[ad_1] On April 19, India will kick off the largest election in history. Over 44 days, more than 500 million people—or 65 percent of the country’s nearly one billion eligible voters—are expected to participate. The exercise will be spectacular, with ballots printed in over a dozen languages and distributed from islands to remote mountain communities. … Read more
[ad_1] The third month of 2024 was Earth’s warmest March since global record-keeping began in 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported April 12. Global weather agencies were in agreement on the March record. NASA placed March at 1.62 degrees Celsius (3.01 °F) above the 1880-1899 period, its best estimate for when preindustrial temperatures … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — The death sentence handed to a real estate tycoon in a $12.5 billion financial fraud case is the latest punishment meted out by Vietnam in the Southeast Asian country’s sweeping “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign. Thursday’s ruling against Truong My Lan, the former chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, follows … Read more
[ad_1] Port-au-Prince, June 23, 2022 – Policemen on Patrol keep their eyes on traffic during a stop at a police check point in Tabarre, near the U.S. Embassy. Jose A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com After weeks of tense negotiations, a new transitional framework for governing Haiti over the next two years and creating a path toward eventual … Read more
[ad_1] ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. The tourniquets were ready. The pain that followed was the price Yevgeny … Read more
[ad_1] Washington CNN — President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House Friday that he expects Iran will attack Israel “sooner than later.” “I don’t want to get into secure information but my expectation is sooner than later,” Biden said to reporters when asked how imminent an Iranian attack on Israel would be. Asked … Read more
[ad_1] Eid-al-Fitr 2024 moon sighting Highlights: The date of the Eid celebration depends on the Shawwal crescent moon sighting. Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar have declared that Eid will be celebrated on April 10. The crescent moon was not spotted in Delhi, Hyderabad, and Lucknow. Hence, Eid celebrations will be held on April 11. Catch … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — In 1969, Stefano Ripamonti was feeling good about life. He was in his late twenties, working a glamorous job at an Italian high fashion shoe firm. He’d recently married his childhood sweetheart and the newlyweds were settling into an apartment near the Vatican city walls in Rome, Italy. While their new home … Read more
[ad_1] Ukrainian tankers. 88th Mechanized Brigade photo As Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds into its third year, three main dynamics are shaping the battlefield. First: Russia is fully mobilized—politically, industrially and militarily. But this mobilization is depleting resources the Kremlin can’t renew. Most importantly, stocks of old Cold War-vintage weapons. In other words, Russia … Read more
[ad_1] As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy. The planners envision a scenario in which hundreds, even thousands of the machines … Read more