COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister said on Sunday, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country’s economic crisis deepened. Petrol and diesel queues snaked through the capital for kilometres, though most pumping stations have been without fuel for …
Read More »India facing ‘possible collapse as a nation’, says Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
The biggest crisis that India is facing today is the “possible collapse as a nation”, Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said. Speaking at the inauguration of Amartya Research Centre in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area, Sen said that people should work towards maintaining unity and added that divisions should …
Read More »Palestinians hand bullet that killed journalist to US for examination
RAMALLAH/ WEST BANK: The Palestinian Authority has handed the bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to US authorities for forensic examination, a Palestinian official said on Saturday. Abu Akleh was killed on May 11 while covering an Israeli military raid in the Palestinian city of …
Read More »‘Alien things’ near border brought COVID-19 to North Korea, says Pyongyang
The COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea began with citizens coming into contact with “alien things” near the border with South Korea, state media in Pyongyang reported on Friday. This was found during an investigation by the State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). …
Read More »India’s monsoon rains cover entire country but still down on average
NEW DELHI: India’s annual monsoon covered the entire country on Saturday, six days earlier than usual, the state-run weather office said, but rain totals are 5% below average so far this season. The monsoon, critical for farm output and economic growth in the world’s second-most populous country, arrived on the …
Read More »NATO invites Finland, Sweden to join, says Russia is a ‘direct threat’
MADRID: NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality. NATO’s 30 allies took the decision at their summit in Madrid …
Read More »US mother found guilty of starving 18-month-old son to death
A Florida mother has been found guilty of starving her 18-month-old son to death after feeding him only vegetables, fruits and breast-milk. Sheila O’Leary, a vegan woman, was convicted by a local court last week and faces life behind bars, with the sentencing scheduled for July 25. The toddler, Ezra, …
Read More »No respite in sight for Afghanistan
By Shahabullah Yusufzai | Design: Mohsin Alam PUBLISHED July 03, 2022 PESHAWAR: Nine-year-old Abdullah Jan sits on the debris of his house, the sole survivor of his family of 12 in Gayan district of Paktika province. Another elderly woman Bibi Khawa of Pakitika province, while lying in the hospital herself, …
Read More »Rising from the ashes
By Abdur Razzaq | PUBLISHED July 03, 2022 PESHAWAR: Qari Hakeem Ullah, a 36-year-old resident of Shehr Gyan area, Gyan district of Paktika province of Afghanistan, is among the survivors of the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan earlier last week. Many were still sleeping when the earthquake jolted the …
Read More »Banning plastic makes Indian city of Indore cleanest in country
NEW DELHI: As the central Indian city of Indore braces up to be ranked as the cleanest city in the country for the sixth consecutive term, the city officials said the feat was achieved by banning the usage of single-use plastic. On the eve of International Plastic Bag Free Day, …
Read More »