Day: February 20, 2024

Canberra, Feb 20 Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy on Tuesday announced the major overhaul in Navy and said the government is committed to more than doubling the size of the nation’s naval warships. With the announcement, Australia’s fleet of combat-ready warships will be expanded from…

Seoul, Feb 20 More than 6,400 trainee doctors have submitted their resignations to protest the South Korean government’s plan of boosting the number of medical students, leading to delays in surgeries and medical treatment, officials said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters, Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-said that the ministry has ordered 831 trainee doctors…

Tokyo, Feb 20 Temperatures rose across Japan as warm air flowed in from the south, with daytime highs hitting a record for February at many locations in northern Japan, the weather agency said. The temperature rose to 17.1 degrees Celsius in Hokkaido’s Mombetsu City, matching temperatures usually seen in late June, Xinhua news agency reported….

New York, Feb 20 US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Rena Bitter, arrived in India to engage with embassy and consulate colleagues in Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi. During her week-long visit, which will conclude on February 27, she will also be visiting Doha to observe the work of US consular teams, a…

Geneva, Feb 20 The UK’s recent legislative moves to facilitate the removal of asylum-seekers to Rwanda run contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risk delivering a serious blow to human rights, the UN Human Rights Chief said. The bill would also drastically strip back the courts’ ability to scrutinise removal…

Washington, Feb 20  US President Joe Biden has said that he is willing to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson in order to secure the long-awaited passage of a bill that contains funding for the provision of additional arms to Ukraine. “Sure, I’d be happy to meet with him if he has anything to say,”…

Doha, Feb 20 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that international representatives have reached consensus on some key issues concerning Afghanistan after a two-day meeting in Doha, but obstacles remain. “We want an Afghanistan in peace, peace with itself and peace with its neighbours and able to assume the commitments and the international obligations of…

Brasilia, Feb 20 The Brazilian government has called its ambassador in Tel Aviv, Frederico Meyer, back to the country for consultations after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva voiced harsh criticism of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, in response to the fact that Israel summoned the diplomat for statements, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry confirmed….

Tehran, Feb 20 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on the United Nations to prevent a possible major Israeli offensive on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to a statement published on Monday on the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website….