23-04-2023 BERLIN: The editor of a German magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated ‘interview’ with Michael Schumacher has been sacked. The magazine’s publisher has apologized to the Formula 1 legend’s family. Schumacher, a seven-time world champion, suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013 and has not …
Read More »Foreign states begin Sudan evacuations as fighting rages
23-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Some foreign nationals have begun evacuating from Sudan as the bloody fighting that has engulfed the vast African nation enters its second week. The bloody onslaught of urban warfare has trapped large numbers in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The airport has been repeatedly targeted and many residents have …
Read More »Thousands of Israelis rally against judicial reform plan
23-04-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of protesters have flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to express their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and its divisive plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. Crowds of Israelis held banners with the words “Crime Minister” overlaid on Netanyahu’s …
Read More »Kenya finds 21 bodies in ‘starvation cult’ probe
23-04-2023 NAIROBI: Kenyan police have exhumed human remains from more than a dozen suspected graves in the east of the country amid an investigation into followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. Police began exhuming bodies on Friday, said …
Read More »NYC’s Empire State Building glows green for Eid ul Fitr
22-04-2023 NEW YORK CITY: The Empire State Building in New York City (NYC) glowed in green in honor of Eid ul Fitr. The 102-story Art Deco skyscraper was illuminated in green hours after the announcement of Eid ul Fitr was made marking the conclusion of Ramadan, the ninth month of …
Read More »Clashes in Sudan on Eid confine millions to homes
22-04-2023 KHARTOUM: The struggle for primacy in Sudan entered the second day of Eid as the temporary ceasefire broke after some time it was announced by the warring forces of Army Chief Abdel Fattah-Al-Burhan and his rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The conflict has claimed the …
Read More »Earth Day is being observed globally today
22-04-2023 NEW YORK/ TOKYO: In a bid to create awareness among the masses about the importance of taking care of our planet, Earth Day is being observed on Saturday (today) across the globe including Pakistan. The United Nations calls the event ‘International Mother Earth Day’. Earth Day is usually celebrated …
Read More »WWII wreck on which nearly 1,000 Australians died found
22-04-2023 MANILA/ TOKYO: A wreck of a ship, the Montevideo Maru from World War II carrying more than 1,000 people has been found 4,000 meters deep into the sea that was destroyed off the Philipines by an American submarine, media reported Saturday. The ship carrying prisoners of war was hit …
Read More »Paris synagogue bomber convicted after 43 years
22-04-2023 PARIS: More than 42 years after the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue, a court in Paris has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian university professor of carrying out the attack. The judges decided that Hassan Diab, 69, was the young man who planted the motorcycle bomb in the Rue Copernic on …
Read More »US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access
22-04-2023 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues. In a split decision, it also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented by a lower court, essentially maintaining the status quo. The future of the …
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