Confessed journalist killer details murder plot in Maltese court
Reuters :A man who has admitted to taking part in the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia gave his first detailed account of the plot...
International
Number of twins being born at ‘all-time high’
AFP :More twins — almost one in 40 children — are being born than ever before, according to research published on Friday, citing the rapid...
Brussels bombers ‘murdered elderly man as a test’
BBC Online :Two brothers involved in the Brussels suicide bombings murdered an elderly man earlier to see what killing was like, according to a Belgian...
Dutch inventor of audio cassette dies
International Desk :Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, has died, reports UNB.Ottens died on Saturday at the age of 94, according to...
‘People are starving’: New exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray area
AP :Skinny, hungry, fleeing threats of violence, thousands of people who have been hiding in rural areas of Ethiopia’s Tigray region have begun arriving in...
Hong Kong activists urge EU not to ratify new deal with China
The Guardian :Hong Kong democracy activists have warned the EU it must not ratify its planned new investment deal with China at a time when...
Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 bill wins final approval in House
Reuters :The US House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in American history, a sweeping $1.9...
Ivory Coast PM Hamed Bakayoko dies at 56
News Desk :Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who was seen as a possible successor to President Alassane Ouattara, has died in Freiburg in southwestern...
Mamata Banerjee hospitalized
Online Desk:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been admitted to PG Hospital in Kolkata with injuries while campaigning for the Assembly elections. She is...
5 sentenced to life in Turkey for Russian envoy’s murder
AFP :A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced five men to life in jail for the 2016 murder of a Russian ambassador by a gunman who...
‘Covid-19 vaccine does not break Ramadan fast ‘
Al Arabiya :Taking a Covid-19 vaccine will not break a Muslim’s fast during Ramadan, British Islamic medical groups said after concerns were raised ahead of...
Report: China committing genocide against Uighurs
AFP :The Chinese government’s treatment of Uighurs has violated “each and every act” prohibited by the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, a report by dozens of...