EDINBURGH: Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wore a tartan face mask on a recent visit to shops in Edinburgh, as they prepared to reopen after the long coronavirus lockdown. The local kilt manufacturer that makes the masks subsequently saw a huge increase in demand. At the same time, Sturgeon is […]
News
WASHINGTON, DC: The United States said on Friday (Jul 10) it was “disappointed” by Turkey’s decision to turn the Byzantine-era monument Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and urged equal access for all visitors. “We are disappointed by the decision by the government of Turkey to change the status of […]
WASHINGTON: A border clash has plunged ties between India and China to their lowest point in decades. But one beneficiary looks clear – the US-India relationship. Experts say India could finally end equivocation about openly aligning itself with the long-eager United States, although there will still be disagreements – which, […]
LOS ANGELES: With the start of the US school year only weeks away, Marina Avalos still has no idea how or where her 7-year-old daughter will attend classes. Like many mothers, Avalos is reluctant to send her child back to school at a time when coronavirus across the country has […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Friday (Jul 10) said it suspended more than 50 white nationalist accounts for violating policies against violent extremism. “The accounts in question were suspended for violating our policies in relation to violent extremism,” a Twitter spokesman told AFP, confirming a report by NBC News. The move […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second most-populous state on Saturday (Jul 11) reported one of its highest daily increases in new coronavirus infections and warned the numbers would get worse before they got better as it began its first weekend under a six-week lockdown. Victoria state recorded 216 new cases of the virus […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday (Jul 10) commuted the prison sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone, shielding the veteran Republican operative from 40 months behind bars. “Roger Stone is now a free man!” the White House said in a statement, days before he was to report to a […]
CHICAGO: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century: To the very origins of germ theory. The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged this week that the novel coronavirus can spread through tiny droplets floating in the air, a […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft’s LinkedIn was sued by a New York-based iPhone user on Friday (Jul 10) for allegedly reading and diverting users’ sensitive content from Apple’s Universal Clipboard application. According to Apple’s website, Universal Clipboard allows users to copy text, images, photos, and videos on one Apple device and then […]
GENEVA: Healthcare systems worldwide need to upgrade to control disease transmission and cope with large numbers of sick people during the coronavirus pandemic as well as future outbreaks, the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program warned on Friday (Jul 10). Dr Michael Ryan of the WHO, speaking […]