17-12-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States Congress is considering legislation that would restrict the use of TikTok by government employees over security concerns that user data could be passed along to the Chinese government. The US Senate passed a bill earlier this week that would ban federal workers from using TikTok …
Read More »World’s largest cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin
16-12-2022 BERLIN: An aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early on Friday, prompting around 100 emergency responders to rush to the scene at an inner-city leisure complex, emergency services said. “In addition to the unbelievable maritime damage… two people were injured by glass splinters,” …
Read More »Fire near French city of Lyon kills 10, including 5 kids
16-12-2022 PARIS: Ten people, including five children aged three to 15, were killed in a fire in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Another four people were seriously injured in the fire, which started …
Read More »‘India develops bilateral ties with Afghan Taliban’
16-12-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Britain’s leading defence think-tank International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) has said in a report it appears that both India and the Taliban in Afghanistan are eager to build trust and develop bilateral relations. The report titled …
Read More »US is ‘all in’ on Africa’s future: Biden
16-12-2022 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has announced billions of dollars in new funding for Africa at a summit of dozens of the continent’s heads of state. “The United States is all in on Africa’s future,” President Biden told the 49 African leaders attending the Washington DC summit. It is …
Read More »Massive turnout in Australian Sikh Genocide Referendum
16-12-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A massive turnout of Sikhs at the ‘Australian Sikh Genocide Referendum’ car rally here has shocked India as all so-called ‘efforts’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government failed to stop activities of pro-Khalistan Sikh groups in western countries. More than 2,000 cars, jeeps and trucks took …
Read More »Climate change will fuel humanitarian crises in 2023
16-12-2022 MEXICO CITY: Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in 2023, adding to the issues created by armed conflict and economic downturns, according to a study by the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC). The agency, based in New York and led by former UK politician David Miliband, …
Read More »Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man
16-12-2022 NEW YORK: After a substantial decline in the value of his shares in the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla this year, Elon Musk is no longer the richest man in the world. According to Forbes and Bloomberg, Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods company LVMH, has surpassed Elon Musk …
Read More »100,000 nurses stage ‘last resort’ strike in UK over pay
16-12-2022 LONDON: Nurses in the United Kingdom have staged an unprecedented one-day strike as a “last resort” in their fight for better wages and working conditions. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are stopping work from 08:00 GMT to …
Read More »Iran ousted from UN women’s group after US campaign
16-12-2022 TEHRAN: Iran was ousted from a United Nations women’s group on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after Tehran’s crackdown on protests over the death of a young woman in custody. The 54-member UN Economic and Social …
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