Napoleon hat may fetch up to 600,000 euros at auction
AFP :A hat worn by Napoleon during his 1807 military campaign against Prussian and Russian forces could fetch 600,000 euros ($710,000) when it goes on...
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Easter bombings: Sri Lanka probes charges against spy agencies
Al Jazeera :Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation into allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people...
Oregon wildfire displaces 2,000 residents as blazes flare across US West
Reuters :Hand crews backed by water-dropping helicopters struggled on Thursday to suppress a huge wildfire that displaced roughly 2,000 residents in southern Oregon, the largest...
Covid shatters Hajj dreams of older pilgrims
AFP :Samia Ahmed saved up for 16 years, but like many older Muslims she fears that renewed Covid-19 curbs will prevent her from ever making...
Biden and Merkel ‘united against Russia aggression’
BBC Online :The US and Germany will stand together against Russian aggression, President Joe Biden said as he welcomed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington.Mr...
All passengers survive after plane landing in Siberia
Reuters :All 19 people on board a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane that vanished from radars in Siberia survived after the aircraft made a hard...
World leaders dial in as NZ hosts special APEC meeting on pandemic
Reuters :US President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and other world leaders meet virtually on Friday for the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC,...
20 dead in Germany flood
AFP :Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 20 people in Germany and left around 50 missing, as rising waters led...
EU court says headscarves can be banned at work
Reuters :Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union’s top court said on Thursday in a ruling on...
India records 41,806 fresh Covid cases
PTI :India recorded 41,806 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,09,87,880, while the active cases increased to 4,32,041, according to the Union Health...
Three more Thai islands open to vaccinated travellers
AFP :Three more Thai islands opened to vaccinated foreign tourists on Thursday despite a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant.The islands...
South African govt plans troop surge to quell unrest
Reuters :South Africa plans to deploy up to 25,000 soldiers in two provinces where security forces are struggling to quell days of looting, arson and...