10-05-2021 JERUSALEM: After hundreds of Palestinian protestors sustained injuries during clashes with Israeli forces in Jerusalem over the weekend, the country vowed Sunday to restore order as a key court hearing on a flashpoint property dispute was postponed. The area around the revered Al-Aqsa mosque has seen several nights of …
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10-05-2021 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: The remains of a Chinese rocket that was hurtling back towards Earth have crashed into the Indian Ocean, the country’s space agency says. The bulk of the rocket was destroyed as it re-entered the atmosphere, but state media reported that debris landed just west of the Maldives …
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09-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ DASHT-E-BARCHI (AFGHANISTAN): As sunset approached, Latifah was busy preparing food for her family to break their fast when she heard a loud boom echo through the sky. The sound shook her two daughters, nine and six, who had just returned from …
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09-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies GUJARAT/ NEW DELHI: Dozens of patients those were just recovered from COVID-19 infection have become blind across India especially Gujarat, Assam, Orissa Bihar and many other parts of the country, sources told PMI. Cases of Mucormycosis, a fungal infection, affecting COVID-19 survivors …
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09-05-2021 BEIJING/ WELLINGTON/ WASHINGTON: Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend. The main segment from the Long March-5b vehicle was used to launch the first module of China’s new space station last month. At 18 tones it is one …
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09-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who won re-election Saturday, has risen from humble roots to spar with prime ministers and presidents since taking charge of the British capital five years ago. The 50-year-old politician from the main opposition Labour party, …
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08-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 Shia Muslims and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack Afghan President Ashraf Ghani blamed on the insurgent Taliban. A senior …
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08-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies JEDDAH/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia and longstanding ally Pakistan signed several agreements on Saturday and vowed to revive ties strained by months of disagreement over policy on the Kashmir dispute. On his seventh visit to the wealthy kingdom since his 2018 …
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08-05-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: An Australian basketball player has threatened to boycott the upcoming Olympics due to an alleged lack of diversity in a promotional photo shoot. An image released this week showed Australian Olympians and Paralympians in sponsored outfits, but did not feature any athletes of color. WNBA …
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08-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: In a first, India on Saturday recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day, according to the government data. The 4,187 new deaths took India’s overall toll to 238,270 since the pandemic started. It added another 401,078 new cases in 24 hours taking its …
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