Lake Maracaibo, lightning capital of the world
AFP :One firebolt after another illuminates a stilt-house settlement where the Catatumbo river flows into Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, the lightning capital of the world.Holder of...
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US, UK welcome China end coal funding
AFP :The United States and Great Britain on Wednesday welcomed China’s promise to end funding for coal projects overseas, but voiced hope the world’s largest...
Active COVID-19 cases lowest in 187 days in India
PTI :India added 31,923 new corona virus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,35,63,421, while the active cases declined to 3,01,640, the...
German youths yearn for change after a Lifetime of Merkel
AFP :For millions of young Germans, Chancellor Angela Merkel is the only leader they have known, a beacon of stability in a world plagued by...
Iran wants nuclear talks for lifting of sanctions
AFP :Iran’s new ultra conservative president on Tuesday voiced support for renewed nuclear negotiations in his international debut even as he hailed what he termed...
South Sudanese refugees homeless again
AFP :South Sudanese refugee Dawood Kour fled to Sudan to turn the page on a life of displacement, only tobe forced onto the streets once...
21 October ‘The Global Peace and Humanitarian Awards 2021 at Dubai
Online Desk :The Global Peace and Humanitarian Awards 2021″ is scheduled for October 21, 2021, instead of September 21, 2021, due to some internal reasons,...
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
AP, NEW YORK : COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population...
India to restart Covid vaccine exports in October
Reuters :India will resume exports of Covid-19 vaccines from the next month, prioritizing the global vaccine-sharing platform Covax and neighbouring countries first as supplies rise,...
IS claims attacks against Taliban
AFP :Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) on Sunday claimed weekend attacks against the Taliban in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, in two statements carried by IS’s propaganda...
US submarine deal, alliance could trigger ‘nuclear arms race’: North Korea
AFP :North Korea’s foreign ministry on Monday said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and Washington’s recent submarine contract with Australia could trigger a...
France cancels defence meeting with UK over submarine row
Reuters :France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine...