BEIJING: Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate. A decade since China scrapped its stringent one-child policy and implemented a two-child policy in January 2016, the nation is dealing with a looming…
Beyond the Time News has obtained the charge sheet filed by the United States Department of Justice against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on the basis of which both are scheduled to appear on Monday before a federal court in New York. The charge sheet has been filed in the records…
Commission member says several unmarked graves identified where bodies presumably buried A Bangladesh commission investigating disappearances during the rule of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday at least 287 people were assumed to have been killed. The commission said some corpses were believed to have been dumped in rivers, including the Buriganga in…
DUBAI: Dubai Police have warned residents to remain vigilant against fake work visa schemes, saying fraudsters are targeting job seekers with false promises of employment and visa sponsorship. In a statement, the Anti-Fraud Centre of the General Department of Criminal Investigation said scammers are using “fraudulent visa offers” to illegally collect money from victims, urging…
US Vice President JD Vance on Monday said “a crazy person” had tried to break into his Ohio home by hammering on the windows, noting he and his family were not there at the time. CNN, citing an unnamed US law enforcement source, reported earlier that officials were probing an incident at the home and…
LONDON: Bright Pakistani student Rehab Asad Shaikh has initiated a legal case against the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), seeking compensation and justice after the world-famous educational establishment wronged her in awarding marks after her graduation, depriving her of a clear chance to do MPhil at Cambridge University. Shaikh came to the…
UN Security Council meets before Maduro was due in court. Colombia calls US violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty. Guterres says ready to support Venezuela in finding peaceful. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised concerns on Monday about a possible intensification of instability in Venezuela after the US capture of the Latin American country’s president Nicolas Maduro….
President Maduro, his wife produced before US court. Maduro rejects allegations, saying: “I’m innocent, I’m not guilty.” Maduro is accused of overseeing cocaine-trafficking network. NEW YORK: Toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of narco-terrorism after President Donald Trump’s stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials…