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The Congress party leader accused the government of killing India
Rahul Gandhi blames Indian PM Modi for Manipur crisis
NEW DELHI — Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "murdering Mother India" in violence-hit Manipur state."They killed India in Manipur. Their politics killed India in Manipur," Gandhi said in parliament amid uproar from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.He was speaking during a no-confidence motion debate that the opposition has brought against Modi's government.A vote is due on the motion on Thursday after the debate ends.Modi's government won't lose the vote as his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies have a majority in parliament.But opposition leaders say the debate will force Modi to speak on the ongoing ethnic clashes in Manipur state.More than 150 people have died and tens of thousands have been...
August 09, 2023

Rahul Gandhi blames Indian PM Modi for Manipur crisis

Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse visits the Foundation for Slum Child Care supported by the royal family, in Bangkok, on August 8.
Thai king’s estranged son makes surprise return after 27 years
BANGKOK — An estranged Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has made an unexpected visit to the country, his first in almost three decades, in a return that surprised many in the kingdom.Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, 42, who has been living and working in the United States, visited a daycare center for underprivileged children in Bangkok on Tuesday.“I am delighted to return to Thailand, I have been warmly welcomed. I have been away for a long time, 27 years,” Vacharaesorn told reporters at the Foundation for Slum Child Care.Vacharaesorn is the second of four sons of King Vajiralongkorn, 71, and his second wife, Yuvadhida Polpraserth, who he married in 1994 and later divorced.Vacharaesorn, his mother and siblings were estranged after the separation and he does not hold a formal royal...
August 09, 2023

Thai king’s estranged son makes surprise return after 27 years

Mohammad Saud's shop was demolished by authorities in Nuh district
Nuh violence: Is bulldozer punishment trampling justice in India?
NEW DELHI — "They destroyed everything within seconds," said a tearful Mohammad Saud, standing before a towering mound of debris.He and his younger brother Nawab Sheikh were looking at the broken remains of shops they ran in a neighborhood in Nuh district in the northern Indian state of Haryana. As he spoke to the BBC on Saturday, a yellow bulldozer rumbled noisily behind him."We owned 15 shops which were built on our family's land. We had all the documents but they [the police] insisted the buildings were illegal," Saud said.The brothers' buildings were among hundreds of shops and houses demolished by district authorities in the aftermath of communal violence which broke out last week in Nuh, a Muslim-majority district that is among the poorest in India's...
August 09, 2023

Nuh violence: Is bulldozer punishment trampling justice in India?

Controversy hounds Miss Universe Indonesia a week after its coronation night
Miss Universe Indonesia contestants allege sexual abuse
JAKARTA — Several Miss Universe Indonesia candidates have registered police complaints accusing organizers of sexual abuse.The contestants were asked to take off their tops for "body checks" and photographs two days before the finals on 3 August, one of their lawyers said.The organizers allegedly told the women they had "to examine any scars, cellulite or tattoos on their bodies"."I feel that my rights have been violated," one of the contestants said."It has affected me mentally. I have had trouble sleeping," she said, speaking to the media, alongside other complainants, earlier this week. Local television blurred their faces in the broadcasts to protect their identities.Mellisa Anggraeni, a lawyer who represents three of the contestants who...
August 09, 2023

Miss Universe Indonesia contestants allege sexual abuse

A file photo of Imran Khan before his arrest in Lahore, Pakistan, March 2023.
Pakistan's Imran Khan barred from politics for five years
ISLAMABAD — The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has been barred from holding public office for five years by the country's electoral authorities.The decision was announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan three days after Mr Khan was sentenced to three years in prison for corruption.Tuesday's announcement also means Khan will be dismissed as an MP.He maintains the charges are politically motivated, but the Pakistani government denies this.Marriyum Aurangzeb, Pakistan's minister of information and broadcasting, told the BBC before the announcement: "You have to be accountable for your deeds in law. This has nothing to do with politics. A person who has been proven guilty by the court has to be arrested."Khan, 70, was elected as Pakistan's...
August 09, 2023

Pakistan's Imran Khan barred from politics for five years

A general view of tents at the World Scout Jamboree as scouts prepare to leave the event on August 08, 2023 in Buan, South Korea.
Mammoth operation to relocate troubled World Scout Jamboree in South Korea begins
SEOUL — South Korean authorities began a massive operation on Tuesday to relocate nearly 40,000 teenage scouts from around the world, after they were forced to change venues for a 12-day gathering that had become plagued with problems.The World Scout Jamboree, held on a giant makeshift campsite in Saemangeum on the country’s west coast, was supposed to feature outdoor activities, cultural performances, sustainability workshops and other offerings for the participants, mostly middle and high schoolers.But complaints about conditions in the camp, as well as an approaching typhoon and extreme heat – the latter of which sickened hundreds of teens – put a dampener on festivities and scouts are now leaving the main venue almost a week ahead of schedule.More than 1,000 buses carrying...
August 08, 2023

Mammoth operation to relocate troubled World Scout Jamboree in South Korea begins

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Indian parliament debates no-confidence motion against Modi's government
NEW DELHI — India's parliament is debating a no-confidence motion that opposition parties have brought against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.Congress party lawmaker Gaurav Gogoi, who had brought in the motion on 26 July, initiated the debate.Lawmakers will vote on the motion on Thursday after the debate ends.Modi's government won't lose the vote as his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies have a majority in parliament.But opposition leaders say the debate will force Modi to speak on ongoing ethnic clashes in Manipur state.Speaking in the house, Gogoi said that the opposition had brought the motion to "break Mr Modi's silence" on Manipur. He also asked why Modi had not yet visited the state.The current parliament session, which began on 20...
August 08, 2023

Indian parliament debates no-confidence motion against Modi's government

British scouts were moved to Seoul on Saturday
All scouts leaving South Korea camp as typhoon looms
SEOUL — Thousands of scouts at an international event in South Korea are being evacuated from a campsite due to an incoming typhoon.Several countries including the UK had already left, blaming high temperatures and poor sanitary conditions at the camp.UK Scouts chief executive Matt Hyde said he felt let down by organizers and UK activities had been set back years.The site had become a health risk, he told the BBC.Attended by more than 40,000 young people, the World Scout Jamboree has been plagued by problems from the very start.Hundreds had fallen ill amid 35C (95F) heat, with scouts from the UK among those affected by heat exhaustion.The British group of 4,500 people, the largest in attendance, arrived at the campsite in Saemangeum near the town of Buan last week but were transferred to...
August 07, 2023

All scouts leaving South Korea camp as typhoon looms

Rahul Gandhi lost his lawmaker status in March
Rahul Gandhi returns to India's parliament as MP
NEW DELHI — Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has returned to parliament for the first time since he was convicted in a criminal defamation case.The Congress party leader had lost his lawmaker status in March after he was sentenced to two years in jail.He was reinstated as MP on Monday, two days after the Supreme Court suspended his conviction.Congress leaders celebrated his return by shouting slogans and distributing sweets outside parliament.Leaders of other opposition parties also expressed their joy over Gandhi's return to parliament.Gandhi is a Congress party MP from Wayanad in the southern state of Kerala.Political observers say his reinstatement as a lawmaker is a boost for INDIA -- an alliance formed by 26 opposition parties -- as it means that Gandhi can contest the...
August 07, 2023

Rahul Gandhi returns to India's parliament as MP

Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 launches from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on July 14, 2023.
Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of lunar surface
NEW DELHI — India's space agency has released the first images of the Moon taken by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which entered lunar orbit on Saturday.The images show craters on lunar surface getting larger and larger as the spacecraft draws closer.Chandrayaan-3's lander and rover are due to reach the surface on 23 August.If successful, India will be the first country to perform a controlled "soft landing" near the south pole.It will also become only the fourth to achieve a soft landing on the Moon after the US, the former Soviet Union and China.After the spacecraft orbited the Earth for about 10 days, it was sent into the translunar orbit last Tuesday and successfully injected into the lunar orbit on Saturday.Indian Space Research Agency (Isro) said that all checks...
August 07, 2023

Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of lunar surface

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