Intense heat continues in Japan

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said scorching heat continued to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high of 40.

China’s Xi meets Mauritania, Burundi leaders

China signed a cooperation agreement with Mauritania and pledged to strengthen collaboration with Burundi on Friday in the latest in a series of talks between visiting African leaders and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Protest march in London over Manipur violence

A UK-based Indian-origin women’s group organised a silent protest march here to register their protest against the violence in Manipur. The Women of North East India Support Network (WNESN) organised a group of men and women

X’ logo installed atop Twitter building

The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters