Top 10 world news: India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue, Biden-Xi meet date, and more

United States President Joe Biden will be meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco on November 15 with the aim to "stabilise" recent tensions which brewed between the powers, said US officials.

In other news, The India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, involving the defence and foreign ministers of the two countries, concluded on Friday (Nov 10) in the Indian capital New Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar of India held talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on strategic and defence ties, cooperation in space and tech, and increased people-to-people contacts.

In a shocking development from the sports world, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) with immediate effect over excessive government interference.

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US President Biden set to meet China's Xi on November 15 to 'stabilise' ties

"President Biden will indeed meet with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China in the San Francisco Bay area of California on November 15," stated a senior US official, while speaking to reporters on Thursday (Nov 9). "Our goal will be to try to take steps that indeed stabilise the relationship between United States and China, remove some areas of misunderstanding and open up new lines of communication. We are in competition with China, but we do not seek conflict confrontation or a new Cold War. We're for managing the competition responsibly,” he added.

India-US 2+2: Ministers discuss West Asia; MQ-9B drones deal on the charts

In a post on X,Jaishankar said, "Followed up on PM Narendra Modi’s State visit to the US this June. Our agenda covered advancing our strategic partnership, including elevating our defense ties, moving forward in space & tech, future logistics cooperation, and people-to-people contacts."

ICC suspends Sri Lanka Cricket over excessive government interference

In a shocking development, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) with immediate effect over excessive government interference. Following Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister, Roshan Ranasinghe’s decision to dissolve the board over widespread corruption charges and then with the Sri Lanka court intervening by restoring all expelled members, the ICC decided to suspend the board over questionable activities.

Delhi air pollution: No odd-even rule to come into effect in India's capital

The so-called 'odd-even' traffic restriction scheme will not come into effect in Delhi as of now, the Indian capital's Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Friday (Nov 10). Thescheme, in which the movement of privately owned vehicles is restricted on the basis of their odd or even registration numbers, was supposed to be enforced from November 14, as the air quality of the city and nearby regions worsened in the past few days.

In a major breakthrough, surgeons perform world's first whole eye transplant

The surgeons in the United States have performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure on a man. This has been hailed as a major breakthrough, but it's not sure the man will regain vision.For years, surgeons have been able to transplant corneas successfully, but the latest surgery involved removing part of the face and the whole left eye, which included its blood supply and the optic nerve of a donor.

Poland's opposition parties reach coalition agreement, say 'we are ready to govern'

Poland's liberal opposition parties reached a coalition agreement on Friday (Nov 10), stating that this would act as a "roadmap" for the fresh alliance if given a chance to take power.Donald Tusk, the opposition's candidate for prime minister said that in the coming years, they were ready to take responsibility of the country.

Iran's jailed Nobel Prize winner Narges Mohammadi ends hunger strike

Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi's family member stated that the activist has ended her hunger strike after she was allowed to get medical treatment without wearing the compulsory head covering.

Hong Kong comes under attack of bedbugs, lawmakers call for precautions

The lawmakers in Hong Kong have appealed to the authorities to take steps to prevent bedbugs from spreading in the city after a photo was widely circulated online in which bedbugs were seen on an Airport Express train, reported South China Morning Post.

Myanmar: Military junta says offensive by rebel groups funded by drug trade

Myanmar's military junta said that a major offensive in the country's northeast by an alliance of rebel groups was funded in part from profits earned by one of the groups from the region's lucrative drug trade. During a meeting of the National Defense and Security Council on Wednesday, junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing said that the current problem in the Shan state was triggered by "narcotic drug problems,"the news agency Associated Press reported on Friday (Nov 10)citing local media.

Jared Leto makes history by climbing the Empire State Building

Jared Leto, actor and frontman of the band 30 Seconds to Mars, achieved a remarkable feat on Thursday (Nov 9) by becoming the first person ever to climb a section of the Empire State Building. Instead of scaling the entire skyscraper, Leto tackled the stretch between floor 86 and the building's peak, completing the climb in approximately 20 minutes.