26-03-2023 TUNIS: Rescue teams searched Wednesday for dozens of people reported missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Europe capsized off Tunisia’s coast. The International Organization for Migration said 30 people were rescued and 75 people were unaccounted for after the boat sank off the city of Sfax …
Read More »Massive asteroid to pass by Earth on weekend
26-03-2023 WASHINGTON: An asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon this weekend – luckily for us, missing both. The object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago. At 19:49 GMT on Saturday, it will pass within 175,000km of …
Read More »Mississippi wakes up to devastation after tornado
26-03-2023 MISSISSIPPI: Over 23 people have died after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi on Friday night. More people are thought to be trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The twister caused devastation in several rural towns, where trees and power lines were torn down and …
Read More »France bans ‘recreational’ use of TikTok, Twitter & Instagram
26-03-2023 PARIS: France has banned the “recreational” use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees’ phones because of concerns about insufficient data security measures. The ban is to come into force immediately, the Ministry of Public Sector Transformation and the Civil Service wrote on Twitter on Friday. …
Read More »Pro-Iranian forces warn US of response to air strikes
26-03-2023 DAMASCUS: Pro-Iranian forces in Syria have said they have a “long arm” to respond to further United States air strikes on their positions, after tit-for-tat missile and drone attacks in Syria over the last 24 hours. The online statement, released late on Friday and signed by the Iranian Advisory …
Read More »Hundreds evacuated as Spain’s fire season starts early
26-03-2023 MADRID: Hundreds of people were evacuated as a major forest fire raged in Spain’s eastern Castellon province on Friday, marking an early start to the nation’s fire season amid bone dry conditions. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised full support to those who had fled their homes. “We’re looking …
Read More »‘Saudi Arabia eyes reestablishing ties with Syria’
26-03-2023 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks on resuming consular services, Saudi state media said Thursday, more than a decade after the Gulf kingdom cut ties with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “A discussion is underway between officials in the kingdom and their counterparts in Syria about resuming the …
Read More »Biden arrives in Canada to discuss migration challenges
26-03-2023 OTTAWA: US President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Canada where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with reports that a deal has been struck on managing undocumented migration across the neighbors’ long border. Trade, Canada’s anemic defence spending, and a potential international force to stabilize …
Read More »British-Pakistani diplomat Fouzia makes history again
26-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: LONDON: British Pakistani diplomat Fouzia Younis has made history once again as she has been appointed as His Majesty’s British Consul General to Toronto. Fouzia Younis, who is currently in Islamabad working as a senior British diplomat, will be leaving for Canada soon …
Read More »India firm’s licence cancelled after cough syrup deaths
25-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ TASHKENT: India has cancelled the manufacturing licence of a firm whose cough syrups been linked to 18 child deaths in Uzbekistan. The WHO in January had warned against the use of two cough syrups made by Marion Biotech, saying they were substandard. Marion …
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