19-08-2023 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: Great news for you if you are struggling to find time for exercise during the week as a groundbreaking study by Harvard University reveals that longer workout sessions over the weekend might be just the ticket to a healthier heart. If you’ve been feeling the pressure to …

19-08-2023 NEW YORK: A man died after falling 750ft from the roof of the five-star hotel Mandarin Oriental in New York City on Thursday night. Wearing pyjamas, the man reportedly took a service lift to reach the top of the 55-storey Deutsche Bank Centre tower in Columbus Circle, according to …

18-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s latest space mission has completed a key step in the country’s second attempt at a lunar landing, with its moon module separating from its propulsion section. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Thursday confirmed that the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3, …

18-08-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ JARANWALA: Authorities in Pakistan have launched a probe and arrested at least 146 people in the Punjab province a day after a Muslim mob torched five churches and attacked dozens of houses belonging to the local Christian community over claims of blasphemy, the province’s …

18-08-2023 ATLANTA: Spring Street has returned to normal after a bomb threat at the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta forced the busy Midtown roadway to be shut down and several buildings to be evacuated. The call came in shortly before 3 p.m. to the Jewish community center in Midtown Atlanta. …

18-08-2023 DAKAR: More than 60 migrants have possibly lost their lives after a boat carrying them was found capsized at Cape Verde peninsula of Senegal in the West African region, as per the official notice. Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued, media reported, adding that footage showed survivors being helped …

18-08-2023 DONALDSONVILLE, NEW ORLEANS: A US appeals court maintained a ban on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, ordering a restriction on telemedicine prescriptions and shipments of the drug through mail. The New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals stopped short of ruling that the drug must be pulled …

18-08-2023 MADRID: Tenerife wildfires are burning ‘out of control’ forcing officials to close off a top tourist area and evacuate more villages and holiday homes. The blaze broke out in a mountainous national park on the Spanish island on Wednesday and spread to 4,450 acres in 24 hours as firefighters …

17-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Last month, three days after Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal, India imposed a ban on July 20 on the export of non-basmati white rice. The move followed a ban on the export of broken rice, which was announced in …

17-08-2023 NIAMEY: Over 27 Niger soldiers have been killed in an attack by armed groups near the border with Mali, the country’s Ministry of Defence said. According to a statement released late on Tuesday, “a detachment of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) moving between Boni and Torodi was the victim …