16-01-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI/ When Edison Davis and Augustine Nemus set out to fish from India’s southern coast on 27 November, they promised their families they would be home for Christmas. Then, there was no word from them for weeks. The two men were part of a …
Read More »British drone user raises shark alarm in Australia
16-01-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE/ BRISBANE: A British father used his drone to save beachgoers from a potential attack after spotting three sharks stalking the shores of a popular beach in Australia. David Alphonso, his wife Kirsty and their two-year-old sun Sonny were enjoying a family day out with …
Read More »Dozens injured in shooting near London church
16-01-2023 LONDON: Police have released details of a car they want to trace after a seven-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries in a drive-by shooting at a London church. A 12-year-old girl and four women were also injured at St Aloysius Church in Euston when shots were fired from a moving …
Read More »China records 60,000 COVID-linked deaths in month
16-01-2023 BEIJING: China has reported 60,000 COVID-related deaths in just over a month, the first major death toll released since the country stopped its zero-COVID policy. China has been widely accused of underreporting coronavirus deaths, despite evidence of hospitals and crematoriums being overrun. According to officials, China recorded 59,938 COVID-related …
Read More »Plan for a million Christians to visit Jesus site
16-01-2023 AMMAN: Today the River Jordan lacks its biblical proportions, but some 200,000 visitors still flock to the traditional spot for Christian baptisms in Jordan in a typical year. I watch as groups from the US and Europe take turns to dip cautiously in the narrow breadth of muddy water …
Read More »Japan to release radioactive water into sea this year
16-01-2023 TOKYO: Japan says it will release more than a million tonnes of water into the sea from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant this year. After treatment the levels of most radioactive particles meet the national standard, the operator said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the proposal …
Read More »Thousands rally against President Saied in Tunisia
16-01-2023 TUNIS: Thousands of protesters angry at Tunisia’s economic crisis and the president’s increasingly authoritarian drift marched on Saturday through the capital, responding to a call from opposition parties to mark 12 years since Tunisian protesters unleashed Arab Spring uprisings around the region. The protest move comes after disastrous parliamentary …
Read More »California battles deadly storms and more flooding
16-01-2023 CALIFORNIA: Around 25 million people in California are under a flood watch this weekend as the latest in a parade of deadly storms drenches the state. Several waterways have flooded, at least 19 people have died and thousands have been told to evacuate their homes. In Montecito, a town …
Read More »UN urges Taliban to void bans on women
16-01-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Several members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have urged the Taliban to end its repressive treatment of women in Afghanistan, as the group continued to impose restrictive policies on their education and work. The 15-member UNSC met privately on …
Read More »Plane with 72 people on board crashes in Nepal
15-01-2023 KATHMANDU: At least 44 people have been killed after an aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal. The plane was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday when it crashed. Pokhara is a bustling tourist town about 200km (124 miles) west of Kathmandu. There were 72 people …
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