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Jerusalem: The Israeli Health Ministry has reported the country’s first suspected case of monkeypox after the viral disease has recently been detected across North America and Europe. Israel reported the first case of monkeypox on Friday evening, Xinhua news agency reported. Earlier on Friday, a man in his 30s returning from western Europe visited Ichilov […]

New Delhi: Italy, Sweden, Australia and Canada have joined a slew of countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox, signalling a global outbreak. Health officials in Australia have confirmed a case in Victoria and another likely case in New South Wales (NSW). According to Victoria’s Department of Health, a man, in his 30s, fell ill after […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 523.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.27 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

London: European and American health authorities have identified a number of cases monkeypox in recent days, mostly in young men. It’s a surprising outbreak of disease that rarely appears outside Africa. Health officials around the world are keeping watch for more cases because, for the first time, the disease appears to be spreading among people […]

Munich: Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova has a lover called Zelensky, the same name as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to reports, Daily Mail reported. Sanctions against the 35-year-old Katerina — imposed over her father’s invasion of Ukraine — have stopped her regular flights from Moscow to Munich to live with her new man, during […]

London: The US has confirmed the first case of Monkeypox in a Massachusetts man, while the infection spreads to Europe with 14 cases of the virus confirmed across the UK, Portugal and Spain. According to a statement from the US’ Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) the patient in Massachusetts had not recently travelled to […]

London: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an warning that more cases of the monkeypox virus could be reported in Britain. An investigation is underway by British health officials to detect the cause of the outbreak which has hit mainly London, now affecting nine people, Xinhua news agency reported. “Based on currently available information, […]

London: Climate change has made the record breaking heat waves in India and Pakistan over 100 times more likely, and also increased the chances that such events will occur more frequently in the future, according to a study by the UK Met Office. The analysis released on Wednesday means extreme temperature events once expected every […]

Boston: The US’ Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed a single case of monkeypox virus infection in an adult male with recent travel to Canada, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts said in a press release. According to the release, the initial testing was completed on late Tuesday at the State Public Health Laboratory in […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 525.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.43 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

Islamabad: A popular Pakistani social media figure with millions of followers is facing severe criticism after posing for a TikTok video of a forest fire. In 15 seconds video that has gone viral on the internet, TikToker Humaira Asghar can be seen walking playfully in a gown in front of a burning hillside with the […]

New Delhi: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outshone the galaxy of stars assembled at the Cannes Film Festival after he addressed the opening night crowd of actors and filmmakers, delivering an emotional plea on behalf of his war-torn country, reports ‘Variety’. Appearing via video, “Zelensky had festival-goers dabbing their eyes”. “We continue fighting,” Zelensky said. “We […]

Toronto: Canada has announced a ban on entry for Russian President Vladimir Putin and some 1,000 Russian nationals over the conflict in Ukraine, Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino said on Tuesday. “In the face of the Putin regime’s brutal attack, Canada stands with Ukraine and we will hold Russia accountable for its crimes,” Mendicino […]

New Delhi: Pakistans business hub Karachi continues to be rocked by bomb blasts. On Monday, one person killed and 11 injured when a crude bomb exploded near Iqbal Market and New Memon Mosque in Karachi’s Kharadar area. According to Karachi police, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted in a motorcycle to target a police […]

Kingston: President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated a street named in the honour of Dr B R Ambedkar here in the Jamaican capital and a monument highlighting the work of the architect of India’s Constitution. The newly-inaugurated avenue is the part of Tower Street in downtown Kingston, according to the Jamaica Information Service, a government […]

Sydney: The government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has committed to the construction of what will be the nation’s longest road tunnel that will stretch across the Blue Mountains on Sydney’s western edge. The proposal confirms an 11-km, toll-free tunnel, from Blackheath to Little Hartly, and promises to reduce travel time by […]

London: Google is facing a class-action lawsuit in the UK for allegedly using confidential medical records belonging to 1.6 million individuals for its artificial intelligence (AI) division called DeepMind. DeepMind allegedly passed data on patients for a smartphone app called ‘Streams’ that it received from the Royal Free NHS Trust in London, without the patients’ […]

Daejeon: Astronomers snapped an image of a supermassive black hole for the first time in history. This is the second result of the research team since 2019, when it presented a picture of the M87 black hole. The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) also participated in the research. Scientists said the result is […]

California: One person was killed, and five others were injured in a shooting on Sunday at a church in the western US state of California, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said. The shooting happened at the church on the 24000 block of El Toro Road in the City of Laguna Woods in Southern California’s Orange […]

Houston: Two people were killed and three others critically injured in a shooting at a flea market in Houston, the largest city of the US state Texas, authorities said. The shooting allegedly took place on Sunday due to a fight among the five male victims, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. The victims all appear to […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 521.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.26 million and vaccinations to over 11.40 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death […]

New York: Four red baby foxes in the US reportedly died in what is known as the first case of devastating bird flu H5N1 detected in wild mammals in the country. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed that three red fox kits died from highly pathogenic avian influenza. Earlier, Minnesota officials announced a […]

London: Maternal use of over-the-counter painkillers is about one and a half times more likely to increase the risk of delivering a baby with health issues, finds a study calling for reassessment of medical advice about the use of analgesics during pregnancy. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen in the UK analysed data from more […]

Colombo: Tourism industry in Sri Lanka is severely affected as the country is gripped by a severe economic crisis. Hotels are empty, and beaches are deserted in Colombo. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence with food and fuel shortages, soaring prices and power cuts affecting a large number of the citizens, […]