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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Germany to attend the 48th G7 summit. Here’s a quick guide to everything you need to know about this informal bloc of industrialised democracies.
In 1975, leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies gathered to deal with an energy crisis sparked by a war and rampant inflation. Those same sore points are bedeviling their successors representing 46 percent of the global economy at this week's Group of Seven summit, with high consumer and energy prices threatening to trigger recessions in the U.S. and Europe.
The number of dolphins swimming in the River Tagus has increased dramatically as pollution has dropped. “We used to see (the dolphins) 10 times a year and now we have (them) 200 days a year,” says local sailor Bernardo Queiroz
5G, the next evolution of wireless networks, has really taken over in the last year, with Apple jumping on the 5G bandwagon in the fall of 2020.
Firefighters sought to contain a wildfire in southwestern Turkey from land and air on June 24 as the blaze raged on for a third day, with windy conditions fanning the flames and spreading them through a forested area.
The first consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul, and further consignment will follow, says Ministry of External Affairs of India. India sent a technical team to Kabul on June 23 to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that claimed about 1,000 lives.
A bloodhound named Trumpet won best of show on June 22 in the 146th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, beating out more than 3,000 dogs from 200 breeds and varieties to claim the most prestigious such prize in the United States.
Russian forces have captured several settlements near the embattled cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region, the regional governor and Ukraine's general staff said.
The United States has delivered about 2.7 million doses of COVID vaccines for children below five years to administration centres while another one million shots will reach the sites soon, the Department of Health and Human Services said on June 22.
Workers at Chilean state-owned mining giant Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, launched a major strike on June 22 to protest the closure of a smelter over environmental issues, though the government downplayed the impact on operations.
The Jumbo Floating Restaurant, almost 80 meters (260 feet) in length, had been a landmark in Hong Kong for over four decades, serving Cantonese cuisine to over 3 million guests including Queen Elizabeth II and Tom Cruise.
In the half-century since a devastating independence war left its people facing starvation, Bangladesh has emerged as an often unheralded economic success story. The South Asian country of 169 million has overtaken its neighbour India in per capita income and will soon graduate from the United Nations' list of the world's least developed countries.
Revellers celebrate the Summer Solstice as the sun rises at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England on June 21. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, marks the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation.
There is life amid the ruins in Ukraine, but there are so many ruins, and life is so fraught. A war that began in winter has extended through spring. In the course of the last week, Associated Press photographers captured images of ruins and ruined lives in Ukraine.
Russia’s annual event to tout its investment opportunities this year was shadowed by the stern international sanctions imposed on the country after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine four months earlier, and by the extensive disapproval of foreign businesses, which have suspended operations or pulled out entirely, leaving Russian shopping centers pocked with dark, shuttered stores.
Almost five million Ukrainians have fled to neighbouring countries due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, creating one of the biggest refugee crisis since 1960.
Sergey Brin, the world’s sixth-richest person, has filed for divorce from Nicole Shanahan, citing “irreconcilable differences”. With a staggering amount of wealth involved, billionaire divorces get a lot of news time
Lydia Wood sits opposite The Atlas pub in west London, meticulously adding detail to her drawing of the building and pausing only occasionally to sharpen her pencil. The project came about during the coronavirus pandemic when lockdown meant she was unable to work providing children's after-school art classes.
On June 17, 1972, Watergate erupted as one of the most spectacular political scandals in US history which two years later led to the resignation of the president. Here is a timeline of how the events unfolded.
Particulate pollution has a more devastating impact on life expectancy than communicable diseases. According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago's (EPIC) Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report, Indians, on an average, are losing five years of life expectancy due to air pollution.
The World Trade Organization ministers reach historic agreements on response to fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines in a landmark bundle of agreements secured through hectic round-the-clock talks.
He was born in Dukki, a town in Balochistan, Pakistan. Narang received a master’s degree in Urdu from the University of Delhi Research fellowship from Ministry of Education to complete PhD.
In a city where global tensions weigh heavily, rising talents of ballet soared gracefully at the Moscow International Ballet Competition. The event, which concluded on June 11 at the Russian capital’s Bolshoi Theater, is held every four years.
A 240-meter-long glass bridge - with a diamond-shaped cafe in the middle - over the Tsalka canyon, outside the city of Tsalka, in Georgia, opened for visitors on June 14.
Authorities issued evacuation orders on June 13 for communities in the path of a wildfire that broke out over the weekend in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles and was burning toward populated areas.
‘Chai Pani’, an Indian restaurant in North Carolina, has been named the best restaurant in America at the James Beard Foundation Awards 2022 in Chicago on June 13. The restaurant serves the best and most tasty Indian street food at affordable prices in Asheville.
Pregnant women exposed to heat for prolonged periods of time have a higher risk of suffering complications, an analysis of 70 studies conducted since the mid-1990s on the issue found. For every 1 degree Celsius in temperature rise, the number of stillbirths and premature deliveries increases by about 5 percent, according to the meta-analysis, which was carried out by several research institutions globally and published in the British Medical Journal in September 2020.
Supermoon refers to a period in which the moon is at its closest to Earth. When it coincides with strawberry harvest time, it is called the Strawberry Moon
The war in Ukraine began on February 24. Schools and colleges were shut. Students fled their homes to different countries. Amid the destruction, some students posed for their graduation photos in the backdrop of war.
June’s full moon, known as Strawberry Moon, will occur on June 14. This time it is a supermoon, and hence the name ‘Strawberry Supermoon’.
According to the Henley Global Citizens Report 2022, UAE is expected to attract the largest inflows of millionaires globally in 2022. Russia has suffered the biggest emigration of millionaires over the past six months, with forecast net outflows of 15,000 by the end of 2022 — a massive 15 percent of its high-net-worth-individual (HNWI) population and 9,500 more than in 2019, pre-pandemic.
On a hillside overlooking the azure blue waters of Greece's Leros island harbour, a small group of workers in protective gear are busy smoking beehives. But these are not ordinary beekeepers. Some of them are patients from the nearby psychiatric hospital, participating in a two-decade project combining therapy with professional fulfilment.
Singer Justin Bieber revealed that he is suffering from a rare condition called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, which has temporarily paralysed one side of his face. RHS is a complication of shingles that occurs when an outbreak impacts the facial nerve near one ear. In addition to facial paralysis, it can cause hearing loss. Things to know about this viral disease.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on Washington and at hundreds of rallies across the United States to demand that lawmakers pass legislation aimed at curbing gun violence following last month's massacre at a Texas elementary school.
The restaurant that launched McDonald's in Russia in 1990, heralding Moscow's opening after decades of Soviet rule, reopened on June 12 with a new name and logo, a reminder of the upheaval sparked by the war in Ukraine
The water looks crystal blue, with no trace of sewage, the yellow sand is clean and the smell in the air is salty and pleasant, giving beachgoers in Gaza their first experience in years of clean and safe beaches.
For weeks, proper disposal of waste has become a chronic problem in the hill-ringed city after attempts to dump garbage in a small landfill site at a village outside Kathmandu was met with resistance from local residents.
Hong Kong is ranked the world’s most expensive city to live in for expats in 2022, bolstered by higher prices and a stronger currency over the past year. Many mainland Chinese cities have continued to rise in the rankings, with four cities now included in the 15 most expensive cities globally. The research was carried out in March.
Since the 1980s, annual average temperatures of the oceans’ surfaces have been diverging from the 20th century average more and more. While the annual divergence fluctuates, the trend is definitely upward.
The outlook for already inflated global food prices was grim even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February – due to post-pandemic global demand, extreme weather, tightening food stocks, high energy prices, supply chain bottlenecks and export restrictions and taxes. The conflict has dramatically worsened the outlook and has sent food inflation rates spiking around the world.
Families posed for pictures under the hot June sun, some perched on an ancient brick wall overlooking the banks of Lake Assad, a man-made reservoir in northern Syria's Raqa province.
As EU countries and lawmakers agreed to use a single charging ports for mobile phones, a look at what does it mean for the companies and consumers.
Before Covid-19 hit, the market was also beloved by Chinese tourists buying durian -- the pungent-smelling "king of fruit". Strict quarantine rules presently discourage would-be visitors from China, who once made up the largest share of foreign tourists in Thailand.
World Food Safety Day celebrated on June 7 aims to draw attention and inspire actions to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks. The United Nations established World Food Safety Day in 2018 to raise awareness of food safety.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has alarmed Finland, which shares a 1,300 km border with Russia. During World War-2, it fought two wars against the Soviet Union which cost it a tenth of its territory. About 100,000 Finns were killed
Diners returned to restaurants in most of Beijing for the first time in more than a month on June 6 as authorities further eased pandemic-related restrictions after largely eradicating a small COVID-19 outbreak in the capital under China's strict “zero-COVID” approach.
As of June 2, millions of people living in Ukraine have left the country to seek shelter from Russian aggression, either permanently or temporarily. Most of the people fleeing have crossed over at the Polish border.
Spectacular military parades, street parties up and down the country, drone and light shows at Buckingham Palace, and a surprising starring turn from Queen Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear: Britain’s four-day Platinum Jubilee extravaganza has been one long party demonstrating the extraordinary popularity of the monarch after 70 years on the throne.
The war that poses biggest threat to world peace in recent memory, is threatening the global economic recovery and has redrawn the world energy map entered its 100th day on June 3. Read on to find out how did we get to this point
As the Cold War escalated in the years after WWII, the US and erstwhile Soviet Union became locked in a deadly nuclear race. There have been over 2,000 nuclear tests worldwide since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
