Independence Day World

The United States unveiled sweeping sanctions Friday against almost 400 individuals and companies tied to Russia's war in Ukraine, a day before Ukraine's independence day.

India is a global leader with breakthrough innovations, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said as he joined Indian-Americans to celebrate the first ever India Independence Day celebrations of the newly-opened Indian Consulate in Seattle.

Prime Minister Modi has hailed India's contribution in the world's fight against climate change and global warming, declaring that India is the only G20 nation to have met - before the deadline - climate goals committed at the Paris climate meet.

Independence Day arrives Thursday and several offices and businesses will be closed to commemorate the holiday.

Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists based in the US.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's body was reportedly found in a morgue days after it was said to be missing from there. The body had "signs of bruising", an anonymous paramedic told an independent news outlet.

Pakistan faces days of political horse-trading after the final few election results released today showed no clear majority. Independent candidates loyal to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan showed a strong performance.

China's military on Friday vowed to "crush" any efforts to promote Taiwan's independence, a day before a crucial election on the self-ruled island which Beijing claims is part of its territory.

A local leader of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was shot dead in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after an independent candidate contesting for the February 8 elections was killed in a similar incident.

OpenAI's interim CEO Emmett Shear vowed to hire an independent investigator to probe abrupt ouster of co-founder Sam Altman and reform the management team over the next 30 days as he seeks to restore trust in the US start-up after a dramatic weekend.

Despite holding a sword, the soldier maintained composure, choosing not to react.

A shooting attack left at least six people dead in a bar in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, a region hard-hit by gang violence, authorities said Saturday.

The iconic Burj Khalifa was illuminated in the colours of the tricolour on Tuesday on the occasion of India's 77th Independence Day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed India's contribution towards creating awareness about the importance of renewable energy and gave the slogan of 'One Sun, One World, One Grid'.

India's achievements in diverse fields are bringing stability to the world and it has emerged as 'Vishwa-Mitra', PM Modi said in his Independence Day speech.

The United States unveiled sweeping sanctions Friday against almost 400 individuals and companies tied to Russia's war in Ukraine, a day before Ukraine's independence day.

India is a global leader with breakthrough innovations, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said as he joined Indian-Americans to celebrate the first ever India Independence Day celebrations of the newly-opened Indian Consulate in Seattle.

Prime Minister Modi has hailed India's contribution in the world's fight against climate change and global warming, declaring that India is the only G20 nation to have met - before the deadline - climate goals committed at the Paris climate meet.

Independence Day arrives Thursday and several offices and businesses will be closed to commemorate the holiday.

Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists based in the US.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's body was reportedly found in a morgue days after it was said to be missing from there. The body had "signs of bruising", an anonymous paramedic told an independent news outlet.

Pakistan faces days of political horse-trading after the final few election results released today showed no clear majority. Independent candidates loyal to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan showed a strong performance.

China's military on Friday vowed to "crush" any efforts to promote Taiwan's independence, a day before a crucial election on the self-ruled island which Beijing claims is part of its territory.

A local leader of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was shot dead in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after an independent candidate contesting for the February 8 elections was killed in a similar incident.

OpenAI's interim CEO Emmett Shear vowed to hire an independent investigator to probe abrupt ouster of co-founder Sam Altman and reform the management team over the next 30 days as he seeks to restore trust in the US start-up after a dramatic weekend.

Despite holding a sword, the soldier maintained composure, choosing not to react.

A shooting attack left at least six people dead in a bar in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, a region hard-hit by gang violence, authorities said Saturday.

The iconic Burj Khalifa was illuminated in the colours of the tricolour on Tuesday on the occasion of India's 77th Independence Day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed India's contribution towards creating awareness about the importance of renewable energy and gave the slogan of 'One Sun, One World, One Grid'.

India's achievements in diverse fields are bringing stability to the world and it has emerged as 'Vishwa-Mitra', PM Modi said in his Independence Day speech.