OSLO: Police in Sarpsborg in southern Norway arrested a man after three women were stabbed in several locations in the town late Tuesday (Jul 14), with one of the victims dying from critical injuries. Armed police were deployed to the town about 70 km south of Norway’s capital Oslo and […]
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NEW YORK: In a stunning reversal of policy, the Trump administration on Tuesday (Jul 14) abandoned an attempt to force out tens of thousands of foreign students following widespread condemnation of the move and pressure from colleges and major businesses. US officials announced last week that international students at schools […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia have set Aug 10 as the target date to start cross-border travel between the two countries for some residents and business travellers. Both countries have agreed to implement two schemes – the Reciprocal Green Lane and Periodic Commuting Arrangement, said a joint statement issued on Tuesday […]
NEW YORK: A one-year-old boy died in hospital after being shot in his stroller at a Brooklyn playground on Sunday (Jul 12). Toddler Davell Gardner Jr was killed and three men were wounded on Sunday after two gunmen opened fire at a family cookout in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, […]
REUTERS: A man charged with an anti-Hispanic attack at a Texas Walmart in 2019 that killed 23 people had mental disabilities that should raise a “red flag” to prosecutors seeking the death sentence, according to his lawyers. Patrick Crusius, 21, was diagnosed with severe, lifelong neurological and mental disabilities and […]
SKOPJE, North Macedonia: Small and landlocked North Macedonia, which votes Wednesday in a parliamentary election, made headlines when it changed its name to end a dispute with Greece last year. As the country prepares for the poll, here are five things to know about the Balkan state that emerged from […]
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Authority on Sunday (Jul 12) imposed a night-time and weekend curfew on the occupied West Bank for the coming 14 days to try and rein in rising COVID-19 numbers. “Travel will be prohibited daily from 8pm to 6am in all governorates,” as well as from Thursday evening […]
SYDNEY: An Australian man who pleaded guilty to killing 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s worst mass shooting in 2019 has decided to represent himself a month ahead of the sentencing hearing, the court said on Monday (Jul 13). Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty earlier this year to 51 charges of […]
TORONTO: Ontario Premier Doug Ford will announce details on Monday about the province’s third stage of reopening, his office said on Sunday (Jul 12), a step likely to end most restrictions introduced in March to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Stage 3 will allow “most remaining workplaces and […]
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said Sunday (Jul 12) he was “very distressed” over Turkey’s decision to convert the Byzantine-era monument Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. “My thoughts go to Istanbul. I’m thinking about Hagia Sophia. I am very distressed,” the pope said in the Vatican’s first reaction to a […]