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Washington: Jill Biden is helping National Geographic promote its upcoming documentary series on U.S. national parks. The first lady introduces each installment of “America’s National Parks,” a five-night series scheduled for broadcast on consecutive nights beginning Aug. 29. She introduces the series from the Grand Canyon and encourages people to visit. “America’s national parks are […]

Karachi: Pakistan, which has topped all charts when it comes to the ill-treatment of women, is now catching eyeballs for a shameful act where a security guard kicked a pregnant woman outside an apartment building, media reports said. The gruesome act was captured in Closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage. The police arrested the security guard […]

Athens: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has denied involvement in a scandal related to the tapping of an opposition leader’s phone by the country’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) over several months. “What was done, may have been legal, but it was wrong. I knew nothing about it, and obviously I would never have approved anything […]

Washington: Former US President Donald Trump has said that his home in Florida has been “raided” by the FBI. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump added on Monday in a statement released through his political action committee — […]

Ankara: A freighter carrying maize from Ukraine on Monday reached Turkey, becoming the first vessel to reach its final destination since a deal was made to release stores of food that have been stuck in Black Sea ports since Russia began its invasion of Kiev in February. The Turkish-flagged Polarnet reached Kocaeli, on the Sea […]

Colombo: Over 5.5 million vehicles have been registered with Sri Lanka’s national fuel pass or QR code system, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said on Monday. A total of 1,246 gas stations in the country now follow the QR code system and 4.3 million transactions have been completed, Xinhua news agency quoted Wijesekera […]

Havana: One person was killed and 122 others were injured after a massive fire triggered a series of explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba’s port of Matanzas, the Ministry of Public Health said, adding that 16 people were still unaccounted for. A crude oil tank at the facility was engulfed in a huge […]

Islamabad: Backchannel talks between Pakistan and India have met a dead end as both sides have struggled to agree on the moves that may pave the way for slow but gradual improvement in the relationship, a media report said citing an informed source. “Talks have been going on but have reached a point where things […]

Washington: A shooting in the US city of Cincinnati has left at least nine people wounded, police said. The suspected shooter fled the scene after opening fire in a crowded area on the city’s Main Street and remains at large, dpa news agency quoted the Cincinnati Police Department Assistant Chief Mike John as saying at a […]

Hyderabad: In a chilling video that is now going viral across social media platforms, three young boys can be seen trying to save their pet dog from the grip of a python. Populists uniting to save America from the Uniparty pic.twitter.com/ijJJO2IrBs — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 6, 2022 The video that is presumably shot […]

New York City: The Indian Consulate in New York City has expressed grief over the death of Mandeep Kaur, an Indian-origin who committed suicide and said that it will render all kinds of assistance required. This comes after Kaur, who was tortured at the hands of her husband, allegedly committed suicide on August 3 after […]

Beijing: Beleaguered Taiwan on Saturday appealed for international help as it grappled with “simulated attacks” by the Chinese military around the self-ruled island, as Beijing stepped up provocative drills and warplane incursions in the Taiwan Straits in retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s high-stakes visit to Taipei. “Our government and military are closely monitoring […]

Johannesburg: The average life expectancy in the African region has increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019, the WHO has said, describing the rise greater than in any other region of the world during the same period. But the World Health Organisation also cautioned that the advent of the COVID-19 […]

Tokyo: Japan on Saturday marked the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima that took place in the final days of the Second World War. A moment of silence was observed at 8.15 a.m., the exact moment when a uranium bomb dropped from a US bomber detonated over the city on August 6, 1945, […]

New York: A McDonald’s worker in New York’s Brooklyn who was shot point-blank in a spat over cold french fries has died, police said. Following the Monday night shooting, Matthew Webb, 23, had been on life support at Brookdale Hospital and died on Friday, reports dpa news agency citing the police as saying. The suspect, […]

London: British health authorities said Friday the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemic’s growth rate has slowed. The U.K.’s Health Security Agency said in a statement there were “early signs that the outbreak is plateauing,” with 2,859 cases detected since May. No deaths have been reported. Last month, authorities […]

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu did the entire nation proud when she won a gold medal in the 49 kg category at Commonwealth Games 2022 being held in Birmingham, England. She lifted a total of 201 kg in snatch and clean and jerk. Chanu received praises from her admirers in India, but a special compliment recently […]

Hyderabad: A war might be tearing both their countries apart, but a Russian man and a Ukrainian woman have proved that nothing can come in between true love. #WATCH | Himachal Pradesh: Sergei Novikov, a Russian national tied the knot with his Ukrainian girlfriend Elona Bramoka in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Dharamshala on August […]

New York: Nearly 1.7 million men who have sex with men face the biggest threat from monkeypox in the US, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates show. According to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, gay and bisexual men who are HIV positive face the greatest health risk from monkeypox, CNBC reported. Men taking medicines, called […]

Washington: The federal government declared a public health emergency Thursday to bolster the response to the monkeypox outbreak that has infected more than 7,100 Americans. The announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on many parts of the body. […]

San Francisco: After several media outlets reported that Elon Musk may soon get to build his private airport outside of Austin, Texas, the tech billionaire denied the rumours and said it “would be silly”. On the microblogging site, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO slammed the plans to develop a new private airport, mentioning that the news […]

Washington: Four US police officers have been arrested and charged over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman who was killed in her home in Kentucky in March 2020 during a “no-knock” search warrant. The federal indictment announced on Thursday by Attorney General Merrick Garland accuses the four officers — Joshua Jaynes, Kelly Hanna […]

Hyderabad: The record for ‘longest fingernails on a pair of hands (female)’ and ‘longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever’ were both broken by Diana Armstrong of Minnesota, the United States. The total length of Diana’s fingernails as of 13 March 2022 was 1,306.58 cm (42 ft 10.4 in), which is longer than a […]

Beijing: China on Wednesday commenced military drills around Taiwan’s main island, according to Chinese state media, hours after US House Speaker departed from Taipei following a visit that has rankled Beijing. Live-fire drills began in six identified zones around the island at noon local time, Al Jazeera reported citing China state media. According to Xinhua […]