11-03-2022 OSLO/ COPENHAGEN: Xpeng has started taking pre-orders on its mass market P5 electric sedan in four European countries as the Chinese rival to Tesla continues its aggressive international expansion. The P5, which was first revealed nearly a year ago in China, can be reserved by customers in Denmark, the …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine fail to reach deal on cease-fire
11-03-2022 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Talks between Russia and Ukraine have failed, with foreign ministers from both countries making no progress on a potential cease-fire agreement. The discussions came a day after Russian forces bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, an attack which Ukrainian authorities say killed three people, including one child. …
Read More »Indian balloon seller girl becomes glamorous model
10-03-2022 Bureau Report KERALA/ NEW DELHI: A young girl selling balloons on the streets of Kerala, India, attained overnight fame after pictures of her went viral on social media when a photographer decided to carry out a professional photo-shoot for her. According to NDTV, the photographer, Arjun Krishnan, posted a …
Read More »Transgender man gives birth to baby boy
10-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON: A transgender man gave birth to a baby boy who couldn’t get pregnant while going through his transitioning phase. Ryan Sanderson, who is 24-years-old and was born a female had been taking testosterone for nine months, found out that he had gotten …
Read More »Nasrallah slams US’ double standards on human rights
10-03-2022 BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement condemned the US’ double standards on human rights, saying Washington has remained silent on Israeli atrocities against Palestine and the horrendous criminal acts that the Saudi-led coalition is perpetrating in Yemen. “While US officials accuse Russia of committing war …
Read More »Australia declares floods a national emergency
10-03-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Australia has declared the devastating flooding along its east coast a national emergency, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced protests during his visit to the heart of the disaster zone. The emergency declaration, which was set up after Australia’s destructive 2019 bushfires, …
Read More »Europe faces refugee crisis as millions enter from Ukraine
10-03-2022 LVIV/ MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russian troops are constantly advancing on Ukrainian territory and are now deployed a few kilometres away from the capital Kyiv as 1.2 million people from eastern Ukraine have entered Poland, making it Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II. Russian troops were surrounding the key …
Read More »Biden bans Russian oil imports to US
09-03-2022 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil and other energy imports on Tuesday in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, underscoring strong bipartisan support for a move that he acknowledged would drive up US energy prices. “We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas …
Read More »Russia warns ‘West’ of $300 per barrel oil
09-03-2022 MOSCOW/ DUBLIN: Western countries could face oil prices of over $300 per barrel and the possible closure of the main Russia-Germany gas pipeline if governments follow through on threats to cut energy supplies from Russia, a senior minister said on Monday. Oil prices spiked to their highest levels since …
Read More »‘Post COVID brain scan reveals shrinkage’
09-03-2022 LONDON: COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reducing grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damaging areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has found. According to BBC, scientists said that the effects were even seen in people who had …
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