Pandemic threatens New York’s iconic yellow taxis
AFP :They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis...
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Syrian army says air defenses intercepted ‘Israeli aggression’ Reuters
Syria’s army said on Monday the country’s air defenses intercepted an “Israeli aggression” over the capital, Damascus, in the latest stepped-up bombing of Iranian targets inside the country.State media did not give details of...
Suspected Islamists kill 16 in Congo
Reuters:Suspected Islamists killed three soldiers and 13 civilians and burnt down a church in a raid on a village in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, the army and a rights group said...
Biplab Deb says Amit Shah shared plans for BJP expansion to Nepal, Lanka
NDTV :Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has run into another controversy over his remarks on politics and policy, and this time it is international politics.At a BJP event in state capital Agartala, Biplab Deb...
Kosovo anti-establishment party set for landslide win
AFP :Kosovo’s left-wing reformists were headed for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, initial results showed Monday, handing them a strong mandate for change from voters fed up with the political establishment. The opposition...
Indian activist Disha Ravi accused of sedition
BBC :A 22-year-old Indian climate activist has been arrested after sharing a document intended to help farmers protest against new agricultural laws.Disha Ravi is accused of sedition and criminal conspiracy.The document she shared –...
Massive blasts at bordering area of Iran-Afghanistan
Reuters :At least 60 people were injured as hundreds of fuel vehicles exploded in a massive blaze that tore through a customs post in Afghanistan close to the Iranian border, disrupting power supplies and...
Anti-government protests turn violent in Bangkok
BERNAMA :The anti-government protests in Bangkok turned violent on Saturday night with a number of injuries and arrests reported.Thai anti-government protesters returned to the streets in Bangkok on Saturday, where they gathered at the...
Kosovo holds early parliamentary election for 120-seat legislative body
VOA :Kosovo is going to the polls Sunday in an early parliamentary election after the country’s Constitutional Court invalidated the vote to confirm the government formed by the Democratic League of Kosovo, or LDK.More...
Egypt unearths ‘world’s oldest’ mass-production brewery
AFP :A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said on Saturday.The site...
Covid: New Zealand’s Auckland lockdown ordered
BBCNew Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered the country’s biggest city Auckland to go into lockdown after the discovery of three new local cases of Covid-19.The measures will last three days and require...
Guinea sees first Ebola deaths since 2016
Al Jazeera :Three people died of Ebola and another five tested positive for the virus in southeastern Guinea, the first possible resurgence of the disease there since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013.One of...