15-04-2022 NEW YORK/ RIYADH: Elon Musk has questioned Saudi Arabia’s role in Twitter Inc after Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal tweeted his opposition to the billionaire entrepreneur’s offer to buy the social media company. The prince tweeted on Thursday from his verified account that Musk’s offer of a $43bn …
Read More »152 Palestinians injured as Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque
15-04-2022 JERUSALEM: At least 152 Palestinians were injured in a raid when Israeli riot police entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, extending a recent resurgence of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict. Most of the Palestinian injuries were incurred by rubber bullets, stun …
Read More »Pak military rejects Imran’s claim US conspired to remove him
15-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s powerful military has dismissed deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s accusation that the United States had conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote of confidence. Khan, 69, who led the South Asian country of 220 million people for three and …
Read More »‘Women far more likely than men to suffer from headaches’
15-04-2022 LONDON: Researchers have discovered that women suffer from headaches more than men, the Daily Mail reported. Studies show that 6% of women spend half of every month with a headache, compared to 2.9% of men. This means more than one in 20 women are victims of a throbbing head. …
Read More »Ukraine crisis pushes US inflation to new four-decade high
15-04-2022 WASHINGTON: Americans paid more for gasoline, food and other essentials last month amid an ongoing wave of record inflation made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to government data released Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) climbed 8.5% over the 12 months to March, the biggest jump since …
Read More »Israel-Palestine tensions rise in Ramadan
15-04-2022 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Tensions on the ground in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory are heading towards a large-scale eruption this Ramadan, analysts expect, as residents of the besieged Gaza Strip fear yet another war. “We are moving gradually towards an escalation, the conditions are ripe for an explosion,” Jerusalem-based political …
Read More »Russian flagship Moskva ‘seriously damaged’ by explosion
14-04-2022 MOSCOW: Russia’s Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been “seriously damaged” by an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike. The damage to the Moskva missile cruiser was caused by ammunition detonating “as a result of a fire”, the …
Read More »Death toll from Philippines floods hits 117
14-04-2022 ABUYOG, PHILIPPINES: The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines triggered by tropical storm Megi rose to 117 on Thursday, official figures showed, as more bodies were found in mud-caked villages. Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the …
Read More »Offensive comments against Hindu deities: Cybercrime police books case
Hyderabad’April’14; The Cybercrime police have booked a case against a man for making offensive comments against Hindu deities and hurting sentiments of the community. The man, Srinath Chowdhary, identified by his social media accounts, made the comments a few days ago, after which actor Karate Kalyani lodged a complaint with …
Read More »Hyderabad cops solve burglary case
Hyderabad:April’14; A person, who allegedly involved in eight burglaries, was arrested by the Meerpet police on Thursday. The police recovered 20 tolas of gold, 1.8 kilogram of silver ornaments and valuables all together worth Rs.18.05 lakh from Basavapuram Nagesh, 43, of Venkateshwara Nagar in Kukatpally. Police said a special team was …
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