Russia and Ukraine are set for peace talks in Istanbul, following a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian delegation includes representatives from various fields, while Ukraine’s team comprises military intelligence personnel. Russia’s key demands include Ukraine abandoning NATO plans and addressing the rights of Russian-speaking citizens. A recent drone attack by Ukraine has…
WASHINGTON: Images taken of Mars from orbit dating back as far as the 1970s have captured curious dark streaks running down the sides of cliffs and crater walls that some scientists have construed as possible evidence of flows of liquid water, suggesting that the planet harbours environments suitable for living organisms.A new study casts doubt…
The conclave is one of the world’s most solemn, sacred and consequential elections. It is also a secretive meeting of older men who wear red robes and engage in politicking, scheming and smoking while picking the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. The internet could not resist. “It’s so wild,” Rob Anderson, an…
In a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, President Donald Trump declined to affirm whether due process rights under the US Constitution apply equally to citizens and noncitizens, as his administration pushes aggressively to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally and other non-citizens, while also minimizing the likelihood of military action against…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal accompanied by his wife Sunita and his elderly parents cast his vote for the Delhi Assembly elections on Wednesday morning. The 56-year-old former Delhi chief minister, along with his parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi, both of whom were in wheelchairs, exercised their democratic rights…
KOLKATA: Citing a forensic report that found no evidence of struggle at the spot where the RG Kar rape-murder victim’s body was found, the lawyer representing Sanjay Roy, the civic volunteer arrested in the case, raised questions about the place of occurrence of the crime, during the arguments in a Sealdah court on Saturday.Roy, the…