08-11-2021 LONDON: Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer has accused the PM of “corrupt and contemptible” behaviour in trying to “protect” Tory MP Owen Paterson, after he was found to have broken lobbying rules. Sir Keir told the BBC the government was “trashing” the UK’s reputation for upholding democratic standards. Paterson has …

07-11-2021 MEXICO CITY: With a destructive barrage of power punches in the waning minutes of a difficult fight, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez added another achievement to his overflowing list of boxing accomplishments. The Mexican pound-for-pound superstar is the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world. He became the first four-belt world …

07-11-2021 LONDON/ ONTARIO/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Leading pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has won the first round of a major defamation case at the Superior Court of Ontario, Canada, against veteran CBC journalist Terry Milewski and conservative leaning public policy think tank Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) over allegations that SFJ and its …

07-11-2021 WASHINGTON: After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a package of highway, broadband and other infrastructure improvements, sending it to US President Joe Biden to sign into law. The 228 to 206 vote is a substantial triumph …

07-11-2021 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s protest movement has announced two days of nationwide strikes, rejecting internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military following last month’s coup. The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which spearheaded a popular uprising that led to the 2019 removal of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir, …

07-11-2021 Bureau Report MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: Indian film fans beat drums, danced, and distributed cake to celebrate the resumption of cinemas with Bollywood’s first big-budget release since the pandemic hit. Cinemas shuttered in March 2020 under a strict lockdown when COVID-19 first hit the country, and then enjoyed a brief …

07-11-2021 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s military says Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt after a drone laden with explosives targeted his residence in the capital, Baghdad. Kadhimi escaped unhurt, but security sources told media that at least six members of the prime minister’s personal protection force were wounded in Sunday’s …

06-11-2021 Bureau Report HOUSTON: At least eight people have been killed in an apparent trampling during the first night of a music festival in the US state of Texas, an emergency response official has said. The fire chief of the city of Houston confirmed the deaths late on Friday night …

06-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: At least 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said. An official told New Delhi Television that around 17 patients were in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar when …

FREETOWN: A fuel tanker has exploded following a collision in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, killing at least 99 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said. The explosion took place late on Friday after a vehicle struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of …