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Lee’s core is expected to move well north of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico this weekend and early next week, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the hurricane centre.Dangerous beach conditions may develop around the Western Atlantic through early next week.Dangerous surf and rip currents are expected along most of the US East Coast beginning Sunday, said the hurricane centre.–IANSint/sha

Typhoon Haikui and monsoon have brought torrential rains to many cities and counties in the Pearl River Delta region since Thursday, causing urban flooding, landslides, road closures and other hazardous situations.The provincial disaster reduction commission raised the emergency disaster relief response to Level II at 6 p.m. on Friday, and 15 cities have initiated flood control emergency responses, Xinhua news agency reported.Schools have been suspended across the cities of Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Jiangmen, and in some parts of Foshan, Dongguan and Guangzhou.A total of 47 rail services have been suspended, and traffic controls have been implemented, including the closure of…

Under the new policy announced in June as part of the government’s programme, work permit holders must leave the country if they remain unemployed and have not secured employment within three months, Xinhua news agency reported.Furthermore, residence permits can now be terminated if a person’s employment ends. However, current regulations lack clear guidelines on an acceptable period of unemployment and there is no formal monitoring system in place, the ministry’s press release said on Friday.As part of the reform, employers will be legally obligated to notify the immigration authority if a work permit holder loses their job. Failing to provide…

The epicentre, with a depth of 18.5 km, was initially determined to be at 31.11 degrees north latitude and 8.44 degrees west longitude, some 70 km southwest of Marrakesh, Xinhua news agency reported.After the earthquake, residents of Fes, a city in northern Morocco, left their homes and gathered in the streets out of concern for potential aftershocks, a Xinhua correspondent at the city said.The earthquake was felt in many cities across Morocco, including Rabat and Casablanca. Many houses collapsed in the cities of Taroudant and Marrakesh, local media reported.–IANSint/sha

The Sensitive Price Indicator-based inflation increased by 0.96 per cent for the week ending on September 7 as compared to the previous week, the PBS data revealed on Friday.During the week, out of 51 items, the prices of 32 items increased, five items decreased and 14 items remained stable, the data showed.The PBS added that the prices of sugar, onions, pulses, milk, potatoes, rice, liquefied petroleum gas, petrol, and diesel witnessed an increase last week.–IANSint/sha

The global stocktake was designed under the Paris Agreement to assess the global response to the climate crisis and chart a better way forward.The global stocktake is held every five years and is intended to inform the next round of nationally determined contributions to be put forward by 2025.It started with a data collection phase in 2021, collecting a wide range of inputs from parties, international bodies, and non-party stakeholders.A technical dialogue was carried out across three meetings in 2022 and 2023 and was chaired, with the assistance of the UN Climate Change secretariat, by two co-facilitators Farhan Akhtar and…

Of the 10 names announced by the party, five are from the Brahmin community. The AAP has fielded Anendra Mishra, son of senior BJP leader and former MP Govind Mishra, from the Churhat Assembly seat of Sidhi district. In the 2018 state Assembly polls, the BJP has won the Churhat seat. Churhat is the hometown of former Chief Minister Arjun Singh and his son Ajay Singh (Rahul) has won from there several times. In 2018, Ajay Singh lost against BJP’s Sartendu Tiwari. Ajay Singh is likely to face a tough contest as Govind Mishra has a stronghold among Brahmin voters…

“The comprehensive document outlined protecting the sovereignty of the island nation, avoiding military alliances, refraining from conflicts in the Indian Ocean, countering non-state actors adverse to Sri Lanka and contributing to global peace had been handed over to the Cabinet,” the President Media Division (PMD) said issuing a statement on Friday.The PMD said, however, the security dynamics have witnessed a significant shift.”Previously, Sri Lanka’s primary focus was on combating internal terrorism, notably the LTTE. Today, the strategic environment has grown more complex, marked by great power rivalries between the US and China, the emergence of strategic alliances such as the…

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, taking to microblogging site X, said: “President Biden’s team says despite multiple requests India has not allowed media to ask questions of him and Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi after their bilateral meeting. President Biden will now take questions in Vietnam on Sept 11th from the media accompanying him. Not surprising at all. This is how democracy is done Modi-style,” he added. The US President arrived in the national capital on Friday evening and was received by Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation General V.K. Singh. He also held bilateral talks with…

Addressing a gathering in Nalanda’s Hilsa sub-division at Baba Abhaynath Dham premises on the occasion of Sri Krishna Janmashtami, he said: “Evilness was increasing in the world, honesty was ending, numbers of cheaters and evil persons had increased… to bring honesty in the region of central Asia, the god had sent Maryada Purusotam Mohammad Saheb on the earth.””Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram was not pleased with the caste structure. So he took a pair berry of Mata Sabri and ate to give the message that castes do not matter. I am painfully saying that we are not endorsing the conduct that…