WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump condemned protests in Portland, Oregon, and violence in “Democrat-run” cities on Sunday (Jul 19) as his Republican administration prepared to intervene in urban centres he says have lost control of anti-racism demonstrations. Federal law enforcement officers, armed with a new executive order aimed at protecting […]
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More than 100 wild animals, including at least eight rare rhinos, have died in recent flooding at a national park in north-eastern India, officials say. The Kaziranga park in Assam state is home to the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinos, which faced extinction at the turn of the century. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, one of the Amazon rainforest’s best-known defenders, is “stable” after receiving a blood transfusion in hospital, his institute said on Sunday (Jul 19). Raoni, a chief of the Kayapo people in northern Brazil, has been hospitalised since Thursday for weakness, shortness of breath, […]
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday (Jul 19) he was “absolutely confident” in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted labs conducting COVID-19 research, branding the behaviour “outrageous and reprehensible”. Britain, the United States and Canada on Thursday accused a hacking group called APT29 […]
Japan is aiming to invite Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd or other global chipmakers to build an advanced chip manufacturing plant jointly with domestic chip equipment suppliers, the Yomiuri daily reported on Sunday. TOKYO: Japan is aiming to invite Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd or other global chipmakers to build […]
PARIS: While the cinema drive-in may have gotten a boost as lockdowns gradually come to an end amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Paris film fans can now munch on their popcorn watching a movie from a boat on the river Seine. As part of Paris Plages, the yearly transformation of […]
PARIS: The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday (Jul 18) threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo on Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged “all foreign […]
MONTREAL: A glacier-viewing tour bus rolled over at a popular tourist spot in the Canadian Rockies on Saturday (Jul 19), killing three people and seriously injuring several others, news reports said. The all-terrain vehicle rolled off the road near the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park, Alberta, national broadcaster CBC […]
MANILA: Indian ship worker Tejasvi Duseja is desperate to go home after months stranded offshore by coronavirus border closures and lockdowns that have left more than 200,000 seafarers in limbo. From engineers on cargo ships to waiters on luxury cruise liners, ocean-based workers around the world have been caught up […]
Mask-wearing is not common in Australia and has not been part of the country’s COVID-19 response until recently MELBOURNE: Australia’s second-biggest city will make it compulsory to wear a mask in public, authorities announced Sunday (Jul 19), as Melbourne steps up efforts to bring a coronavirus outbreak under control. […]