Spanish nursing home residents greet friends, family from behind windows
Reuters, Barcelona :From behind the large windows of Barcelona’s Centre Parc nursing home, elderly residents blow kisses, give virtual hugs and speak to loved ones...
International
Foreign interference main challenge facing Iraq, says France’s Macron
Reuters, Baghdad :French President Emmanuel Macron pledged support for Iraq on Wednesday and said the main challenges facing the country are Islamic State militants and...
Cambodia genocide: Khmer Rouge prison chief Comrade Duch dies
Comrade Duch, a former senior figure of the Khmer Rouge convicted of crimes against humanity in Cambodia, has died.He was serving a life term after...
‘Now we are ruined’: Lebanon’s embattled savers try to rebuild
Reuters, Beirut :Like many Lebanese expatriates, Nadim Srour wired savings back as a nest egg for his return. Now those deposits have crumbled in an...
India secures its east after western Himalaya clashes with China
Reuters :India has moved troops to its eastern stretch of border with China since clashes erupted between the nuclear-armed rivals on the western part of...
Trial of suspected Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices begins
Reuters, Paris :Fourteen alleged accomplices to the Islamist gunmen who attacked the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015 went on trial on Wednesday, as...
Niger floods kill 51, drive thousands from their homes
Reuters, Niamey :Severe flooding in Niger this month has killed 51 people and destroyed thousands of homes after torrential rains caused rivers to burst their...
Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero ‘abducted in Dubai’
The daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in a Hollywood film about the Rwandan genocide, has appealed for help to secure his release, saying...
Venezuela pardons dozens of opposition politicians ahead of polls
Al Jazeera News :Venezuela said on Monday that it had pardoned more than 50 opposition politicians, including 20 legislators who had been accused of conspiring...
China detains Australian host for Chinese state TV
The New York Times :Investigators in China have detained an Australian journalist who has been a host on Chinese state-run television, the Australian foreign ministry...
Heavy price: China threatens Czech official over Taiwan visit
Al Jazeera News :Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said Czech senate speaker Milos Vystrcil would “pay a heavy price” for violating the so-called “One China”...
India`s Covid-19 cases top global rank as more of economy opens
Reuters : India reported 78,512 novel coronavirus infections on Monday, more than any other country but fewer than the previous day when it posted the...