Reuters: EDF has halted four nuclear reactors at three power plants in France because of the current heatwave affecting Europe, a spokesman for the utility said on Saturday. High temperatures registered in the Rhone and Rhine rivers, from which the three power plants pump th ...বিস্তারিত
The Hill: Federal officials are ramping up efforts to crack down on threats to the U.S. supply chain amid growing fears about the risks from foreign-made technology. The worry is that hackers can sabotage technology or software used in American products or computer systems ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Russian police detained around 25 gay rights activists who took part in an unsanctioned rally in St Petersburg on Saturday, according to Reuters witnesses. A few dozen activists gathered at Palace Square on Saturday afternoon, defying a ban to hold the rally. Organi ...বিস্তারিত
MEMO: Lebanese citizens launched a hashtag on Twitter calling for Egypt to release a female Lebanese national who was sentenced to eight years, Al-Mesryoon reported yesterday. An Egyptian court sentenced Lebanese Mona Al-Madbouh to eight years over claims that she insulted ...বিস্তারিত
BDnews24: Two workers were killed after falling from an under construction building in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria on Saturday afternoon (August 4). The deceased were identified as Anikul Islam, 18 and Abdur Rahim, 30, both hailed from Parkanpara village in Shibganj upazil ...বিস্তারিত
The Hill: China announced on Friday that it would impose retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports in response to President Trump's plans to raise tariff levels on Chinese goods, a move expected to further escalate trade tensions. The Chinese Ministry of Fina ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Israel’s new “nation-state” law has provoked anger among members of its most integrated minority, the Druze, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek corrective legislation. Netanyahu has defended the law, which declares that only Jews have the righ ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabweans to unite on Friday after he was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe’s removal from power, but the opposition leader insisted he had won and pledged to challenge the result. Sounding a concili ...বিস্তারিত
The Guardian, UK: A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported. Police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, in the north-eastern ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged on Saturday to provide nearly $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia, as China forges ahead with plans to bolster its engagement in the region. Pompeo unveiled the figure to reporters on the sidelines of a ...বিস্তারিত
