother former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa on Tuesday early was prevented to do so by immigration officers. However, he left the country in an Antonov-32 aircraft belonging to Sri Lanka Air Force which took off from the main international airport, the source confirmed.…
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13 July
US warns it will defend ally if China breaks sea ruling
Manila: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on China to comply with a 2016 arbitration ruling that invalidated Beijing’s vast territorial claims in the South China Sea and warned that Washington is obligated to defend treaty ally Philippines if its forces, vessels or aircraft come under attack in the disputed waters. Blinken’s statement, issued by the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, was released on the sixth anniversary of the 2016 decision by an arbitration tribunal set up in The Hague under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea after the Philippine government complained in 2013 about China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed waters. China did not participate in the arbitration, rejected its ruling as a sham…
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