International

05-06-2021 US airline United has announced plans to buy 15 new supersonic airliners and “return supersonic speeds to aviation” in the year 2029. Supersonic passenger flights ended in 2003 when Air France and British Airways retired Concorde. The new Overture aircraft will be produced by a Denver-based company called Boom, …

05-06-2021 SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he will hope to mend Russia’s damaged relations with the US when he will hold his first summit with President Joe Biden. The face-to-face meeting in Geneva on June 16 comes amid the biggest crisis in ties between the two …

04-06-2021 LONDON/ BEIJING: A London-based people’s tribunal investigating whether China’s treatment of its minority Uighur population amounts to genocide opened on Friday with witness testimony detailing mass torture, rape and a range of other abuses. The “Uyghur Tribunal” has no state backing and any judgment would not be binding on …

04-06-2021 TEHRAN: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran has grown stronger than ever, as the country commemorates the 32nd anniversary of the demise of its revolutionary founder, Imam Khomeini. During a live televised speech on the anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s demise, the Leader of …

04-06-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Authorities in the Australian state of Victoria said genomic sequencing has detected for the first time the Delta COVID-19 virus variant among infections in the latest outbreak in Melbourne, the state capital and Australia’s second-biggest city. “That variant is the Delta variant; it is now infamous …

04-06-2021 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out a plan for the United States to distribute 25 million surplus coronavirus vaccine globally and said the country would lift some restrictions to allow other countries to buy US-made supplies for vaccine production more easily. President Joe Biden said the …

04-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India announced on Thursday 134,154 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, while deaths from the coronavirus rose by 2,887. The country’s total COVID-19 caseload now stands at 28.4 million, while total fatalities are at 337,989, according to data from the health ministry. Virus …

  03-06-2021 MINNEAPOLIS: Prosecutors of Minneapolis City have asked for a 30-year prison sentence for the murderer of George Floyd. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for the killing in April and is due to be sentenced on 25 June. On Wednesday the prosecution said the killing had “shocked …

03-06-2021 CAIRO: The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday warned of “staggering health needs” in the Palestinian after Israel bombarded the Gaza strip last month. “WHO is scaling up its response to provide health aid for almost 200,000 people in need across …. Palestine,” WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean regional office said in …

03-06-2021 GENEVA: After working hours plummeted and access to good-quality jobs evaporated, the United Nations said Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic has forced more than 100 million more workers into poverty. And the labour market crisis created by the pandemic is far from over, the UN’s International Labour Organization warned in …