Author: News Desk

France: Ms. Elizabeth Borne, the prime minister of France, has resigned as Mr. Emmanuel Macron, France’s President, gets ready to announce a much-awaited cabinet reshuffle in an effort to renew his presidency. “Ms. Elisabeth Borne today submitted the resignation of the government to the president, who accepted it,” the French presidency said in a statement. In a post on X, Mr. Macron expressed gratitude to Borne for “work in the service of our nation that has been exemplary every day.” Ms. Borne became only the second female prime minister in French history when she was appointed in May 2022. Until…

Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, has been re-elected to a fifth term in office despite low voter turnout and a brutal crackdown on the opposition. The Awami League, led by Ms. Hasina, was proclaimed the winner of nearly 75 percent of the seats and a fourth consecutive term in office by the election commission. She was prime minister twice before, from 1996 to 2001 and again in 2009, so this will be her fifth term in office. Following the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) boycotting Sunday’s vote and calling for a general strike, calling it a “sham…

Qatar: The US Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken, has stated that Palestinians must be free to return to their homes when conditions allow and should not be forced to leave Gaza. Mr. Blinken denounced remarks made by a few Israeli ministers advocating for the relocation of Palestinians to other locations. During his most recent Middle East tour, the US official stopped in Qatar. Following reports that several people had died at a camp for refugees in northern Gaza, he made these remarks. “Palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow. They cannot, they must…

Gaza City: Two journalists were killed in an Israeli air strike. The deceased were associated with AFP and Al Jazeera news agencies. Mustafa Thuraya from AFP and Hamza Wael Al-Dahdouh from Al Jazeera Television are the ones who lost their lives. The car they were traveling in was hit by an Israeli missile, as reported by Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, the number of journalists killed in Israeli attacks has now reached 109. Hamza Wael Dahdouh, son of Wael al-Dahdouh, the chief of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau, was among the deceased. In an Israeli air strike in October 2023, Wael al-Dahdouh’s wife,…

Australia: Australian opener David Warner has played the final of his 112 Test matches, leading Australia to victory against Pakistan in Sydney. The player hit 57 runs in his farewell test match. The governing body, Cricket Australia, suspended him from international competition for a year in 2018 due to his involvement, along with teammates Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, in the ball-tampering incident known as “Sandpapergate” in South Africa. Warner lost his position as vice-captain of the Test team and was permanently barred from holding leadership positions. Warner’s successes and problems have consistently made headlines. When he made his debut…

United States: The Food and Drug Administration has granted a request to import specific drugs from Canada, making Florida the first state to be permitted to purchase cheaper medications in bulk from overseas. According to Florida’s plan, residents who are enrolled in Medicaid or are incarcerated and are covered by certain public programs will have their medications imported for various illnesses. The historic action is a key component of the US President’s, Mr. Joe Biden, reelection campaign and the most recent shot in the protracted fight to reduce drug prices, which is one of the biggest healthcare concerns facing Americans,…

Israel: Mr. Yoav Gallant, the Israeli minister of defence, has shared Israel’s plans for the next stage of its attack on the besieged Gaza Strip as well as potential post-conflict scenarios. “In the northern region of the Gaza strip, we will transition to a new combat approach in accordance with military achievements on the ground,” Mr. Gallant’s office said in a statement. It outlined the guiding principles reflecting Gallant’s vision for the next phases of the war, as per the statement. The operations, he said, would comprise special forces operations, air and ground strikes, tunnel demolition, and raids. The majority…

France: One of France’s biggest supermarket chains is refusing to sell PepsiCo products because its products have become too expensive to stock. The change will affect Carrefour’s network of over 9,000 stores in France, Spain, Italy, and Belgium, according to a company spokesperson, as per the statement. The chain claimed to have put up signs in-store attributing the change to “unacceptable price increases.” This is the most recent high-profile dispute between large grocery producers and European supermarket chains since the crisis caused by rising living expenses following Russia’s war with Ukraine. Producers were forced to raise their prices due to…

India: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a 4.7-tonne communications satellite aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in the second quarter of this year, according to NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). The GSAT-20 communications satellite is intended to meet the country’s broadband, in-flight, and maritime communications (IFMC) and cellular backhaul service needs, the NSIL said. With 32 beams providing pan-India coverage, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, the GSAT-20, which will now be known as GSAT-N2, will have a Ka-Ka band high throughput satellite (HTS) capacity. Due to the GSLV-Mk3 heavy satellite launch rocket’s capacity to place 4,000…

United States: The former US President, Mr. Donald Trump, has petitioned the US Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn a Colorado decision that disqualified him from seeking the presidency there. The highest court in Colorado declared last month that Mr. Trump was ineligible to run for office due to his involvement in a riot in the US Capitol. A day prior, he had appealed a comparable Maine ruling. Numerous state courts have received dozens of lawsuits aimed at removing Mr. Trump from the November 2024 election ballot. Courts in Minnesota and Michigan have rejected comparable attempts to declare the…