Washington, United States Joe Biden is looking to convince voters of his leadership credentials with a striking flurry of major announcements on Gaza, Ukraine and the Mexican border, analysts say. In the space of just six days, the 81-year-old US president unveiled bold proposals to tackle arguably the three biggest policy challenges facing the White House...
United Nations, United States More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in “severe” food poverty, UNICEF has warned — meaning more than 180 million are at risk of experiencing adverse impacts on their growth and development.“Severe child food poverty describes children who are surviving on severely deprived diets so they’re...
Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the attack on the Darbar Sahib by the Indian Army in June 1984, a ‘Holocaust remembrance march’ was held by the Sikh organization Dal Khalsa in the city of Amritsar. Thousands of Sikhs participated in the march. Starting from Burz Akali Phula Singh...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Pro-freedom jailed Sikh leader Amritpal Singh and Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, who is son of Indian PM Indira Gandhi’s assassin Beant Singh, have secured historic victory in the parliamentary polls from Khadoor Sahib and Faridkot constituencies respectively. Pro-freedom Sikh party Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann and its other candidates...
Cartí Sugtupu, Panama Alberto Lopez prepares breakfast with water lapping at his ankles. The day began with rain, and his ramshackle home on the Panamanian island of Carti Sugtupu was flooded, not for the first time. Lopez is one of 1,200 Indigenous residents of the island being relocated to the mainland, as sea level rise due...
Washington, United States NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic and sharpshooter Kyrie Irving spearhead the upstart Dallas Mavericks against the favored Boston Celtics when the NBA Finals begin on Thursday. Ex-Celtics standout Irving is bracing for a hostile road reception in Boston, five years after quitting the franchise for Brooklyn, leaving Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown to turn...
Aboard Air Force One, Undefined Joe Biden headed for France on Tuesday to mark 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings and promote America as a defender of democracy and international alliances — contrasting himself against election rival Donald Trump. “We are the world power,” the 81-year-old Democrat said in an interview with Time...
Author Damanvir Kaur The horrific images of what occurred forty years ago still remain engrained in Sikhs’ minds. The genocide perpetrated by the Indian government, carried out with intent and malice, sought to demolish the very essence of what it meant to be a Sikh. Targeted for their identity, brutalized for their belief, Sikhs carry...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories Israel on Tuesday mourned four captives reported dead in Gaza by the army amid growing doubts and international pressure over a plan for a ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. In the besieged Palestinian territory, Israeli strikes continued early Tuesday, particularly in Bureij in central Gaza where local...
Wellington, New Zealand Melbourne Rebels head coach Kevin Foote said Tuesday his doomed Super Rugby team can do “something special” by delaying their demise with an upset quarter-final win at the Wellington Hurricanes. The debt-laden Rebels will cease to exist beyond this season after Rugby Australia opted last week to shut down the club, which went...