08-09-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Munni Begum was 10 when her mother made her drop her last name. At that time, she did not understand why. She often accompanied her mother and grandmother as they juggled multiple cleaning, cooking and caregiving jobs in the Indian capital, New Delhi …

08-09-2022 LONDON: Doctors are concerned about the health of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and recommended the monarch remains under medical supervision, Buckingham Palace said. The announcement on Thursday came a day after the 96-year-old monarch cancelled a meeting of her Privy Council and was told to rest. The palace said …

08-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ MOHENJO-DARO: The devastating floods in Pakistan have caused significant damage to Mohenjo Daro, a famous 4,500-year-old archaeological site in the southeastern Sindh province which UNESCO has declared a World Heritage site. The area in Sindh’s Larkana district received more than 1,400mm …

08-09-2022 CALIFORNIA: Apple on Wednesday is expected to unveil a new range of iPhone 14 models and Apple Watches that will test how willing consumers are to upgrade gadgets in the face of inflation and economic gloom. Analysts expect Apple to announce that the latest iPhones can send emergency messages …

08-09-2022 LONDON: The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss has selected a cabinet where for the first time a white man will not hold one of the country’s four most important ministerial positions. Truss appointed Kwasi Kwarteng whose parents came from Ghana in the 1960s as Britain’s first Black finance …

08-09-2022 OTTAWA: The suspect sought by Canadian authorities in a weekend stabbing spree that killed 10 people in and around an indigenous reserve was arrested on Wednesday but suffered unspecified “medical distress” and died a short time later at a hospital, police said. Official word that the four-day manhunt for …

07-09-2022 BEIJING/ SICHUAN: A video recorded from the dashboard camera of a car shows the terrifying moment when an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres …

07-09-2022 MOGADISHU/ ADDIS ABABA: The Horn of Africa region is on the brink of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations and several aid organizations have said. Millions of people are facing food insecurity, as scientists and aid groups warned that Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could be experiencing their worst …

07-09-2022 WASHINGTON: Former Pentagon chiefs warned Tuesday that the deep divisions in US politics are putting unwanted pressure on the armed forces and expressed concern that civilian political interference in the military could worsen. Eight former defence secretaries and five ex-joint chiefs chairmen signed a statement on 16 “Best Practices …

07-09-2022 DUBAI/ RIYADH: Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant Netflix remove content deemed offensive to “Islamic and societal values” in the region, according to Saudi Arabia’s media regulator. It did not specify the content but mentioned that it included content aimed at children. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya …