WELLINGTON: New Zealand said on Wednesday (Jul 8) that a 32-year-old man who tested positive for COVID-19 will be charged after briefly absconding from an isolation facility in Auckland, the latest slip-up as the country tries to keep coronavirus cases at its border. The man, who was in quarantine after […]
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: Many U.S. colleges were scrambling on Tuesday (Jul 7) to modify plans for the fall semester in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic a day after the Trump administration issued an order that could force tens of thousands of foreign students to leave the country if their schools […]
ROME: A hospital in Rome said on Tuesday (Jul 7) it had successfully separated two-year-old twins joined above the nape of their necks, after three risky surgeries. Joined skull to skull, sisters Ervina and Prefina were born with a condition the Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) Pediatric Hospital in Rome called […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand police and security services were warned of a threat against another mosque for the same day that a gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch in 2019, an Islamic women’s group told an inquiry into the shooting on Tuesday (Jul 7). The Islamic Women’s Council of New […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populated state Victoria is considering a four-week lockdown after recording the biggest one-day surge in new COVID-19 cases, The Australian newspaper reported on Tuesday (Jul 7). The number of COVID-19 cases in the Victorian capital of Melbourne has surged in recent days, prompting authorities to enforce strict […]
NEW YORK: A white woman who called police and falsely accused an African-American man of threatening her life after he asked her to leash her dog in New York’s Central Park is being criminally charged over the incident, Manhattan’s district attorney said on Monday (Jul 6). Amy Cooper, 41, whose […]
DUBAI: Iran’s hardline lawmakers plan to summon the president for questioning, a move that could ultimately lead to impeachment, media reported on Monday (Jul 6), amid growing discontent over the government’s economic policies. Iranians’ daily struggle to make ends meet has become harder since the reimposition of US sanctions in […]
LONDON: Britain’s separation talks with the European Union resume Monday (Jul 6) with few signs of compromise on a new trade agreement and time running out to avoid a messy split. London will host EU negotiator Michel Barnier after a round of face-to-face talks ended a day early last week […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexican police have arrested three men over a bloody gun attack on a drug rehabilitation centre that left 27 people dead, the local prosecutor’s office said on Sunday (Jul 6). Gunmen burst into the centre in the city of Irapuato in the central Guanajuato state last Wednesday, forcing […]
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina will make creditors an improved offer and extend negotiations on restructuring US$66 billion in debt through the end of August, President Alberto Fernandez said on Sunday (Jul 5). “The new offer will be made known today. It will be open until the end of August. It is […]