NCERT textbooks: Why some Indian scholars are disowning books they wrote
A group of Indian academics wants their names to be removed from textbooks they helped write - why?
2023-06-20 05:19
UK lawmakers vote to approve report that Boris Johnson misled parliament
LONDON British lawmakers on Monday voted to approve a report that recommended sanctioning former prime minister Boris Johnson
2023-06-20 04:56
Honduras anti-corruption activist says she left country after threats
TEGUCIGALPA One of Honduras' leading anti-corruption advocates on Monday said she had left the Central American nation because
2023-06-20 04:54
UN: International donors promise $1.5 billion in aid to Sudan
The United Nations says International donors have promised Monday almost $1.5 billion in additional aid to conflict-stricken Sudan
2023-06-20 04:50
Mexico's president appoints young woman to top Cabinet post
Mexico’s president announced Monday the appointment of a 35-year-old lawyer as interior secretary, considered the country’s top Cabinet post. Luisa María Alcalde previously served as secretary of labor. In that post, she oversaw the implementation of reforms meant to ensure fair and transparent voting procedures and free organizing in Mexico's corruption-riddled union sector. Alcalde will become the second woman to be interior secretary, which is the Mexican government's top domestic affairs position. Early in his administration, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador named Olga Sánchez Cordero to the post, but she left to return to the Senate. Alcalde was appointed to replace Adán Augusto López, who resigned as interior secretary last week in order to compete in the primary race for the 2024 presidential nomination of López Obrador’s Morena party. The Morena party required all primary candidates to resign their official posts by last week, to avoid the appearance of government, money or influence skewing the race. The country's foreign relations secretary, Marcelo Ebrard, also resigned to compete in the Morena primary and was replaced by a woman, veteran diplomat Alicia Bárcena. The new Cabinet members are expected to serve until López Obrador leaves office in September 2024. Read More Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide
2023-06-20 03:59
Americans mark Juneteenth with parties, events and quiet reflection on the end of slavery
Americans across the country are observing the relatively new Juneteenth federal holiday with festivals, parades, cookouts and other gatherings
2023-06-20 03:51
Broad revives England's victory bid in Ashes opener
England's Stuart Broad took two late wickets on Monday to pile pressure on Australia as the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston...
2023-06-20 03:23
About 100 letters containing a white powder were sent to public officials across Kansas, officials say
Approximately 100 letters containing a white powder have been received by state legislators and public officials across Kansas, officials said, setting off an investigation that includes state and federal agencies.
2023-06-20 02:51
How did Hoda Kotb's father die? 'Today' host reflects on heartbreaking moment brother revealed tragic news
While Hoda Kotb was enjoying a sorority formal, her brother Adel, who had also been a student at the same university, reached out to share the news
2023-06-20 01:47
UN complains Russia blocks aid workers from area of Ukraine dam collapse; Moscow says it's unsafe
The Kremlin's spokesman says U.N. aid workers who want to visit areas ravaged by a recent dam collapse in southern Ukraine can’t go there because fighting in the war makes it unsafe
2023-06-20 01:23
Sport-Judge who sentenced Nassar calls for national inquiry into Canadian sport
Rosemarie Aquilina, the American judge who sentenced disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, has called for an independent
2023-06-20 01:21
International donors pledge $1.5 billion in Sudan aid
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -International donors on Monday pledged close to $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid
2023-06-20 00:59