Manila, Philippines The Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef Saturday without “untoward incidents”, more than a month after a violent clash with Chinese forces in the area. It said the mission to Second Thomas Shoal was the first since Manila and Beijing reached a...
Washington, United States Jacob Bridgeman birdied five of the last seven holes to grab a one-stroke lead after Thursday’s opening round of the US PGA Tour’s 3M Open.The 24-year-old American fired an eight-under-par 63 to finish one stroke ahead of Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes after 18 hopes at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. France’s Martin Trainer...
Los Angeles, United States California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered the dismantling of homeless encampments on state land, one month after the US Supreme Court overturned protections for unhoused residents sleeping outdoors.The Golden State has long been reckoning with a homelessness crisis — roughly one-third of the entire US homeless population live there — in...
Washington, United States Two top leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, including its co-founder Ismael Zambada Garcia, were arrested on Thursday in Texas, the US Department of Justice said.“Ismael Zambada Garcia, or ‘El Mayo,’ cofounder of the Cartel, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of its other cofounder, were arrested today in El Paso, Texas,” Attorney...
NEW DELHI: In a significant development, Congress MP from Jalandhar and former Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday, rising above the party line, lodged protest against detention of pro-freedom Sikh leader and Khadoor Sahib MP Bhai Amritpal Singh under the contentious National Security Act (NSA) in Indian Parliament. While delivering his speech...
Nouakchott, Mauritania At least 25 migrants have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania, the country’s news agency AMI said Wednesday, in the latest in a string of migrant tragedies off the coast of West Africa. The Mauritanian coastguard “saved the lives of 103 illegal immigrants and recovered 25 bodies, following the...
Wellington, New Zealand Japan defender Hiroki Sakai has joined new A-League side Auckland FC, whose coach said Thursday it was a signing “coup” ahead of their inaugural season. The 34-year-old, who has enjoyed spells at Germany’s Hannover 96 and Marseille in France, joined from Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he had been captain. Sakai has...
Charlotte, United States Donald Trump launched a volley of attacks against US Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday, calling her a “radical left lunatic” in his first rally since she became the de facto Democratic Party nominee for November’s election. In a speech where he also claimed that Harris was in favor of the “execution” of babies...
Author – Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH The recent developments materialized in cases of 2015 Bargari sacrilege episode which left a deep wounds on the Sikh psyche after 1984 army attack on Sri Darbar Sahib and Akal Takht and Sikh Genocide, has again brought this issue in spotlight in religious-political arena of Punjab. These developments have further...
CHANDIGARH Noted journalist and editor-in-chief of the Punjabi newspaper Rozana Pehredar, Jaspal Singh Heran, who was on the first Pegasus snoop list that came out in 2021, for voicing against suppression of Sikhs in India, passed away at 75 on Thursday. He has been ailing for long time and was bedridden for the past few...