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Indian-origin man shot dead execution-style in New York
After the shooting on Saturday afternoon, Satnam Singh, 31, was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead, the New York Daily News reported quoting police. The incident happened in the South Ozone Park neighbourhood, which is next to Richmond Hill where two Sikh men had been assaulted in April in what police classified as hate crimes.
US faces new protests on abortion laws after gun law engages less attention
President Joe Biden on Friday took strong exception to the court's ruling to rescind federal abortion rights, while appealing to people, especially women, to remain calm as several of them have gone on nationwide protests against the apex court's ruling. Biden blamed the three justices appointed by former President Donald Trump. In the US, unlike India where supreme court judges have a fixed tenure, SC judges are appointed for a life term.
G7 summit kicks off in Germany
The summit will focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, climate and others. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, especially further sanctions against Russia, will dominate the discussions at the summit of the world's major industrialised countries, as US President Joe Biden said on Sunday morning that the G7 would impose a ban on imports of Russian gold, Xinhua news agency reported.
Taliban converting schools into madrasas
Equipped with a science laboratory, library, and computer lab, the Abdul Hai Habibi High School was considered one of the most modern and prestigious government schools in southeastern Afghanistan. But since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, the secular school in the city of Khost has been converted into a madrasah, or religious seminary, forcing many of its 6,000 students and 130 teachers to leave, RFE/RL reported.
NASA halts Psyche mission to unexplored metal world
The mission team needs more time to ensure that the software will function properly in flight, NASA said in a statement. As the mission team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California began testing the system, a compatibility issue was discovered with the software's testbed simulators.
S.Korea, US, Japan finalise plan to hold trilateral summit
The trilateral summit, set for Wednesday in Madrid, will be the first such gathering in four years and nine months since the last meeting was held in September 2017 on the margins of a UN General Assembly, reports Yonhap News Agency. No trilateral meeting has since taken place amid badly frayed relations between Seoul and Tokyo.
Russia to transfer nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus
Putin told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting in St. Petersburg the missile systems "can use both ballistic and cruise missiles, both in conventional and nuclear versions," according to the Kremlin, CNN reported. Russia launched its February 24 invasion in part from Belarusian territory, which borders Ukraine to the north.
Sri Lanka to ration fuel by issuing token numbers
Speaking to journalists in Colombo, Wijesekera said that the assistance of the Sri Lankan Army and police was sought and token numbers would be given to the public to fill petrol and diesel as only limited quantities were available, reports Xinhua news agency. The public was requested to register their mobile numbers at their nearest filling stations and once their numbers were issued, they would be notified.
Monkeypox an evolving threat, not a global health emergency: WHO
Calling the monkeypox virus "unusual and concerning", the global health body last week planned to convene an emergency meeting, which weighed whether or not to activate the WHO's highest alert level in response to the outbreak, called a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee resolved by consensus that at this stage the outbreak should be determined to not constitute a PHEIC.
Turkey's concerns not eased on Finland, Sweden's NATO bid: Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a phone call that Finland and Sweden had to take sincere and tangible steps over the harbouring of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) within their borders, reports Xinhua news agency. The President pointed out that the military and industrial sanctions on Turkey should be lifted and not be put back into effect after the accession.
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