International

February 28, 2025 7:51 AM February 28, 2025 7:51 AM

US President Trump announces additional 10% tariff on imports from China

US President Donald Trump has announced a 10 per cent additional tariff on imports from China and plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday. Imports from China already face at least a 10% tax, which began earlier this month. Last night, President Trump also confirmed a 25 pe...

February 28, 2025 8:20 AM February 28, 2025 8:20 AM

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Nepal in the early hours today. The earthquake jolted Nepal at 2:36 AM Indian time. National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center said that the epicentre was at Bhairavkunda in Sindhupalchowk district, about 65 kilometres east of the capital ...

February 27, 2025 9:09 PM February 27, 2025 9:09 PM

New coalition govt in Austria, five months of political deadlock ends

Austriа's conservative People's Party, centre-left Social Democrats, and liberal Neos reached a deal to form a new coalition government, ending five months of political deadlock. The agreement follows September's elections in which the far-right Freedom Party emerged as the largest political force b...

February 27, 2025 2:08 PM February 27, 2025 2:08 PM

India criticises Pakistan at UNHRC, calls failed state reliant on international aid

At the seventh meeting of the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, India strongly criticized Pakistan, calling it a failed state reliant on international aid. Kshitij Tyagi, India's Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, accused Pakistan’s leaders of spreading falsehoods from their military-...

February 27, 2025 9:21 AM February 27, 2025 9:21 AM

27 Indian fishermen released from Sri Lankan Prison arrive in Chennai

Twenty-seven fishermen who were released from the Srilankan prison reached Chennai today. They were received by the officials of the Tamil Nadu State Fisheries Department. Arrangements have been made to send them to their native places. These fishermen were arrested for trespassing into the internat...

February 27, 2025 9:09 AM February 27, 2025 9:09 AM

Bangladeshi student protest leaders to launch new political party on Feb 28 in Dhaka

Bangladeshi students, who were at the forefront of last year's protests that ousted then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are set to launch a political party tomorrow. The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and the Jatiya Nagarik Committee announced that they would launch their political party at Man...

February 27, 2025 8:39 AM February 27, 2025 8:39 AM

Torrential rains in Bolivia claim 37 lives, hundreds of homes destroyed

Torrential rains in Bolivia have claimed 37 lives since November. According to Deputy Minister of Civil Defence, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, nearly 16 fatalities are reported in the central department of Cochabamba. The rains have caused widespread destruction, with nearly 379 homes destroyed, primaril...

February 26, 2025 9:48 PM February 26, 2025 9:48 PM

Sri Lanka: Devotees throng Shiv temples in Colombo to offer puja on Mahashivratri

  Maha Shivaratri is being celebrated in Shiva temples across Sri Lanka as well, notably in the Pancha Ishwaram temples. Devotees thronged the shiva temples on the island while undertaking a fast through the day and night. Special devotional programmes are being organised on the island at all major ...