08 February, 2020 SEOUL: Thousands of couples, some in facemasks tied the knot in a mass Unification Church wedding Friday, despite concerns in South Korea over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The church founded by Sun Myung Moon revered as a messiah by his followers distributed face coverings to …
Read More »Facebook’s Twitter & Instagram accounts hacked
08 February, 2020 DUBAI/ NEW YORK: Facebook’s social media accounts were temporarily taken over by a group of hackers on Friday afternoon. The hacking group OurMine posted on the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Facebook and Messenger, writing “even Facebook is hackable”. The accounts have now been restored. OurMine claims …
Read More »Fire-hit Australia faces ‘dangerous’ downpours
08 February, 2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is braced for severe wet weather this weekend as downpours ease the bushfire crisis in the region. Severe weather warnings for rain, winds and flooding have been issued for coastal areas of the eastern state. …
Read More »Antarctica logs hottest temperature on record of 18.3C
08 February, 2020 GENEVA: A record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica. The reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak temperature of 17.5C, in March 2015. The temperature was recorded in the Antarctic Peninsula, …
Read More »Passenger plane ‘almost hit’ by Israeli airstrike in Syria
07 February, 2020 DAMASCUS/ MOSCOW: A passenger plane in Syria was forced to re-route after it was ‘almost hit’ by the country’s missile defence system, Russia’s Defence Ministry says. According to a statement quoted by Russian media, the plane was about to land in Damascus when Syrian anti-aircraft fire responded …
Read More »Heavy rain extinguishes third of blazes in Australia
07 February, 2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Torrential rain across the east coast of Australia has extinguished a third of the fires in the region – and could put more out, officials say. A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales (NSW) has put out 20 of about 60 fires …
Read More »Al-Qaeda leader killed by US strike in Yemen
07 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: The United States has killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), President Donald Trump said. Qasim al-Raymi, who has led the jihadist group since 2015, was killed in a US operation in Yemen, the White House said. …
Read More »UK suffers continuous rise in anti-Jewish incidents
06 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ JERUSALEM: The number of anti-Jewish incidents logged in the United Kingdom (UK) last year hit record levels yet again amid accusations the opposition Labour Party had failed to tackle the issue within its ranks, a Jewish advisory body has said. The Community …
Read More »Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial
06 February, 2020 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial, ending a congressional bid to oust him from office that bitterly divided the US. The Senate, run by the president’s fellow Republicans, voted to acquit him 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on …
Read More »Govt Transfers Many Officials of GHMC
Hyderabad, Feb.5 : The State Government has issued the following transfers and postings of certain Additional/zonal commissioners of GHMC (among others) and accordingly the respective officers have been relieved from GHMC with immediate effect. The GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar said that the postings/transfers were affected as per the discussions held today …
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