08-05-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: An Australian basketball player has threatened to boycott the upcoming Olympics due to an alleged lack of diversity in a promotional photo shoot. An image released this week showed Australian Olympians and Paralympians in sponsored outfits, but did not feature any athletes of color. WNBA …
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08-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: In a first, India on Saturday recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day, according to the government data. The 4,187 new deaths took India’s overall toll to 238,270 since the pandemic started. It added another 401,078 new cases in 24 hours taking its …
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08-05-2021 MINNEAPOLIS: A Federal Grand Jury indicted four former Minneapolis police officers on charges they violated George Floyd’s civil rights, according to a three-count indictment unsealed on Friday. Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, when former officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on the Black man’s back for more …
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08-05-2021 GENEVA/ BEIJING: The World Health Organization has approved the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm. Friday’s decision by a WHO technical advisory group, a first for a Chinese vaccine, opens the possibility that Sinopharm’s offering could be included in the United Nations-backed COVAX program in …
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08-05-2021 JERUSALEM: More than 170 Palestinian worshippers have been injured in clashes with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and elsewhere in occupied East Jerusalem, as weeks-long tensions between Israel and the Palestinians over Jerusalem soared again. Earlier in the day, tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers packed into the …
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07-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has started a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia in an effort to reset relations after tensions between the longtime allies in recent years. Khan’s arrival in Riyadh on Friday after an invitation from Saudi Crown …
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07-05-2021 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says there is no plan at this point to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend. The Long March 5B rocket blasted off from China’s Hainan island on April 29, carrying …
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07-05-2021 LONDON/ BERLIN/ PARIS: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain urged Israel to halt settlement-building in the occupied West Bank. The joint statement on Thursday came as tensions mounted in occupied East Jerusalem ahead of a hearing that could see Palestinian families forcibly displaced from Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood where …
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07-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Pakistan’s role in ending the Afghan war and working on a peace agreement is important, says US President Joe Biden. President Biden spoke with Democrat leaders on completing 100 days in government. From Pakistan, he spoke to Tahir Javed, a Pakistan-born US …
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07-05-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ NEW DELHI: Australia will resume repatriation flights for citizens in India after a controversial ban on arrivals from the country ends on 15 May. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has faced criticism for failing to help citizens trapped in the COVID-ravaged nation. The ban sparked further anger …
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