Naoise Culhane/NGI Kim Smit, Amanda Ward, Anne Hodge from the NGI ahead of the exhibitions opening It’s been a festive tradition since 1901. Thirty eight watercolours painted by Joseph Mallord William Turner are displayed each January in Edinburgh. It’s only been halted twice, by war and Covid but this year, there’s a twist. These are…
Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are to end on Wednesday, when a five-year deal between Ukraine’s gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russia’s Gazprom expires. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to “earn additional billions on our blood” and had given the EU a year to prepare. The EU…
The UN Human Rights Office says Israeli attacks on and around hospitals have pushed Gaza’s healthcare system to “the brink of total collapse” and raised serious concerns about war crimes and crimes against humanity. A new report describes a pattern in which Israeli forces struck, besieged and forcibly evacuated hospitals, leading to patients dying or…
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect. Rights group Amnesty hailed the decision as a “beacon of hope for the abolitionist movement in the region”, but expressed regret that the death penalty could be reinstated during a state of emergency. Mnangagwa’s…
TOI correspondent from Washington: MAGA nativists are taking aim at the OPT (Optional Practical Training) program that helps foreign students and graduates, many from India, stay back in the US to gain work experience, even as the optics surrounding the H-1B guest worker visa is changing rapidly. After a fierce campaign against the H-1B visa…
[EXPLOSION] “The people are running away from the bombing. People are dying. We just send this to the nation to see what is happening in Nuba Mountains.” [GUNSHOTS] “Yeah.” Sudan is in the grip of a brutal civil war. Eleven million people have been driven from their homes, and tens of thousands have been killed….
Reuters The flight touched down around a third of the way down the runway without its landing gear down A pre-flight inspection of a Jeju Air passenger plane hours before it crashed in South Korea, killing 179 people, found “no issues”, the airline has said. “Nothing abnormal was noted with the landing gear,” the airline’s…
Wellington, New Zealand — Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting down to the new year and cheering at colorful fireworks launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, and a spectacular downtown light show. Thousands also thronged to downtown or climbed the city’s ring of volcanic peaks…
Key leaders elected around the world in 2024 The year 2024 brought dramatic transformations across the globe, reshaping the global political scene, influenced by economic challenges, social movements and policy concerns.The elections in over 70 countries ushered in new faces and fresh mandates. Here’s a snapshot of key elections that defined the year by bringing…
Russia is preparing to halt gas supplies via Ukraine from the early hours of January 1, with Kyiv refusing to extend a key transit deal. The current five-year agreement is set to expire, marking a significant milestone in the near-total loss of Russia’s influence over Europe’s gas market, reports Euroactiv. Once a dominant supplier commanding…
