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Roving Periscope: Now, Cambodia also supports Trump’s Nobel quest!

August 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It appears that some nations have discovered the trick to humor US President Donald Trump and get concessions —support his long-cherished quest for a Nobel Peace Prize! Self-nominations are not allowed, something Trump has been doing indirectly by using lawmakers in other countries. While none of his democratic Western partners, […]

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Southern Taiwan lashed by torrential rain, four dead, more than 5,900 evacuated

August 4, 2025 revoi editor

Four people died, and more than 5,900 have been evacuated in southern Taiwan after the island recorded more than a year’s rainfall over the past week, which caused widespread landslides and flooding. Three people are missing, and 77 have been injured since late July, when a depression and strong southwesterly airstreams began causing flooding and […]

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India a valued friend, says Philippines President Marcos as he begins five-day state visit

August 4, 2025 revoi editor

Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr on Monday described India as a “valued friend” as he began his five-day state visit to the country—his first official visit since taking office in 2022. In his departure statement, Marcos said shared democratic values, maritime interests, and regional peace form the basis for “deeper, broader, and more meaningful […]

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Beijing on top alert for heavy rain, tells residents to avoid going out

August 4, 2025 revoi editor

Beijing put most of its hilly districts on the highest alert for heavy rainfall on Monday and warned residents against going out unnecessarily after dozens recently died in the deadliest floods to hit the Chinese capital since 2012. Up to 200 mm (7.9 inches) of rain could hit parts of Beijing over a six-hour period […]

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Hamas says it will allow aid for hostages if Israel halts airstrikes, opens permanent humanitarian corridors

August 4, 2025 revoi editor

Hamas said on Sunday it was prepared to coordinate with the Red Cross to deliver aid to hostages it holds in Gaza if Israel meets certain conditions, after a video it released showing an emaciated captive drew sharp criticism from Western powers. Hamas said any coordination with the Red Cross is contingent upon Israel permanently […]

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Pahalgam Terrorist’s Funeral in PoK Shows Pakistan’s Hands in Terror Attack

August 3, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 3: Even as Pakistan has vehemently refuted India’s charge of its nationals being involved in the Pahalgam terror attack, the “funeral in absentia” (Janaza-Ghaib) of Tahir Habib, one of the three terrorists killed by the Indian security forces in Dachigam forests near Srinagar, at his native village in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump has sown the wind; he may soon reap the whirlwind!

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade and tariff policies have scared industries, businesses, and investors not only in other countries but also at home where the unemployment rate has increased to 4.2 percent as labour participation weakened, the media, quoting the US Labour Department, reported on Saturday. Panicked […]

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Trump orders nuclear submarines moved after Russian ‘provocative statements’

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in “the appropriate regions” in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. Security analysts called Trump’s move a rhetorical escalation with Moscow, but not necessarily a military one, […]

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SpaceX launches joint astronaut crew to ISS in NASA’s Crew-11 mission

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday aboard a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a routine NASA mission that could be the first of many to last a couple of months longer than usual. The four-person crew – two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Japanese […]

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South Korea’s ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol lay on floor of cell and refused to be questioned, prosecutors say

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is in detention while on trial and facing various criminal probes, lay on the floor of his cell on Friday and refused to leave it for questioning, a spokesperson for a special prosecutor said. Yoon was removed from office in April by the Constitutional Court over his […]