08-07-2021 NEW DELHI: Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in Antarctica. Polar biologists stumbled upon a species of moss during an expedition to the ice-covered continent in 2017. Identification is laborious, and it took the scientists five years to confirm that the species had been discovered for the …
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08-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban launched a major assault on a provincial capital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the first since the US military began its final drawdown of troops from the country, as insurgents press on with a blistering offensive. Fierce fighting …
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08-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies DUBAI: A container ship anchored at one of the world’s largest ports in Dubai caught fire late on Wednesday, local authorities said, after an explosion shook the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates. The blaze sent up giant orange flames on a vessel at …
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08-07-2021 PARIS: A French court has convicted 11 of the 13 people charged with harassing and threatening a teenager over her anti-Islam online videos. The court on Wednesday sentenced the defendants to suspended prison terms of four to six months, meaning they will not serve time in jail unless they …
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08-07-2021 BAGHDAD: At least 14 rockets hit an airbase in western Iraq hosting US and other international forces on Wednesday, the latest in a series to tit-for-tat strikes with powerful Iran-aligned militias in the country. Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the US-led coalition, said that Al-Assad Air Base in western …
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07-07-2021 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ ISTANBUL: Top Biden administration officials on Tuesday hosted a brother to Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in the highest-level such visit known since the U.S. made public intelligence findings linking the crown prince to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Biden administration did …
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07-07-2021 AMSTERDAM: Crime reporter Peter R de Vries, known for his work in exposing the Dutch underworld, was shot and seriously wounded on a street in Amsterdam on Tuesday. “Peter R de Vries was shot down in Lange Leidsedwarsstraat,” police said in a statement, referring to a street near one …
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07-07-2021 KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Western intelligence chiefs are worried. They have good reason to be. The hurried departure this month of the remaining Western forces from Afghanistan, decreed by US President Joe Biden, has emboldened Taliban insurgents. In recent days they have seized one district after another, overrunning bases where …
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Bureau Report NEW DELHI + MUMBAI: Dilip Kumar, India’s enduring film legend through the decades, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday after prolonged illness, his family and doctors treating him said. He was 98. The actor, known to generations of film-goers as ‘tragedy king’ for his portrayal of the …
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07-07-2021 WASHINGTON/ LONDON/ TEHRAN: The United States and European powers have condemned Iran’s decision to produce uranium metal enriched to 20 percent purity but the US said the window for diplomacy to allow both to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal remained open. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) …
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