27-02-2023 SACRAMENTO/ LOS ANGELES: Mass power outages, flooding and the closures of both motorways and beaches are affecting California as a rare winter storm sweeps the US state. More than 120,000 people – many of them in the Los Angeles area – are without electricity after days of fierce winds. …

27-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia has exposed and quietly expelled a large Russian spy ring whose members were posing as diplomats, a local newspaper has reported just days after Australia’s intelligence chief revealed that his agency had scored a major counterespionage success. The spy ring …

27-02-2023 DOHA: Many newspapers in the United States have decided to no longer publish the popular “Dilbert” comic strip after its creator posted a racist video earlier this week calling Black people a “hate group”. Scott Adams, who rose to fame in the 1990s with his satirical take on white-collar …

27-02-2023 DOHA: A Qatari businesswoman turned heads at the Doha Jewelry and Watches Exhibition, pitting herself against giants of the industry while also bucking trends in the conservative country. Noora al-Ansari, a Qatari woman running her own company and dealing with customers herself is a rarity in the wealthy Gulf …

27-02-2023 AMMAN: Jordan will host a meeting on Sunday between top Israeli and Palestinian security and political officials in hopes of halting a recent surge in violence that has stoked fears of wider escalation ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, officials said. They said the one-day meeting in …

27-02-2023 ROME/ CROTONE: Forty-Three people have died and more than 40 have survived a migrant boat shipwreck in southern Italy, a spokesman for the Italian firefighters’ service said on Sunday. The shipwreck took place near Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the eastern coast of Calabria, the region that …

26-02-2023 ABUJA: Vote counting is under way in Nigeria’s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. Turnout appeared to be high, with many young, first-time voters arriving before dawn to cast their ballots. Saturday’s voting was marred by long delays at polling stations, as well as scattered reports …

26-02-2023 PARIS/ KYIV: French President Emmanuel Macron said he would visit China in April and urged it to pressure Russia to end the war in Ukraine, a day after Beijing presented a peace plan. China has attempted to maintain a neutral stance while retaining close ties with strategic ally Moscow, …

26-02-2023 SANA’A: People in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a staged rallies on Friday to cal for the removal of a siege on the country by the Saudi-led coalition and expressing support for Palestine. The demonstrations marked the anniversary of the 2018 assassination of Saleh al-Sammad, the former head of Yemen’s …

26-02-2023 TEHRAN: Highlighting Iran’s progress in the missile and radar industries, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami said the country has the technical know-how to track satellites with radars on the ground. Addressing a congress in Tehran on Saturday, Major General Salami said the young …