International

07-07-2023 MOSCOW: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who last month brokered a deal to end Wagner’s armed mutiny in Russia, says the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is no longer in Belarus, as was widely believed, but rather in St Petersburg. Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on an …

07-07-2023 NEW YORK: Instagram owner Meta has launched its new social media network Threads, aiming to capitalize on the turmoil at Twitter under billionaire owner Elon Musk. “Let’s do this,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Wednesday in a post welcoming users to the site. “Welcome to Threads.” “I think …

07-07-2023 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, CAROLINA: Authorities said Tuesday that a woman who was attacked by an alligator and was killed while she was walking with her dog in South Carolina in the Spanish Wells community on Hilton Head Island, reported CBS News. It was the second fatal attack by an …

07-07-2023 WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump launched a baseless attack on Wednesday, suggesting that a baggie of cocaine discovered at the White House over the weekend belonged to President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The allegations came after US Secret Service agents found the powder cocaine during a routine …

07-07-2023 PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron’s government faced a backlash Wednesday after the centrist leader called for powers to “cut off” social media in case of widespread violence like riots over the past week. “We have to think about the social networks, about the bans we’ll have to put in place. …

07-07-2023 WASHINGTON: The US citizenship test is getting updated, and this has caused worries for immigrants with lower English proficiency. The new version, expected to be released next year, proposes adding a speaking section to assess English skills, according to media. This has raised concerns as it may make the …

06-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ JHARKHAND: A court in India has given 10-year jail terms to 10 men for beating a Muslim man to death four years ago. Tabrez Ansari, 24, died days after being attacked by people who accused him of stealing a motorcycle in the eastern …

06-07-2023 JERUSALEM/ JENIN: Funerals are under way after two days of clashes between Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp. Twelve Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed since Monday Israeli drones carried out air strikes while troops engaged in firefights with armed Palestinians. Israel’s military …

06-07-2023 WASHINGTON/ PHILADELPHIA: At least 10 people were killed and 38 injured in three mass shooting incidents in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Fort Worth during the July 4 holiday, authorities said, causing US President Joe Biden to reiterate lawmakers to act on firearms legislation to save innocent lives. There have been …

06-07-2023 TOKYO: The Japanese government could start releasing treated but still radioactive water from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean as soon as next month after the United Nations nuclear watchdog gave the controversial plan the green light following a two-year review. The Nikkei newspaper …