07-12-2020 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD: At least one person has died and 227 have been hospitalized by an unidentified illness in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The patients had a wide range of symptoms from nausea to fits and falling unconscious, doctors said. Officials are investigating the cause …

07-12-2020 Bureau Report + ABC News SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Storms or tropical cyclones usually get the blame when Australia’s beaches suffer severe erosion. But on the New South Wales north coast at Byron Bay, another force is at play. Over the past six months, tourists and locals have been shocked to …

Hyderabad Dec 7 (PMI):  The results of GHMC Election that were declared on 4th December 2020 shows the trend of the public as how enthusiastic were they and paved the way to the BJP giving a blow to TRS and its policies against public such as ongoing LRS, Dharani Portal …

06-12-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies JERUSALEM/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said his country remains open to fully normalizing ties with Israel and joining the Abraham Accords, telling the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Manama Dialogue Conference over the weekend in Bahrain …

06-12-2020 PARIS: Dozens of protesters have clashed with police in the French capital Paris in fresh demonstrations against a controversial draft security law. Police fired tear gas after hooded protesters smashed shop windows and set several vehicles alight. Nearly 100 rallies were planned nationwide on Saturday over the draft bill …

06-12-2020 TBILISI (GEORGIA): US President Donald Trump repeated unfounded allegations of voter fraud on Saturday as he campaigned for two Republican senators, marking his first public rally after the US election loss to Joe Biden. Trump reminded the chanting crowd that he came to southern Georgia to persuade them to …

05-12-2020 GENEVA: The World Health Organization has warned governments and citizens against dropping their guards over the coronavirus pandemic now that vaccination was close, stressing the healthcare systems could still buckle under pressure. “Progress on vaccines gives us all a lift and we can now start to see the light …

05-12-2020 BEIJING: China has become the world’s second country to have planted a flag on the moon after the United States. More than 50 years ago, the US first planted the Stars and Stripes on the moon. China sent its Chang’e-5 spacecraft to the moon from Beijing at 11.10pm Beijing …

05-12-2020 ANKARA: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan slammed French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday and hoped that the French people will soon get rid of him as he described the French leader as a burden on his country. Ties between Turkey and France, both NATO members, have been particularly tense in …

05-12-2020 RIYADH/ DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has expressed optimism that the three-year boycott of Qatar by four Arab nations, including the kingdom, may be nearing an end. “We’ve made significant progress in the last few days,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan said, speaking to Italy’s annual Mediterranean Dialogues on Friday. …