Sikh murder plot: US charges ex-Indian intel official

The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer for allegedly directing a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist and Indian critic in New York City, with the FBI warning against such a retaliation aimed at a US resident.
18 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Fiery Harris vows break from Biden

A combative Kamala Harris pledged a clean break from Joe Biden’s presidency Wednesday in an interview with right-wing Fox News aimed at reaching Republican voters wary of Donald Trump.
17 October 2024, 19:38 PM

Former US president Jimmy Carter, 100, votes for Harris

Fifteen days after turning 100, former US president Jimmy Carter cast his vote in the US election on Wednesday, fulfilling an earlier declared wish to live long enough to back Kamala Harris in the poll.
17 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Harris mocks Trump after rally turns into dance session

Kamala Harris went after her US presidential election rival Donald Trump’s mental state and fitness for office Tuesday after the 78-year-old Republican’s televised town hall veered into a surreal, impromptu music session.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Musk donates almost $75 million to Trump's presidential cause

Billionaire Elon Musk has donated almost $75 million to the political action committee he created to support Donald Trump's US presidential campaign, according to filings made late Tuesday, illustrating the Tesla founder's growing commitment to the Republican's cause
16 October 2024, 13:18 PM

Nasa launches probe to Europa in search for life

Nasa yesterday launched a spacecraft from Florida on a mission to examine whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be lurking beneath its thick outer shell of ice.
14 October 2024, 19:00 PM

Works on global inequality: Trio win Nobel Prize in Economics

Three US-based academics yesterday won the 2024 Nobel economics prize for research that explored the aftermath of colonisation to understand why global inequality persists today, especially in countries dogged by corruption and dictatorship.
14 October 2024, 18:56 PM

Trump pledges 10,000 extra border agents

Donald Trump pledged on Sunday evening to hire an extra 10,000 border patrol agents if he is reelected as president, as he intensifies his attacks on Kamala Harris on the issue of immigration.
14 October 2024, 18:42 PM

US deploying anti-missile system, troops to Israel

The Pentagon said Sunday it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel to help the ally protect itself from potential Iranian missile attacks.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

With medical report, Harris plays health card against Trump

Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris is in "excellent health" and fit for the presidency, according to a medical report published by the White House Saturday, as she challenged rival Donald Trump to publish his own health records
13 October 2024, 03:55 AM

Trump wants death penalty for migrants who kill Americans

Donald Trump portrayed migrants as dangerous criminals during a rally in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, calling for the death penalty for migrants who kill US citizens as he escalates the anti-immigration rhetoric that has fueled his presidential run.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Navalny knew he would die in prison

The excerpts capture the loneliness of imprisonment, but also a touch of humour.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Harris to release medical report showing fitness for presidency: campaign

Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris will release a medical report Saturday confirming her fitness to be president, her campaign said, in a bid to put pressure on rival Donald Trump to publish his own health records
12 October 2024, 09:53 AM

Trump demonizes migrants in dark, misleading speech

Donald Trump painted an apocalyptic picture of a country "occupied" by hordes of criminal foreigners in a campaign speech Friday as he escalated his efforts to make November's US election about a migrant crime wave that isn't happening
12 October 2024, 04:16 AM

Harris stars on Vogue cover as 'candidate for our times'

US Vice President and Democratic White House hopeful Kamala Harris appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine Friday, with the style bible calling her a "candidate for our times"
12 October 2024, 04:13 AM

Milton leaves at least 16 dead, millions without power in Florida

The death toll from Hurricane Milton has risen to at least 16, officials in Florida said Friday, and millions were still without power as residents began the painful process of piecing their lives back together
12 October 2024, 04:09 AM

Obama blasts ‘crazy’ Trump in 1st rally for Harris

Former US president Barack Obama on Thursday lashed out at “crazy” Donald Trump and urged voters to back Kamala Harris as he brought his star power to the 2024 election campaign trail for the first time.
11 October 2024, 19:31 PM

Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida

Hurricane Milton crashed into the Florida coast Wednesday, packing furious winds and triggering life-threatening storm surges across a region still reeling from another massive storm two weeks before
10 October 2024, 04:59 AM

Biden, Netanyahu had 'productive' talks: White House

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held "productive" talks Wednesday with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu about Israel's response to last week's missile attack by Iran, the White House said
9 October 2024, 19:23 PM

Work on proteins: Nobel chemistry prize goes to trio

US Scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry yesterday for work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones, yielding advances in areas such as drug development.
9 October 2024, 18:20 PM