International

28-11-2021 GENEVA/ JOHANNESBURG: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday categorized a newly found coronavirus variant in South Africa as a “variant of concern.” On November 9, WHO released a report stating that the initial infection was detected in a sample and named it Omicron, a letter in Greek alphabet. …

27-11-2021 Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW DELHI: Rejecting the Indian media reports, Scotland Yard has clarified that it did not raid the West London office of the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ). The UK police issued the clarification after several Indian media organizations started propaganda that detectives of the metropolitan police had …

27-11-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A commercial airline pilot has been accused of murdering two elderly campers who went missing in Australia 20 months ago. Greg Lynn, 55, was arrested on Monday night after police helicopters descended on his campsite in Victoria. He was charged with murdering Russell Hill, 74, and …

27-11-2021 GUAYMAS/ ISTANBUL: Riot police in Turkey and Mexico have fired tear gas and smoke bombs at protesters calling for an end to violence against women. In the Mexican city of Guaymas, three people were shot dead in an apparent attack on the city’s female mayor. And in the Turkish …

27-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, has resumed exports of coronavirus vaccines to the UN-backed COVAX distribution programme after halting most overseas sales in March. The company was to have been COVAX’s main supplier, but an explosion of cases in India …

27-11-2021 NEW YORK: Oil fell sharply as a new coronavirus strain raised concerns about the outlook for demand and sent global markets spiraling. Futures in New York tumbled below $74 a barrel and benchmark Brent shed as much as 6%, the most since July. The emergence of the new strain …

26-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON/ DUBAI: Next week’s talks between the United States and the Taliban in Doha, the second such meeting since the movement seized power will open a “new chapter” in political ties, the group said Wednesday. Washington said Tuesday …

26-11-2021 HARVARD/ LONDON: Scientists are split on whether they need to do more research on scientific methods, which can be used to cool down the earth and combat global warming. “There’s no doubt whatsoever that humans can artificially cool the planet,” David Keith, a Harvard professor, who is researching how …

26-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies SANA’A/ UNITED NATIONS/ KARACHI: A new United Nations report has projected that the death toll from Yemen’s war will reach 377,000 by the end of 2021, including those killed as a result of indirect and direct causes. In a report published …

26-11-2021 BRUSSELS: The European Union’s (EU) drug regulator has paved the way for administering the first shot of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to the children between the ages of five and 11, announcing its approval for the vaccine’s use on children of the said age group while Europe struggles to contain …