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11:51 PM

Swedish marine archaeologists find 17th-century shipwreck

Swedish marine archaeologists have found the 17th-century shipwreck 'Äpplet,' which is believed to be the long-lost sister ship of the warship 'Vasa,' which sank off Stockholm in 1628

11:46 PM

Egypt renews invitation to King Charles for next month's COP27 climate summit

Egypt renewed its invitation to King Charles III for next month's COP27 climate summit after the British monarch's plans to attend were reportedly quashed by ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss

11:28 PM

James Cleverly remains as Britain's foreign minister

James Cleverly was reappointed as Britain's foreign minister on Tuesday, becoming the most senior ally of former prime minister Liz Truss in the government of new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

11:18 PM

Pakistan: Imran Khan announces march on capital to call for early elections

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday that he would begin a protest march with his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore to Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections.

11:07 PM

Chip shortage forces temporary closure of Volvo Cars factory: Report

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars will temporary close one of its factories due to a chip shortage, the company told newspaper Goteborgs-Posten on Tuesday.

 

"There will be a temporary break in production," Merhawit Habte, press spokesperson at Volvo Cars told GP, adding the factory will be closed for one week. "It is the ongoing problem with semiconductor shortages."

10:57 PM

India's tally of Monkeypox now stands at 19 after Nigerian tests positive in Delhi

According to the ANI sources, "the latest case is of a Nigerian who is admitted at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital (LNJP) in Delhi, patient is stable and under treatment."

10:51 PM

Apple says issues with iMessage, FaceTime resolved

Apple Inc said on Tuesday issues that had caused a brief outage in its iMessage service and video calling app FaceTime were resolved.

 

Users had earlier complained of not being able to send and receive text messages on iMessage and some reported problems with placing FaceTime calls.

10:45 PM

250 stubble burning cases reported in Haryana yesterday

250 stubble burning cases reported in Haryana yesterday, Kaithal recorded the highest (77) number of cases

Dy Collector says, "Number doubled as it's peak harvesting and sowing season. Temperature optimum for crops. Farmers say fire breaks out due to crackers too. Tracing all locations."

10:36 PM

Ash Carter, former US defense secretary, dies at age 68

Ash Carter, who served as a US defense secretary during the Obama administration, died late on Monday at the age of 68 after a sudden cardiac event, his family said in a statement on Tuesday

 

10:12 PM

UK interior minister Shapps 'heading' for business department: Report

British Home Secretary Grant Shapps was headed for the government's business department to fill the vacancy left by Jacob Rees-Mogg's departure, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. 
Rees-Mogg's exit has not been officially confirmed.

10:09 PM

Trump's company loses bid to toss initial jury pool in criminal trial

Donald Trump's company lost a bid to dismiss an initial group of 18 prospective jurors for the real estate firm's criminal trial on tax fraud charges after arguing that the pool was tainted by observing one juror candidate who said she was biased

9:51 PM

Indian-origin Suella Braverman returns as UK Home Secretary in Sunak Cabinet

Indian-origin Suella Braverman returns as Britain's Home Secretary in UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Cabinet

9:23 PM

Sunak retains Ben Wallace as defence secretary

Britain's new PM Rishi Sunak has retained Ben Wallace as UK's defence secretary

8:58 PM

Dominic Raab appointed as the UK's Deputy PM, Justice Secretary

Dominic Raab has been appointed as the United Kingdom's Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, tweeted Conservative Party

8:50 PM

Yum Brands to fully exit Russia with deal to sell KFC stores

The restaurant operator, which also owns the Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands, will transfer ownership of its Russian KFC locations, operating system and master franchise rights to Smart Service Ltd, which is run by existing Russian KFC franchisees Konstantin Yurievich Kotov and Andrey Eduardovich Oskolkov, Yum said in a press release