01 May 2026
US President Joe Biden has finally responded to the impeachment inquiry put forth by US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In his first response, the US President has "brushed off" the Republicans' attempt to shut down the government.
Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser in Virginia, Joe Biden stated that this impeachment inquiry is just another attempt for Republicans to try and "shut down the government".
While India didn’t respond to his comments, the Ukrainian Embassy in Delhi responded by saying that they do not endorse his view.
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky's advisor Mykhailo Podolyak described Indians and Chinese as having 'weak intellectual potential' on Wednesday. However, after the Ukrainian foreign ministry disassociated itself from the comment, he took a U-turn.
The Government of India offered to send Air India One, the official aircraft of the Indian Prime Minister, to Canada yesterday so that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his delegation could fly back immediately, reports said.
The Government of India offered to send Air India One to Canada 24 hours before Justin Trudeau's eventual departure. However, Canada expressed regret 6 hours later and said that they would wait for their own plane.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia, Japanese media reported on Tuesday, for what the Kremlin said would be a comprehensive discussion with President Vladimir Putin amid warnings from Washington they should not agree on an arms deal.
Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday on his private train, the North's state media reported on Tuesday, accompanied by top arms industry and military officials and the foreign minister.
More than 2,000 people have been killed as Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in decades destroyed houses and roads in the tourist city of Marrakesh.
The strong tremors were also felt in the coastal cities of Rabat, Casablanca and Essaouira, where it caused widespread damage and sent terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night on Friday.
In the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, which was near the quake’s epicentre, there were no buildings left standing while the traditional clay bricks used by the region’s Berber inhabitants proved no match for the rare quake.
