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23-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern after nearly two dozen cases had been detected across the country so far. The variant AY.1, identified locally as Delta Plus and first identified in Europe, has been found in at least 22 cases …

23-06-2021 NEW YORK/ RIYADH/ ISTANBUL: Four Saudis who were involved in the 2018 killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the State Department, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The training was provided by …

23-06-2021 LONDON/ KARACHI: After six months of deliberation, a team of international lawyers has unveiled a new legal definition of “ecocide” that, if adopted, would put environmental destruction on a par with war crimes, paving the way for the prosecution of world leaders and corporate chiefs for the worst attacks …

23-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ DUSHANBE: The Taliban has captured Afghanistan’s main border crossing with Tajikistan, an Afghan provincial official and army officer said on Tuesday, with some security forces abandoning their posts and fleeing across the frontier. The seizure of Shir Khan Bandar, …

Hyderabad Jun 23 (Newslines): The shrine of Imam Ali Razaa.s has been beautifully decorated and illuminated on all sides in regard with the occasion of birthday (Yum-e-Viladat) of Imam Rezaa.s in which around six hundred (600) servants were engaged to look out and do the work. According to reliable sources of …

22-06-2021 Bureau Report + BBC CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Australia’s government has lashed out after a United Nations report claimed it had not done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change. UN body UNESCO said the reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that …

22-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India on Monday began a nationwide campaign of free COVID-19 shots for all adults after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had caused acute shortages and intensified a deadly second wave that killed hundreds of thousands in April and May. Earlier this month, …

22-06-2021 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump considered sending US citizens infected with the coronavirus to Guantanamo Bay, according to a new book “Don’t we have an island that we own?” Trump asked staff in the Situation Room in February 2020, the Washington Post reported. “What about Guantanamo?” Guantanamo Bay is a …

22-06-2021 GAZA CITY/ UNITED NATIONS/ JERUSALEM: Hamas’s talks with the United Nations UN) over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip have failed, the group’s leader in the enclave said. “This was a bad meeting and it was completely negative,” Yahya Sinwar said on Monday. “The meeting with the UN …

21-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has opened up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off a muted International Yoga Day, hailing the practice’s “protective” properties against the virus. The country’s vaccination drive has significantly slowed in …