16-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. The highly contagious disease – formerly known as monkeypox – has killed at least 450 people during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …

16-08-2024 NEW YORK: Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned from her position amid a free speech debate over campus protests of the war in Gaza. Shafik’s resignation comes only a year after she took the position at the private Ivy League university in New York City, and just a …

16-08-2024 DOHA/ CAIRO: A senior Hamas official told media that it will not participate in the indirect talks on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal due to resume in Doha on Thursday. The Palestinian armed group wanted a roadmap for implementing the agreement and would “not engage in negotiations …

16-08-2024 BERLIN: German state prosecutors trying to solve the mystery of who blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea in 2022 have issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian diving instructor. The suspect has been named as Volodymyr Z by German media, who have treated the …

15-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: Palestine’s UN envoy Riyad Mansour tells emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) that “Israel does not care about your condemnations” over the mass killing of civilians and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. The UN’s humanitarian agency tells UNSC that the recent attack on a …

15-08-2024 ADDIS ABABA: has declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a “clarion call for action”. “I declare with a heavy heart but with an unyielding commitment to our people, to our African citizens, we declare mpox as public health …

15-08-2024 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has cancelled an acclaimed pianist’s upcoming recital after comments he made on the Israel-Gaza war. Jayson Gillham premiered Witness at a show at the MSO on Sunday. The piece was penned by another composer as a tribute to the Palestinian press. …

15-08-2024 BEIJING: Chinese car maker Zeekr says its new electric vehicle (EV) batteries charge faster than any of its rivals, including industry leader Tesla. The firm says its upgraded batteries can be charged from 10% to 80% capacity in 10 and a half minutes using its ultra-fast charging stations. In …

15-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Early on Friday morning, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor retired to sleep in a seminar hall after a grueling day at one of India’s oldest hospitals. It was the last time she was seen alive. The next morning, her colleagues discovered her …

15-08-2024 OHIO: A police officer accused of shooting a pregnant woman in Ohio has been charged with her murder. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was around 25 weeks pregnant at the time of her death last August. Her unborn daughter also died in the police shooting. On Tuesday, a grand jury in …