‘Rare, dangerous’ heat wave to hit California, US West
LOS ANGELES: A record heat wave with temperatures of up to 125 Fahrenheit (49 Celsius) was set to punish California starting on Friday as another extreme weather event raised risks of more forest fires and rolling blackouts. The “deadly heat wave” of “rare, dangerous and very possibly fatal” temperatures was forecast across Southern California for […]
43 crew members missing after ship carrying 6,000 animals capsizes
TOKYO: More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea, the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday. A lone crew member from the Gulf Livestock 1 had been rescued so far. Three vessels, four aeroplanes and two divers were […]
Uzbekistan stages outdoor exams for 1.4m university applicants
TASHKENT: Tens of thousands of youngsters headed to sports arenas across Uzbekistan on Wednesday to sit university entrance exams in the open air due to the coronavirus pandemic. The massive exercise, which will span two weeks, will see more than 1.4 million applicants take a three-hour test while seated at desks on the running tracks […]
US Says It Won’t Join Global Effort To Develop Covid Vaccine
The Trump administration has said it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constrained by multilateral groups like the World Health Organisation. The decision to go for it alone, first reported by The Washington Post, follows the White House’s decision […]
Lt Gen Bajwa will explain, says Imran Khan’s minister after corruption scandal hits home
China Pakistan Economic Corridor chairman Lt General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa, who has landed in the middle of a scandal over his family’s rise in assets that coincided with his elevation in the army, will come up with a detailed explanation of the family’s growth in assets, Pakistan’s information minister Shibli Faraz said late on […]
Qatar introduces major changes to labour law
ISLAMABAD: Qatar has introduced major changes to its labour market and has ended the requirement for migrant workers to obtain their employers’ permission to change jobs, thus becoming the first country in the region to adopt non-discriminatory minimum wage. The new law, coupled with the removal of exit permit requirements earlier in the year, effectively […]
Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties
Two Katyusha rockets fell near Baghdad airport on Sunday but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said, the third such attack on sensitive sites in the capital this week. On Saturday, a rocket fell inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, while three others landed there on Thursday. Those […]
Turkish lawyer dies after 238-day hunger strike
ISTANBUL: A Turkish lawyer seeking a fair trial after being charged with membership of a terrorist organisation has died in an Istanbul hospital on the 238th day of her hunger strike. Friends said Ebru Timtik weighed just 30 kilograms at the time of her death late Thursday, which has sparked condemnation from opposition parties in […]
Afghanistan flash floods leave over 100 dead
CHARIKAR: Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched on Wednesday for survivors of flash floods that killed more than 100 people and destroyed hundreds of houses near Kabul, officials said. Troops pulled dozens of victims from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Charikar, capital of Parwan province, after torrential overnight rains fuelled fierce floods that swept through […]
Gunfire kills one as US protests over shooting of black man turn to chaos
A third night of street protests over the police shooting of a black man erupted into gun violence late Tuesday and early Wednesday in Kenosha city of Wisconsin, United States killing at least one person and wounding two, the county sheriff said. Social media videos showed people screaming amid close-up images of gunshot wounds after a night […]
