International

30-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SAO PAULO (BRAZIL):  India sets another coronavirus positive tests and deaths record while the Brazil still stands first in pandemic as global COVID data tallies confirmed. India’s total COVID-19 cases have passed 18 million after another world record number of daily infections, as …

30-04-2021 JERUSALEM: Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede at a Jewish pilgrimage site in the north of Israel, rescue services said. Magen David Adom, the Israeli emergency service, posted the updated toll on social media on Friday, adding “MDA is fighting for the lives of dozens wounded, …

29-04-2021 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States will be delivering COVID-19 relief materials worth over USD100 million to India in the coming days, the White House said as the first flight carrying urgent health supplies left for the country. The flight took off from the Travis Air Force Base on …

28-04-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AGRA: The harrowing image of a woman desperately giving Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to her dying husband in an auto rickshaw has gone viral on social media, and broken millions of hearts around the globe. India has been reporting more than 300,000 coronavirus infections over the …

28-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has struck a conciliatory tone towards the kingdom’s arch-nemesis, Iran, saying he sought “good” relations after reports the rivals held secret talks recently in Baghdad. The two countries, locked in a fierce struggle for regional …

28-04-2021 OUAGADOUGOU: Three European journalists, two from Spain and one from Ireland have been killed in an attack on an anti-poaching patrol in Burkina Faso, officials revealed Tuesday. “It is very unfortunate, but the three Westerners were executed by terrorists,” said a senior security source in the West African nation. …

27-04-2021 NEW YORK: A Reuters/Ipsos polling on Tuesday revealed more than half of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s performance after nearly 100 days on the job, a level of support that his Republican predecessor Donald Trump never achieved and one that should help Democrats push for infrastructure spending and …

27-04-2021 GENEVA: The situation in India, where COVID-19 cases have surged, is “beyond heartbreaking”, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is sending extra staff and supplies there to help fight the pandemic, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. “WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and …

27-04-2021 JERUSALEM: Palestinians gathered in celebration outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Sunday night after barriers put up by Israeli police were removed, allowing them access to a square that became the focus of nightly Ramadan clashes between the two sides. Thousands filled the East Jerusalem plaza late on Sunday, some …

27-04-2021 LONDON: Black women face a significantly higher risk of having a miscarriage than white, research suggests. The Lancet analysis of data on 4.6 million pregnancies in seven countries suggests being black increases miscarriage risk by 43%. It calls for people in the UK to be given support after their …