World
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John Lee elected as new Hong Kong Chief Executive
Hong Kong: John Lee, a former security chief, was elected on Sunday as the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong. The announcement was made after voting for the sixth-term Chief Executive ended,…
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Turkey plans to return one million Syrian refugees
Ankara: Turkey is making plans to send one million Syrian refugees home as public hostility to their presence in the country is escalating. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey is building…
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It’s my right to disagree with Imran Khan’s policies as PM: Afridi
Karachi: Reacting to the criticism on social media for extending felicitation to newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi said that it is his right to disagree with…
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UN summit to address crises linked to land degradation
New Delhi: The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) opens on Monday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, amidst presence of more than a dozen heads of…
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Ukraine’s wheat harvest may fall by 35%, raising fears of global shortage
Kiev: Wheat production in Ukraine is likely to be at least a third lower than in normal years, according to analysis of satellite images of the country. Ukraine is one of the…
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US judge dismisses Trump’s Twitter ban lawsuit
San Francisco: A judge has reportedly dismissed a lawsuit by former US President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter. But, San Francisco federal district court Judge James Donato left…
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Sri Lanka govt defends imposition of emergency, amidst criticism
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Saturday defended imposing a state of emergency, saying it was required to tackle the unprecedented economic crisis plaguing the country, even as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced…
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Afghanistan’s Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound…
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Ukraine urges Russia’s troop pullback to resume talks
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country stands ready to resume talks on settling the conflict with Russia after Moscow’s forces return to the positions they held before the invasion on February…
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Dutch diplomat ‘untweets’ advice to India after pushback from Tirumurti
United Nations: A Dutch diplomat, who took to Twitter to advise India on how it should vote in the General Assembly on the Ukraine conflict, has taken down his tweet after pushback from…
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Alleged girlfriend of Putin, Alina Kabaeva included in proposed EU sanctions list
Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, is included in the sixth proposed package of European Union sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. According to two European diplomatic…
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Amid worst economic crisis, Sri Lanka under state of emergency again
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, according to the presidential media division. The state of emergency gives the police and the security…
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Hangzhou Asian Games postponed amid COVID-19 surge in China
Tashkent: The Hangzhou Asian Games, which were scheduled to take place from September 10 to 25, were on Friday postponed indefinitely amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in China, a development…
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PTI rejects panel formed by govt to probe foreign conspiracy
Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has rejected Shehbaz Sharif governments step to form a commission to investigate the threat letter that PTI chairman and former premier Imran Khan claims to be the…
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Omicron not mild as thought, deadly as Delta, Alpha variants: Study
New York: Infection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is not mild as generally touted, rather is as deadly as Delta, Alpha and other strains that claimed thousands of lives globally, finds…
