LONDON: The British government broke the law by failing to publish details of billions of pounds of spending on personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, a London court ruled today. As Covid-19 swept across the world last year, Britain scrambled to secure protective gear for medics and nurses on […]
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DUBAI: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, state media said on Friday, days after the White House said it would deal with the king, not his heir, and US officials would engage their counterparties in the kingdom. Crown Prince Mohammed, who is also […]
BEIJING: China’s military today named four soldiers killed in a brawl with Indian forces last year, the first confirmation of deaths by Beijing from the border clash that also killed at least 20 Indian soldiers. The Chinese soldiers “sacrificed themselves” during the June confrontation in the contested Galwan Valley border […]
NAYPYITAW: Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for tougher international action against the new junta today after Washington announced a first round of sanctions following six days of pro-democracy demonstrations. Security forces carried out another series of arrests overnight, with those detained including at least one […]
The White House spokesperson was responding to a question on an influential immigration advocacy group representing Indian-Americans urging the Biden administration not to issue the most sought-after H-1B work visa to any individual born in India, till the time the discriminatory country-cap on green cards or permanent legal residency is […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump should be barred from ever holding office again, impeachment prosecutors said on Thursday (Feb 11), as they urged the Senate to convict the former president for inciting the violent Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol. President Joe Biden said the case against his 74-year-old predecessor presented […]
Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi had voted in favour of impeaching Trump in the House of Representatives, so did the three other Indian-American lawmakers — Ami Bera, Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal. Indian-American lawmakers on Wednesday supported the impeachment of former president Donald Trump for inciting his supporters for violence […]
The officer, Derek Chauvin, believed that the case against him was so devastating that he agreed to plead guilty to third-degree murder. But at the last minute the deal fell apart after William Barr, the attorney general at the time, rejected the arrangement. It was three days after George Floyd […]
The United States and United Nations condemned the use of force against protesters who are demanding the reversal of the Feb. 1 coup and the release of Suu Kyi and other detained leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) and activists. Protests spread across Myanmar on Wednesday after the […]
China has decided to provide 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to COVAX to meet the urgent needs of developing countries, at the request of the WHO, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said. China on Wednesday said it would provide 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the global COVAX […]