Category: World
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Indian police probe Twitter over Kashmir map
NEW DELHI: -Indian police have filed preliminary charges against senior Twitter officials over an inaccurate map of the country, an official said Tuesday, in the latest escalation between the US firm and New Delhi. Uttar Pradesh state police said the criminal case was filed against two Twitter India officials late Monday following a complaint from…
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Lapid, first Israeli diploma, arrives in UAE
ABU DHABI: Israel´s top diplomat Yair Lapid arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday on the first ever official visit by an Israeli minister, after the two nations normalised ties in September. Lapid landed at Abu Dhabi airport shortly after tweeting a picture of himself in a plane, with the caption: “Taking off for…
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India´s holy Ganges River casts out corona dead
ALLAHABAD, India: Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges river, a reminder of how India´s ferocious coronavirus wave overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Families in India´s north and east gave up the bodies of their loved ones to the river or buried them in shallow…
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US transgender student wins war against boys bathroom
WASHINGTON, United States: The United States Supreme Court granted a final win to a transgender high school student, Monday, who had fought for years to use the boys’ bathroom. The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear an appeal filed by Virginia school administrators who oppose allowing transgender teens to use bathrooms…
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Bring back Kohinoor to Pakistan: LHC to hear petitioner tomorrow
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has fixed for hearing on July 01 a petition praying the court to order government for bringing back Kohinoor diamond to Pakistan from UK. A single bench of LHC led by Justice Shahid Wahid will take up for hearing a petition filed by Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffri on Monday.…
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World s second largest hydropower dam goes online in China
Beijing: China began operating the world”s second-largest hydropower station on Monday in what officials hailed as a milestone towards Beijing”s carbon neutrality goals, despite warnings of environmental damage. The 289-metre (948 feet) high Baihetan Hydropower Station in southwest China, second in the world only to the country”s Three Gorges Dam in terms of power generation,…
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Another Muslim assaulted in Canada’s Saskatoon city
SASKATOON, Canada: A Muslim man was assaulted in what appears to be another hate crime, in Canada’s Saskatoon city. According to CBC, the man was “stabbed, beaten and had his beard cut” in an attack which took place early Friday morning. The victim, identified as Muhammad Kashif, said that he was near his parked car…
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Prince William called Meghan a ‘merciless woman’
LONDON: Prince William and Prince Harry’s rift appears to have worsened far beyond repair, in spite of the calm image they put up for the world. As per the Daily Mail, even though the two warring brothers were seen walking side by side and chatting after the funeral of Prince Philip in April, things behind…
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Biden, Ghani discuss US troops pullout
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani discussed winding down of the Resolute Support Mission and with that the transition to a new relationship with Afghanistan and with the Afghan forces. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of ensuring that Afghanistan never again serves as a safe haven for terrorists. On Friday, a…
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Scientists say new human species ‘Homo longi’ the closest ancestor
WASHINGTON: Scientists announced Friday that a skull discovered in northeast China represents a newly discovered human species they have named Homo longi, or “Dragon Man” — and they say the lineage should replace Neanderthals as our closest relatives. The Harbin cranium was discovered in the 1930s in the city of the same name in Heilongjiang…