On Friday, an 89-year-old Raul Castro will relinquish the country's most powerful position -- that of party first secretary -- to 60-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba's president. PUBLISHED ON APR 16, 2021 07.17 AM IST... He also becomes Cuba's first civilian leader since the Castro-led revolution of the 1950s, which happened before he was even born.
The Israeli regime’s military conducts a number of aerial and ground attacks against two locations in the besieged Gaza Strip, calling the assaults a response to an alleged rocket fire. Palestinian media outlets reported the Israeli aggression in the early hours of Friday ...Israel says will not cooperate with ICC war crimes probe ... www.presstv.ir ... .
Bitcoin tumbled more than 4% on Friday after Turkey's central bank banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets for purchases citing possible "irreparable" damage and transaction risks ... TRENDING STORIESSee All.Premium UK govt clears Nirav Modi extradition to India, say CBI officials. 1 min read . 05.51 PM IST ... Know frequency, other details ... .
The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Thursday that an already dire situation in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region is getting worse five months into the conflict, with hunger and sexual violence rising and no sign of an Eritrean troop withdrawal. Mark Lowcock told a closed-door meeting of the U.N ... "This should alarm us all ...Abandoned villages ... The U.S ... ....
Read full article. ANI16 April 2021, 6.38 am·3-min read. US PresidentJoe Biden. Washington [US], April 16 (ANI) ... "The United States is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation and conflict with Russia. We want a stable, predictable relationship," Biden said in brief remarks from the White House, as reported by The Hill ... (ANI) ... ANI ... .
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Law enforcement authorities in the US state of Indianapolis have reported a ‘mass shooting’ at a FedEx warehouse late Thursday, with dozens feared dead and injured ... According to local journalists, quoting law enforcement sources, as many as 60 people have been injured in the shooting, including more than 20 people with gunshot wounds ... #BREAKING ... .
Colombo. An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain’s late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka. The Duke of Edinburgh, whose funeral will be on Saturday, was a car aficionado who bought the 1935 Standard Nine for 12 pounds when he was based in Colombo with the British Navy in 1940...Royal cars ... .
Responding to reports that South Korean steel giant POSCO will end the steel venture its Myanmar subsidiary shares with military-owned conglomerate MEHL, Amnesty International’s Business and Human Rights Researcher Montse Ferrer said. ... “Given the scale of POSCO’s operations in Myanmar, this announcement is a major step forward ... Myanmar ... .
Dogecoin takes its name and logo from the Shiba Inu dog in the “doge” meme that became popular on the internet that same year. Photo. Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) has soared more than 100% to a new-all time high of $0.28 (£0.20), riding a broader wave of interest in cryptocurrencies that has been cresting in recent days ... Chart ... WATCH ... .