International

28-06-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON: Britain’s financial regulator has said Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto-currency exchanges, cannot conduct any regulated activity and issued a warning to consumers about the platform, which is coming under growing scrutiny globally. In a notice dated June 25, the Financial Conduct Authority …

28-06-2021 PARIS: France’s far-right National Rally (RN) have failed to win their first ever region, as results from the second round of regional elections come in. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur was a target for Marine Le Pen’s party. But exit polls suggest their hotly-tipped candidate lost to the centre-right Republicans. The election …

28-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ JAMMU-KASHMIR: Two blasts took place at an Indian Air Force base in Jammu airport during the early hours of Sunday, according to various Indian media reports. The blasts, as per Indian media, were caused by drones while another IED explosive, meant for use in …

28-06-2021 COLOMBIA: Nine people, including four police officers, have died in three separate attacks across Colombia, which has seen a recent surge in violence and instability in several parts of the country. Three off-duty police officers died in an attack by armed men in the northeastern town of Pailitias, a …

28-06-2021 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS/ BAGHDAD: The United States said on Sunday it carried out a round of air raids against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone attacks against US personnel and facilities in Iraq. In a statement, the US military said it targeted operational and …

27-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SASKATOON (CANADA): Saskatoon’s Muhammad Kashif says he was taking his routine walk when a vehicle allegedly drove up and then someone stabbed him in the back multiple times. The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said the “serious assault” was reported in the 2900 block of Preston …

27-06-2021 IDAHO/ ALBERTA: Authorities in the western United States and Canada are warning residents to take precautions as a historic heat wave hit the region on Saturday, sending temperatures soaring and pushing local officials to open emergency cooling centers. All of the US states of Washington and Oregon and parts …

27-06-2021 RAMALLAH/ GAZA CITY: Angry demonstrators clashed with Palestinian security forces during a third day of protests in the occupied West Bank over the death of an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA) who died while in PA custody. Hundreds gathered in the city of Ramallah, the headquarters of the …

27-06-2021 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Authorities have announced a hard two-week lockdown in Sydney and some surrounding areas to contain the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant sweeping Australia’s largest city. Sydney’s streets were nearly deserted on Saturday as more than five million people across the city were subjected to the movement …

26-06-2021 BEIJING: A skull preserved almost perfectly for more than 140,000 years in northeastern China represents a new species of ancient people more closely related to us than even Neanderthals and could fundamentally alter our understanding of human evolution, scientists announced on Friday. It belonged to a large-brained male in …