Beijing: China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory “unacceptable” on Tuesday after over a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs on visitors from the world’s most populous nation. The United States, Canada, Japan and France are among the countries insisting all travellers from China provide negative Covid tests before arrival, as […]
VATICAN CITY: Former Pope Benedict XVI, aged 95, passed away at his Vatican residence on Saturday.”With sorrow, I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican. Further information will be provided as soon as possible,” Vatican News tweeted. Pope Francis had asked […]
Sao Paulo: Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday at the age of 82 — triggering a wave of tributes from the sports world and beyond. The Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo said in a statement his death […]
KATHMANDU: Communist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal will be the new Prime Minister of Nepal. Dahal known as ‘Prachanda’ was appointed as Prime Minister by President Bidya Devi Bhandari. The President had earlier invited the parties to prove their majority in Parliament. Prachanda had the support of the opposition Communist Unified Marxist-Leninist Party and other smaller […]
KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was released from a Nepali jail on Friday. Sobhraj, 78, whose life was chronicled in the successful series “The Serpent”, was to be transferred to immigration detention ahead of his scheduled deportation to France, police said.Nepal’s top […]
Washington: Lawmakers investigating last year’s assault on the US Capitol recommended Monday that Donald Trump be charged with multiple offenses including insurrection — raising the stakes in a parallel criminal investigation that could put the former president in jail. The House of Representatives select committee called for the indictment — as well as charges of […]
DOHA: After a 3-3 tie in which Lionel Messi scored twice, Argentina defeated France 4-2 in a penalty shootout to win their third World Cup. A brilliant hat trick by Kylian Mbappe highlighted the game as the defending champions recovered from 2-0 down after 80 minutes. One of the greatest finals in history was played […]
KAMBALA: A hippo that rarely attacks human beings swallowed a two-year-old boy alive. The hippo swallowed the boy in western Kasese of Uganda on Sunday. The boy identified as Iga Paul was playing outside his home when the hippo grabbed him by the head and swallowed half of his body. Police credited a witness Chrispas […]
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met for the first time at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. Before the start of the summit, Prime Minister Modi met with recently appointed British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after meeting US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron. Britain’s […]
MALE: Ten people have reportedly died in a fire in a building where foreign workers live in Male, the capital of the Maldives. Maldivian authorities said ten bodies were found on the top floor of the building. Security officials said nine Indians and one Bangladeshi are among the dead. It is reported that the fire […]