NEW DELHI (AP) — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the last decade in India held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government before national elections.Arvind Kejriwal, who is New Delhi’s top elected official, was
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that targeted Taliban trying to collect their salaries at a bank in southern Afghanistan. The bombing Thursday at a branch of New Kabul Bank in Kandahar city killed three people and wounded 12 others.All of the victims were people who had gathered
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court sentenced a Muslim woman to life in prison after finding her guilty of burning pages of Islam’s holy book, a prosecutor said Friday.Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting the religion or religious figures can be sentenced up to death. While authorities have yet to carry
Životna sredina | Izvor: Beta | 21.03.2024 | access_time 11:55 Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede Srbije objavilo je da će se centralna manifestacija obeležavanja Međunarodnog dana šuma održati danas na prostoru Posavskog lovišta “Karakuša” Ruma, u okviru JP Vojvodinašume.Međunarodni dan šuma, kako se podseća, obeležava se svake godine 21. marta, kako bi se podigla svest
HUSTOPECE, Czech Republic (AP) — Masses of white and pink blossoms in a rare almond grove in the Czech Republic appeared earlier than usual after one of the warmest winters on record.The almond trees are usually among the first to bloom at the beginning of spring, on the turn of March to April, in this
March 15–21, 2024Children in traditional outfits wait before performing songs in Bucharest, Romania. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, casts her vote at the Russian Embassy in Berlin, and Nigeria Muslims offer prayers at the central mosque in Lagos. People view a new Banksy painting on a wall in London, and
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a United States-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said she
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The scenes were horrifying, but the 32-year-old farmer felt he had to document them, as proof of the carnage in his central Burkina Faso village. More
NEW DELHI (AP) — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. In the backdrop of a devotional song that Gandhi loved, the outline slowly morphs into what appears like his face.Then, a raucous beat
As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people.That’s because the warming world is leading to erratic rainfall patterns, extreme heat and periods of drought — on top of decades of bad water management and extractive policies around the world. The
