International

15-08-2024 ADDIS ABABA: has declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a “clarion call for action”. “I declare with a heavy heart but with an unyielding commitment to our people, to our African citizens, we declare mpox as public health …

15-08-2024 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has cancelled an acclaimed pianist’s upcoming recital after comments he made on the Israel-Gaza war. Jayson Gillham premiered Witness at a show at the MSO on Sunday. The piece was penned by another composer as a tribute to the Palestinian press. …

15-08-2024 BEIJING: Chinese car maker Zeekr says its new electric vehicle (EV) batteries charge faster than any of its rivals, including industry leader Tesla. The firm says its upgraded batteries can be charged from 10% to 80% capacity in 10 and a half minutes using its ultra-fast charging stations. In …

15-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Early on Friday morning, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor retired to sleep in a seminar hall after a grueling day at one of India’s oldest hospitals. It was the last time she was seen alive. The next morning, her colleagues discovered her …

15-08-2024 OHIO: A police officer accused of shooting a pregnant woman in Ohio has been charged with her murder. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was around 25 weeks pregnant at the time of her death last August. Her unborn daughter also died in the police shooting. On Tuesday, a grand jury in …

15-08-2024 TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which he says needs a “new start”. The 67-year-old LDP veteran is expected to step down as PM after the party elects a new leader in September. Support for Kishida, …

15-08-2024 JERUSALEM: A far-right Israeli minister has led hundreds of Jewish Israelis into Jerusalem’s most contested holy site, with many defying the Israeli government’s long-standing ban on Jewish prayer there. The visit by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as Temple Mount, has …

14-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Hospital services were disrupted in several Indian cities on Tuesday after a doctors’ protest spread nationwide following the rape and murder of a trainee medic in the city of Kolkata, authorities and media said. Thousands of doctors marched on Monday in Kolkata …

14-08-2024 LONDON: Seven people have been charged using terror laws over a Palestine Action protest at an Israeli-based defence firm’s site, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The incident happened at the Elbit Systems UK building near Patchway, Gloucestershire, on 6 August. The CPS said it would be submitting to the …

14-08-2024 WASHINGTON: The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations from the Trump campaign that it was targeted by hackers working for the Iranian government. “We can confirm the FBI is investigating the matter,” the agency said in a short statement on Monday without specifically naming the former president or …