Mexico deports 300 Indian nationals in ‘unprecedented’ move
NEW DELHI: More than 300 Indian nationals who paid tens of thousands of dollars each trying to get into the United States arrived in New Delhi Friday after an “unprecedented” mass deportation by Mexico. The move, which saw those deported flown back to the capital on a charter flight, follows a deal on illegal migration […]
Cartel gunmen free El Chapo’s son from Mexican police while terrorizing city
MEXICO CITY: Heavily armed fighters surrounded security forces in a Mexican city on Thursday and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s sons, after his capture triggered gunbattles and a prison break that sent civilians scurrying for cover. Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said a patrol by National Guard militarized police first […]
Instagram Gives Users More Control Over Data Shared With Third-Party Apps
Instagram has introduced a new option that gives users more control over the data the photo-sharing platform shares with third-party apps, it announced in a blog post late Tuesday. The Facebook-owned social media company emphasised that it wished to “protect the data people share with us” and said it was “introducing new in-app features to help you […]
NASA unveils high-tech spacesuits for upcoming Artemis moon program
WASHINGTON: Bye bye to bunny hops: when US astronauts next touch down on the Moon, expect them to walk almost as they do on Earth, thanks to a new generation of spacesuits offering key advantages over those of the Apollo-era. Prototypes of the Orion Crew Survival Suit that will be worn on the journey and […]
Newborn girl rescued after being found buried alive in Indian cemetery
LUCKNOW, India: Doctors on Wednesday hailed as a “miracle” the survival of a newborn girl found several days after being buried alive, as police hunted for her parents who have been charged with attempted murder. The nearly eight-day-old baby was found in a clay pot by a father Thursday when he was digging a grave […]
Canadian vote, deciding who governs could take weeks
OTTAWA: Opinion polls suggest no party will gain a majority of seats in the Canadian election on Oct. 21. That leaves the two frontrunners – Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative opposition leader Andrew Scheer – trying to govern with a minority. Six parties are contesting the election. Here’s how events could play out […]
Pakistan: FIA arrest man for blackmailing girl
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday arrested a man accused of blackmailing a women. According to the agency, the woman filed a complaint against the suspect — identified as Pervaiz — and said he had been blackmailing her through inappropriate pictures. The FIA said the suspect was arrested and that their officials had […]
Big Temperature Drop; Overnight Freeze Warning Issued
Weather Service has issued a freeze warning from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday for many of Chicago’s far western suburbs. The areas under the warning include McHenry, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and DeKalb counties. Friday afternoon, Chicago is expected to see temperatures fall into the 40s with potential wind chills in the 30s. Sunday’s Chicago […]
8 civilians killed in Kurdish mortar attack in Turkey
ISTANBUL: Eight civilians were killed and 35 injured in a mortar attack by Kurdish forces on a Turkish border town on Friday, the local governor´s office said. Turkish authorities say eight civilians have been killed in a Turkish border town following a mortar attack from Kurdish-held Syria, bringing the civilian death toll in Turkey since […]
Four stabbed in Manchester as Police arrest a 40-year-old suspect
MANCHESTERCounter-terrorism police are investigating after four people were stabbed in a busy Manchester shopping centre (Arndale). Eyewitness reported that a man began ‘randomly’ stabbing people. One person is said to be seriously injured following the attacks outside the Next store inside the shopping centre. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “Shocked by the incident in Manchester […]
