King Charles tells Commonwealth countries’ summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery

King Charles tells Commonwealth countries’ summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery

King Charles III told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday (October 25, 2024) that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The British royal understood “the most painful aspects of our […]

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BRICS Leaders Commit To Building Democratic, Multipolar World Order: Putin

BRICS Leaders Commit To Building Democratic, Multipolar World Order: Putin

Moscow: BRICS countries are committed to fostering a more democratic and multipolar world order, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, during his press conference on the last day of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. Putin noted on Thursday that the Kazan Declaration, endorsed at the summit, outlines a positive agenda for the future, the Kremlin […]

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Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

A protester holds a sign during a rally to demand that the United Kingdom make reparations for slavery. | Photo Credit: Reuters Commonwealth heads of government are to push for a “conversation” on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade when they meet for the association’s first summit in two years, the BBC reported on Thursday […]

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Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

List of Hezbollah, Hamas leaders Israel has assassinated since October 7, 2023

Yahya Sinwar, Hassan Nasrallah, and Ismail Haniyeh who were killed in the ongoing war with Israel. On October 17 2024, Israel announced the death of Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, that sparked the Israel-Hamas war. This comes on the heels of Israeli strikes in Lebanon that […]

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Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

EU leaders urge new laws to speed up migrant returns

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Council President Charles Michel participate in a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP EU leaders called Thursday (October 17) for urgent new legislation to increase and speed up migrant returns, after a Brussels summit that […]

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Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

Vietnam, China sign 10 deals including agriculture cooperation to cross-border QR code payments as leaders meet

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (left) with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on October 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Vietnam and China signed 10 agreements ranging from agriculture cooperation to cross-border QR code payments on Sunday (October 13, 2024), during Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s three-day visit to Hanoi, […]

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Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

Former BJP leader’s Trump event ‘postponed’, following pushback from party

File photo of former BJP MLA Vijay Jolly. A former BJP MLA’s online event in support of Republican candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump was “postponed” days after the BJP had distanced itself from the event and its organizer, as per reporting in The Hindu. The event, a Zoom call scheduled for Saturday morning […]

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Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

Former BJP leader’s Trump event ‘postponed’, following push back from party

File photo of former BJP MLA Vijay Jolly. A former BJP MLA’s online event in support of Republican candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump was “postponed” days after the BJP had distanced itself from the event and its organizer, as per reporting in The Hindu. The event, a Zoom call scheduled for Saturday morning […]

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PM Modi Gifts Indian Handicrafts To Laos, Japan, Thailand, New Zealand Leaders

PM Modi Gifts Indian Handicrafts To Laos, Japan, Thailand, New Zealand Leaders

Vientiane, Laos: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented an array of intricately crafted gifts, showcasing India’s rich cultural heritage, to the leaders of Laos, Thailand, New Zealand, and Japan at the 21st India-ASEAN Summit, officials said. Among the notable gifts, PM Modi gave New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon a pair of majestic silver lamps adorned […]

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Commonwealth leaders to push for slavery reparation conversation

Russia’s Putin begins visit to Turkmenistan for forum with regional leaders, including Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at the International Forum “The Interconnection of Times and Civilizations – the basis of peace and development” dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi in Ashgabat on October 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP President Vladimir Putin began […]

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