Austria court overturns primary school headscarf ban
BBC Online :Austria’s constitutional court has struck down a law prohibiting primary school children from wearing specific religious head coverings.It said the law was aimed...
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NASA picks 18 astronauts for moon mission training
The New York Times :NASA on Wednesday introduced the group of astronauts it has chosen for upcoming missions to the moon.The program, called Artemis, aims...
Sri Lanka cremates Muslim Covid-19 victims against religious wishes
AFP Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overriding the families’ objections against the contentious policy, reports AFP.The...
Migrant caravan sets off to US from Honduras, risking new tensions
Reuters, San Pedro Sula :A few hundred Hondurans formed a caravan bound for the United States on Wednesday after hurricanes battered the country, posing a...
Boris Johnson confuses India’s farmer protest with Pakistan!
Al Jazeera news :UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was slammed on social media on Wednesday after implying India’s farmers’ protest against new laws was an...
S Korea building container hospital beds as Covid cases rebound
Al Jazeera News :South Korea authorities were scrambling on Thursday to build temporary hospitals in shipping containers to alleviate medical facilities stretched by the latest...
Indonesia holds nationwide polls despite virus warnings
AFP, Jakarta :Indonesia held nationwide regional elections Wednesday with more than 100 million voters eligible to cast a ballot, despite warnings the poll would worsen...
Iran ‘makes arrests’ over scientist’s killing
BBC Online :Some of the individuals involved in the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist have been arrested, an Iranian parliamentary adviser has said.Hossein Amir...
Ex-WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya hospitalised
NDTV :Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was rushed to a hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon after he his breathing-related problems aggravated, sources...
India says it may approve Covid-19 vaccine in weeks
Al Jazeera News :India’s Health Ministry has announced that some COVID-19 vaccines are likely to receive licences in the next few weeks and outlined an...
Iraqis slowly rebuild Mosul, with little aid from govt
AP, Mosul :Anan Yasoun rebuilt her home with yellow cement slabs amid the rubble of Mosul, a brightly colored manifestation of resilience in a city...
Chopper crash in Alps, kills 5
Reuters, Paris :Five people were killed in a helicopter crash in the French Alps on Tuesday and a sixth was injured and fighting for his...