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The Mexican government has ordered a 17% reduction in flights at Mexico City's old airport, a decision that has raised concerns about possible mass flight cancellations, effective October 29, limiting the number of flights per hour from 52 to 43. The government's decision comes amid ongoing issues with maintenance and infrastructure at the airport, compounded by the redirection of revenues to other projects. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/lp31SBt

In response to North Korea's unsuccessful spy satellite launch, the US imposed sanctions on individuals Jon Jin Yong and Sergei Kozlov, along with Moscow's Intellekt LLC, accused of aiding North Korea's missile program. The move followed reports of exchanged letters between Putin and Kim, potentially involving arms support for Ukraine's conflict. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/NDAt4aJ

Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike on Thursday after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down, marking the first major walk-out the country has seen in decades. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/nSzo0OB

North Korea test-fired two suspected ballistic missiles in response to the US sending a strategic bomber to the region for military drills with South Korea. The missiles were fired towards waters off the east coast and flew approximately 360 kilometers. North Korea claimed the launches were in retaliation for the joint drills and issued a threat to the US and South Korea. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/u6OGQ27

North Korea has reported conducting a simulated nuclear strike on targets in South Korea in response to allied exercises that it said amounted to plans for a preemptive nuclear attack by the United States. The state media reports provided detailed information on how the North envisions a potential war, including countering any attack by striking the South with nuclear weapons and occupying its territory. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/YLed09A

Former President Donald Trump defended his real estate empire and presidency during a closed-door deposition in April. The New York attorney general is suing him for fraud, alleging that he inflated his net worth by up to $2 billion. Trump claimed that his company is financially stable and saved "millions of lives" by deterring nuclear war when he was in office. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/F9cnEU0

The Canadian government has issued a travel warning to LGBTQ+ travelers visiting the United States due to recently enacted state laws that restrict transgender and other gay individuals. The warning advises LGBTQ+ travelers to check relevant state and local laws before visiting. The warning was issued in response to laws banning drag shows and restricting transgender individuals' access to gender-affirming care and participation in sporting events. While the overall threat assessment for travel to the US remains low, the Canadian government is cautioning LGBTQ+ travelers about the potential hostility they may face in certain states. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/LCXcDg8

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Hurricane Idalia weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall in Florida as a powerful Category 3 hurricane. The storm caused significant devastation along the Gulf Coast, submerging homes, vehicles, and streets, knocking down power lines, and causing widespread power outages. Despite the destruction, there were no confirmed storm-related deaths in Florida, although some fatal traffic accidents may have been indirectly caused by the storm. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/b9W0lXH

An adult lion escaped from a private vehicle amidst heavy traffic in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, causing panic for two hours before it was recaptured, police said. The lion was being transported by its owner when it escaped on the main road of the bustling port city during peak traffic hours, the police statement said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/etfaxrQ

Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting six Russian regions with drones early Wednesday in what appears to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine 18 months ago. Drones hit an airport in the western Pskov region and started a massive fire there. The strike in Pskov hit an airport in the region's namesake capital and damaged four Il-78 transport aircraft. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/vMUq8w7

The US government is opposing an expedition by RMS Titanic Inc. to recover artifacts from the sunken Titanic, citing laws and agreements that consider the wreck a gravesite. The government argues that disturbing the wreck could lead to the disturbance of artifacts and human remains. RMS Titanic Inc. plans to take images of the wreck and recover artifacts from the debris field. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/tlPx3BY

That water "is absurdly warm and to see those values over the entire northeast Gulf is surreal," said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.Hurricanes get their energy from warm water. Idalia is at an all-you-can-eat buffet. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Tvs70oY

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to announce the date for a referendum to change the constitution to recognize Australia's Indigenous people. The proposed change includes the inclusion of an Indigenous committee to advise federal parliament on matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. While the government has received support from various groups, recent opinion polls show a decrease in support for the proposal. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/xVGcmUF

The global diamond industry is preparing for new sanctions from the G7 nations and the European bloc that would ban the import of gemstones mined in Russia, including those cut and polished in other countries. The current US sanctions only cover rough Russian diamonds or those cut and polished inside Russia, allowing a loophole for Indian gems. However, the new sanctions would aim to target Alrosa and Russia's diamond revenues. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/F5lzcXV

Hurricane Idalia is set to hit Florida's Gulf Coast with winds of at least 111 mph (179 kph). Evacuations have been ordered in parts of Florida, and storm advisories are in effect for most of the state and portions of Georgia and South Carolina. Authorities have issued evacuation orders for various coastal and flood-prone areas, with disruptions including power outages and school closures anticipated. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vgZETI

The United States on Tuesday announced a new $250 million military assistance package for Ukraine that includes equipment for clearing mines and obstacles. Also included in the package are air defense missiles, artillery rounds, anti-armor missiles and more than three million rounds of small arms ammunition. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/5cJIsPb

South Korea's government plans to increase its budget spending for 2024 to nearly $497 billion, marking the smallest increase in two decades. The finance ministry's annual spending plan aims to prioritize fiscal discipline amid weakening tax revenue and slower economic growth. The conservative Yoon Suk Yeol administration aims to improve the government's fiscal position and has refrained from excessive spending to boost growth. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/BKajd2L

Responding to a question on topline goals President Biden hopes to accomplish at G20, the White House press secretary said, "President Biden will reaffirm the US commitment to the G20 as the premier forum of economic cooperation globally." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/dL9h74N

Police arrested the suspect over three hours after the initial reports of shots fired came in from Caudill Labs, officials said at a news conference. Charges were pending, and the suspect was not immediately identified. University officials also did not immediately identify the staffer who was killed and said it was too soon to offer a possible motive. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/q4WVxuK

The launch was cancelled because wind conditions in the upper atmosphere did not satisfy constraints, MHI’s launch services unit said in a post on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, 24 minutes before the planned launch time. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/cYvxoTG

Wildfire conditions in British Columbia improved, allowing more people to return home. However, fires continued to threaten communities in Canada's Northwest Territories. High temperatures and strong winds were fueling flames near Hay River, while a fire near Yellowknife forced the evacuation of the city's residents. In British Columbia, there were still 370 active blazes, with some designated as wildfires of note. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/dI0DkzL

Chile's government has sent officials to investigate accidents at two mines in the South American country's metropolitan and Tarapaca regions and resulted in the deaths of three workers, it said on Sunday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/CkGFUhZ

Libya's Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, has temporarily suspended Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush after her Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen, disclosed talks in Rome. Libya's Foreign Ministry referred to it as a "chance and unofficial encounter," causing street protests in several Libyan cities. The Libyan government has distanced itself from the meeting, claiming Mangoush "refused to meet with any party" representing Israel. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/zLVx2KP

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces multiple crises at home, impacting his presidential campaign plans. He has returned to the state capital, Tallahassee, to address the preparations for Tropical Storm Idalia and to condemn a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville. DeSantis' campaign schedule is uncertain as he navigates these challenges. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ehzjkMP

UN experts have written to Saudi Aramco and its financial backers, accusing them of fueling climate change-related negative impacts on human rights. They also claim that Aramco is the largest greenhouse gas emitter and that its current and proposed business plans will continue to contribute to adverse climate change-related human rights impacts. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/puWOms4

The British Museum has started recovering items that were stolen from it and sold online, according to museum chair George Osborne. The museum failed to act on warnings that items from its collection were being sold online. Around 2,000 artifacts went missing, but some have already been recovered. The British Museum, one of the world's most well-known and prestigious museum, was founded in 1753. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/OSHF84k

North Korea has approved the return of its citizens who were abroad due to strict border restrictions during the COVID pandemic. The decision comes as the country gradually opens its borders to passenger travel. Those returning will be placed under medical observation for a week. This comes after an Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang landed in Beijing, potentially carrying North Koreans who had been stranded in China. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/DCcUmEA

Russia on Friday scolded US President Joe Biden for expressing his lack of surprise that Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had been killed in a plane crash and cautioned that it was not appropriate for Washington to make such remarks. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/SHf54Jp

Wildfires in Canada's Northwest Territories on Friday forced the evacuation of the entire town of Hay River, a community of about 4,000 people on the Great Slave Lake, authorities said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/JRIOcu1

United States, Aug 25, 2023 -The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of blocking a unified UN Security Council response to North Korea's missile launches, including Thursday's attempt by Pyongyang to put a spy satellite in space. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/SfC6mKy

Former US President Donald Trump's historic mug shot, posted by a Georgia courthouse on Thursday evening, is being turned into T-shirts, shot glasses, mugs, posters and even bobblehead dolls by friends and foes alike. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/1B6HwdK

The Kremlin has denied allegations that it was involved in a plane crash that killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who had conducted a mutiny in Russia. US intelligence officials suspect that the plane was intentionally downed, with some suggesting it was an assassination ordered by President Putin. However, Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesperson, dismissed these claims as "absolute lies" and stated that there is not enough evidence yet. Prigozhin had reportedly made enemies in Russia, Ukraine, and the West. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/spQw0eI

Dutch brewer Heineken said on Friday it had completed its exit from Russia by selling its operations there to Russia's Arnest Group for a symbolic one euro.The world's second-largest brewer said the deal had received all the required approvals and was likely to leave it with exceptional losses of 300 million euros ($324.8 million). from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/wfn7mp0

French investigative magistrates on Friday ordered former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to go on trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/wxDKGvk

Israel's far-right national security minister on Friday sparred with US supermodel Bella Hadid over his comments this week that Palestinians condemned as racist. In an interview with N12 News on Wednesday, Itamar Ben-Gvir said that the right to life and movement for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank trumped the right to movement for Palestinians. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Pntfhoy

US and other Western officials said that preliminary intelligence reports led them to believe that an explosion on board a plane linked to the Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin likely brought down the aircraft on Wednesday, killing all the passengers aboard. Although there has been no official confirmation that Prigozhin was killed, President Putin on Thursday, in his first comments on the crash, spoke obliquely of his death, referring to him in the past tense. " from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/T5m6CeB

Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan. China's customs bureau said it is "highly concerned about the risk of radioactive contamination brought by... Japan's food and agricultural products." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/RK7L5a2

Ukraine's defence ministry claimed on Thursday that its special forces had staged a brief raid inside the occupied Crimean Peninsula overnight and clashed with Russian forces. If confirmed, the incursion, though apparently small, would suggest the Ukrainian military's growing ability to strike far behind Russian lines even if such attacks are unlikely to have a significant effect on the direction of the war. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/rD6OfBu

An explosion ripped through a Hamas militant site in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian authorities said, killing one militant and seriously wounding another.The Gaza-based interior ministry did not reveal the cause of the blast but said it killed Ashraf Hussein, a member of Hamas' military wing, the Qassam Brigades. The Qassam Brigades acknowledged that Hussein was killed in what the group described as an accidental explosion. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3P4sg7S

"This is disastrous we are protecting against an invasion across somebody else's border when we should use those same military resources to prevent the invasion across our southern border here in the United States of America," Ramaswamy said at a Fox News debate. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/nGhRXm5

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At the banquet dinner during the Brics Summit in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was congratulated by several world leaders including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the success of Chandrayaan-3. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/AWnyVDZ

North Korea's second attempt to place a spy satellite in orbit failed on Thursday after the rocket booster experienced a problem during its third stage, state media reported, as space authorities vowed to try again in October. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CfR1WB

Dominican Republic - Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country's southern region, killing at least one person and injuring two others. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/f9AWj0a

The BTK serial killer has been named the "prime suspect" in at least two unsolved cases, including one in Oklahoma that led authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property in Park City, authorities announced Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/7ANPDzo

Britain will guarantee a 192 million-pound ($245 million) export finance deal for Ukraine to buy nuclear fuel from producers including British companies, British energy minister Grant Shapps announced during a visit to Kyiv. Ukraine's energy system was severely damaged by a massed campaign of Russian air strikes last winter, making it more reliant on its ageing nuclear power stations, which supplied about half the country's power before the war. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/C7wpdxu

Eight people, including six school children, were successfully rescued after being trapped in a cable car above a remote valley in Pakistan. The daring rescue involved military helicopters and zipline experts. The operation lasted for several hours and was completed late into the night. A video of the first rescue showed a teenager being lifted to safety by a helicopter. The children had been on their way to school when the chairlift broke down. The incident prompted the caretaker Prime Minister to order inspections of all chairlifts in mountainous areas. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/r9TXZfC

A coalition of human rights groups on Tuesday leveled new criticism at a privately operated migrant detention facility in New Mexico, where they say fast-track asylum screenings routinely take place without legal counsel or adequate privacy during sensitive testimony. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Zw64Yp5

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will visit China next week, Beijing and Washington said Tuesday, adding to a slew of US officials dispatched in recent months to ease tensions between the world's largest economies. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/DjrKf6Q