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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets UN chief Antonio Guterres, UNGA president Yang; discusses multilateral reforms, global issues

Mr. Jaishankar is in the U.S. to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly and met Antonio Guetteres and Philemon Yang on the sidelines of the UNGA session on September 27 from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YftEIdx

Daily Quiz: On sign languages

September 23 is International Sign Languages day, meant to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. How much do you know about signing? from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Aflv69g

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on school shelter kills seven

The vast majority of the besieged Gaza Strip's 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once by the war; civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal reported "seven martyrs and a number of wounded, including serious cases, as a result of Israeli shelling of Kafr Qasim School" in the Al-Shati refugee camp from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ltfSR6j

Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition: Bill Gates

Around 90% of the negative effect of climate change works through the food system, Mr. Gates said, speaking ahead of the publication of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers report, which tracks progress on the UN SDGs from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ibz3jxQ

Pakistan: Primary school teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plan province-wide strike amid educational crisis

According to the report, the All Primary Teachers Association (ATPA) announced plans to take to the streets and lock schools on October 7; more than 25,000 primary schools in the province will be closed, with thousands of primary school teachers “converging on Peshawar for a historic sit-in” from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7Dk0czp

Tropical Storm Ileana heads northward over the southern Gulf of California, bringing heavy rains

Mexico issued a tropical storm warning along the coast, from Altata to Huatabampito, and has discontinued all watches and warnings for Baja California Sur after rain from Storm Ileana pounded the resort-studded Los Cabos a day before from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Y4ktQ0D

‘India literacy’ in Australia can unlock bilateral potential, says Lisa Singh

Lisa Singh is in India to meet with a wide range of stakeholders invested in the development of the Indian Ocean and Indo Pacific region, and to deepen the footprint of the research- and policy-focused fellowship that the AI Institute offers. from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hdIS79E

Adani deal protest: Flights grounded at Kenya's main airport as workers go on strike

Kenya Airport Workers Union said that the deal between the government and Adani group to allow the conglomerate to run the airport would lead to job losses and “inferior terms and conditions of service” for those who will remain from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZXhpvCV

Maldivian President Muizzu to visit India 'very soon', says spokesperson

Heena Waleed, the chief spokesperson at the President’s Office, announced Mr. Muizzu’s visit on a day when two junior Ministers, suspended in January for derogatory comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi — resigned from the government from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/caXqInP

An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right

White evangelical Christians were one of the biggest voting blocs backing former President Donald Trump in previous elections. Now, Trump and Kamala Harris are pulling level in nationwide opinion polls. What is the equation Mr. Trump and the Republican party have with the religious right? from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hfR5tEe

Daily Quiz: On Zyklon B

September 3 is a gruesome anniversary but also one we must not forget: on this day in 1941, Nazis first used Zyklon B to kill prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/V3zCfNQ

Bangladesh interim government to re-investigate 2009 paramilitary BDR mutiny

The mutiny started on February 25-26, 2009, when army officers refused to fulfil the demands made by the BDR jawans and the rebel soldiers staged the revolt at the BDR's Pilkhana headquarters in Dhaka; Bangladesh is to start proper re-investigation and fair trial process into this from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ICY4mXu

Daily Quiz: On Airline hijackings

A new Netflix show, IC814, revisits the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC814 in 1999. Airline hijackings were once common but are thankfully very rare today. A quiz on some incidents: from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Uf1MdG3

India-Pakistan cannot better ties in the next decade, says survey; Bangladeshis are more optimistic 

Results of tri-nation survey in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, which reached out to about 100,000 respondents, 12,000 of whom completed the survey in total, show concerns over Chinese interference; and that trust in Russia is highest in the neighbourhood, ahead of U.S. from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/WjErGtf