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Accra/New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid homage at the mausoleum of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s founding president and a revered leader of the African independence movement, in Accra.PM Modi said in a post on X: “In Accra, paid homage to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He was a visionary statesman whose thoughts and…

New York, July 3 (UNI) US President Donald Trump has demanded the resignation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In a post on his ‘Truth Social’ account on Wednesday, Trump put the link to an article about comments from Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who called on Congress to investigate Powell…

Tokyo, July 3 (UNI) The election campaign for Japan’s House of Councillors, or the upper house of the Diet, was officially launched on Thursday. The 17-day campaign will determine whether the ruling coalition, currently a minority in the lower house, can retain a majority in the chamber by securing at least 50 of the 125…

Beirut, July 3 (UNI) Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has reaffirmed that the Lebanese group will not give up its weapons, citing a “real and strategic threat” from Israel. Speaking during an Ashura Council event on Wednesday in Beirut’s southern suburb, Qassem said, “Our weapons are for confronting Israel, and we will never give up this…

Jakarta, July 3 (UNI) Four people have been confirmed dead, 38 are missing, and 23 others survived after a passenger ship sunk in the Bali Strait of Indonesia on Thursday, a senior official from the East Java Search and Rescue Office, Tholeb Vatelehan, said. The wooden vessel, KM Tunu Pratama Jaya, was traveling from Ketapang…

New York, July 3 (UNI) A small aircraft reportedly crashed near the Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown, New Jersey, injuring at least five people, said local officials. The incident occurred on Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. local time (2130 GMT). All five injured individuals were transported to the Cooper University Hospital situated near Camden. Local authorities…

Sacramento, United States, July 3 (UNI) A US federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s latest effort to shut the nation’s asylum door, ruling that the White House overstepped both Congress’s immigration statutes and the Constitution. In a 128-page opinion, Judge Randolph D Moss of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on…

Paris, July 2 (UNI) Flights are being cancelled at airports in Paris, as well as several other French cities, due to air traffic controllers’ strike, the country’s civil aviation authority said. “Due to social unrest, [flight] cancellations are expected at the airports of Nice, Basia, Calvi, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Ajaccio, Figari, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly…

Paris, July 2 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed today Iran’s nuclear program and the Ukraine situation in their first phone conversation since 2022. On Iran, Macron emphasised that as permanent members of the UN Security Council, France and Russia share responsibilities under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear…

Moscow, July 2 (UNI) The Czech army has increased salaries for all categories of servicemen as of July 1 – by 7.5% for enlisted men and by 5% for officers and generals, Czech media reported. The second salary increase by exactly the same amount will take place on January 1, 2026, Czech Television reported on…