13-05-2022 DUBAI: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, state news agency WAM reported on Friday. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs condoles the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nation and the world over the demise of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed …
Read More »‘Thousands kids likely died at US Indigenous Boarding Schools’
13-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW YORK/ HOUSTON/ MELBOURNE: An investigation found hundreds of children died in at least 53 separate burial sites at federal Native American boarding schools across the US, as the number is expected to rise to tens of thousands. The initial findings of the …
Read More »Sri Lankans flee Colombo as relaxation in curfew
13-05-2022 COLOMBO: Many Sri Lankans thronged buses in the main city Colombo on Thursday to return to their hometowns during a brief relaxation in curfew, imposed after the Prime Minister quit and went into hiding and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa warned of anarchy. The island nation off India’s southern tip, which …
Read More »Beijing denies lockdown rumours as Shanghai hunts elusive COVID
13-05-2022 SHANGHAI/ BEIJING: Beijing denied it was heading for lockdown as panic buying gripped the capital on Thursday, while Shanghai combed the city for lingering COVID-19 cases in the hope of clearing the way to escape from weeks of painful restrictions. Daily cases in Beijing have remained in the dozens, …
Read More »Black hole scientists to announce Milky Way galaxy discovery
13-05-2022 WASHINGTON: Scientists are set to announce on Thursday what they call a “groundbreaking” Milky Way discovery in what could be the release of an image of the supermassive black hole lurking at our galaxy’s center and devouring any matter wandering within its gargantuan gravitational pull. The researchers are part …
Read More »India’s top court puts colonial-era sedition law on hold for review
12-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law that critics say is often used to stifle dissent, pending a review. The 152-year-old law, which the British colonial government used against Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders of a campaign for …
Read More »Palestinians mourn Al Jazeera journalist at state service in Ramallah
12-05-2022 RAMALLAH/ OCCUPIED WEST BANK/ JERUSALEM: A state service for the slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is expected to begin shortly in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, a day after she was martyred by Israeli army. Abu Akleh’s body left the Istishari Hospital in the occupied West Bank …
Read More »UK strikes security agreement with Sweden & Finland
12-05-2022 STOCKHOLM/ LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said he had agreed new deals with Sweden and Finland to bolster European security, pledging to support both countries’ armed forces should they come under attack. The agreements, described by Britain as “a step-change in defence and security cooperation”, will …
Read More »Consumer price gains slow in America but inflation still hot
12-05-2022 WASHINGTON: US consumer price growth slowed sharply in April as gasoline prices eased off record highs, suggesting that inflation has probably peaked, though it is likely to stay hot for a while and keep the Federal Reserve’s foot on the brakes to cool demand. That aspect was reinforced by …
Read More »HK police arrest Catholic cardinal on national security charge
12-05-2022 HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, and four others who helped run a now-disbanded humanitarian fund for protesters, all on charges of “collusion with foreign forces”, a legal source said. Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop …
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