21-08-2024 LONDON: Police in England and Wales strip search a child every 19 hours, sometimes fail to carry out those searches correctly, and disproportionately search Black children, the country’s Children’s Commissioner said on Monday. Strip searches of children became a focal point of broader police conduct concern in 2022 following …

21-08-2024 CHICAGO: President Joe Biden cemented the Democratic Party’s elevation of Kamala Harris to lead the fight for the White House against Republican Donald Trump with a convention speech on Monday that praised his vice president as the best hope for preserving American democracy. Biden took center stage on opening …

21-08-2024 TEL AVIV/ CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a “bridging proposal” presented by Washington to tackle disagreements blocking a ceasefire deal in Gaza, and urged Hamas to do the same. Blinken spoke to journalists after a day of …

21-08-2024 LONDON: The recent UK riots ignite memories of racist violence in 20th century. Immediately after a stabbing attack on young girls, rumors started circulating on social media about the background of the British born 17-year-old suspect and these false posts claimed that the suspects name was Ali Al Shakti …

21-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KATHMANDU: Indian Instagram users were much tickled by an Australian company selling Himalayan shilajit for Indian Rs. (₹) 3,700 per 15 grams. A desi product in videshi packaging has once again taken the internet by storm. Indian Instagram users were much tickled by …

20-08-2024 JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has described his three-hour meeting with Antony Blinken as “positive” and says it was “conducted in good spirit”. The US Secretary of State is making his ninth trip to the region since Israel’s war on Hamas began in October. The US expressed optimism about a ceasefire …

20-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: The murder and rape of a trainee doctor as she took a rest during a long shift in a Kolkata hospital has highlighted the vulnerability of medics left without proper protections and facilities, her colleagues and friends said on Thursday. The 31-year-old, …

20-08-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: A prison break in central Haiti has resulted in the deaths of at least 11 inmates, the authorities said, the third such incident this year amid a continuing humanitarian crisis fueled by gang violence. Police said inmates broke out of a prison in the coastal city of Saint-Marc, …

20-08-2024 GAZA CITY/ KHAN YOUNIS: Israeli forces wounded a Palestinian journalist, covering the expanding ground invasion of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, after shooting her in the back, according to local media reports. Israel’s military said its soldiers are operating in central Deir el-Balah, which has so far largely been …

20-08-2024 LONDON: UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny. Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right “extremism”. Cooper said the strategy will “map and …