Columbus statue toppled by race protesters in Baltimore
Protesters in the US city of Baltimore pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus — the Italian navigator who reached the Americas in 1492 — on Saturday. This is the latest monument to be toppled in anti-racism demonstrations. Statues of figures connected to colonialism and slavery have been ripped from their plinths in the United […]
Kanye West again says he will run for president
Washington DC (ANI): Rapper Kanye West, in an Independence Day tweet, on Saturday (local time) announced that he is running for the president of the United States. The 43-year-old musician said used the hashtag “2020 vision,” appearing to indicate he plans to toss his hat in the ring for this fall’s election, The Hill reported. […]
Hajj 2020: Saudi Arabia imposes new health protocols to stem spread of COVID-19
SAUDI ARABIA (Reuters) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has imposed a new set of instructions for Hajj 2020 pilgrims in a bid to keep the COVID-19 from spreading, as new cases of the infection continue to emerge from several countries across the globe. Saudi Arabia decided in June to limit the number of domestic […]
2 dead, 14 injured in shooting at college party in Texas
GREENVILLE: A shooter opened fire at a party in the Texas city, leaving at least two people dead and some 14 others wounded, local police said on Sunday, according to international media reports. Police were called to the off-campus homecoming party — organised at The Party Venue on Highway 380 — where the shooting took place, […]
Covid-19: Australia to seal off virus-hit state as outbreak worsens
Australia will effectively seal off the state of Victoria from the rest of the country, authorities said Monday, announcing unprecedented measures to tackle a worrying surge in coronavirus cases. For the first time since the pandemic began, the border between Australia’s two most populous states — Victoria and New South Wales — will be closed […]
Dubai reopens doors to tourists after long shutdown
DUBAI: The city-state of Dubai, known for its mega malls, high-end restaurants and five-star hotels and resorts, has now reopened its doors to international visitors Tuesday with a “welcome” passport sticker and coronavirus tests on arrival, in the hope of reviving its tourism industry after a nearly four-month closure. But businesses are mainly betting on […]
India: Four people arrested after drugging, gang raping 44-year-old woman in Mumbai
She thought she was going to attend a children’s birthday party but instead, the 44-year-old victim was allegedly gang raped on June 24 by four men in Mumbai, who have now been arrested. According to the police, one of the accused, Abdul Jilani Sheikh, invited the unidentified victim over, saying that it is a children’s […]
U.S. withdrawal from WHO to take effect July 2021
WASHINGTON – The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6, 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving formal notification of the decision by President Donald Trump more than a month ago. Trump had to give one-year notice of the US withdrawal from the Geneva-based UN agency under a 1948 […]
dozens wounded as Iraq protests flare again
BAGHDAD: Two people were killed in southern Iraq and 26 were wounded in Baghdad on Saturday, police and hospital sources said, as demonstrators and security forces clashed in protests against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s government. The unrest followed a day of violent protests in which at least 52 people were killed around the country […]
Melania Trump Statue Set on Fire in Slovenia
A wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated US Independence Day, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture. Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as […]
