International

27-05-2023 BEIJING: China is preparing for a potential new wave of Covid-19 infections, with projections indicating that the number of cases could reach as high as 65 million per week by the end of June. This forecast is alarming for a country that only a few months ago had implemented …

27-05-2023 MOSCOW/ KYIV: At least two people have been killed and 23 injured in a missile strike on a medical clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor says. Of the 23 injured, 21 are in hospital and three are in a serious condition. Two boys aged …

27-05-2023 ISTANBUL: The two weeks between Turkey’s first and second round of voting has seen a marked change in campaign intensity as the country enters the uncharted territory of a presidential run-off. Sunday will be the first time Turkish voters have ever had to go to the ballot box for …

27-05-2023 BELGRADE: Small groups of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have clashed with police while trying to block the entrance of municipal buildings to prevent recently elected officials from entering, according to local media. Police fired tear gas and several cars were set ablaze on Friday. In response to the …

27-05-2023 MEXICO CITY: A study has identified more than 5,000 new species living in deep-sea habitats in the Pacific Ocean in a region known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a seabed targeted for mining in the coming years. The zone extends roughly 6 million sq km (2.3 million sq miles) …

26-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s new parliament is set to be inaugurated this weekend amid a political row as 19 opposition parties say they will boycott the ceremony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the building on Sunday but opposition leaders say India’s president, the highest constitutional …

26-05-2023 MEXICO CITY: A volcano southeast of the Mexican capital spewed more gas and ash into the sky on Tuesday as authorities maintained their warning level at one step below red alert. The only time the Popocatepetl volcano triggered a red alert on the government’s stoplight-style system since emerging from …

26-05-2023 DHAKA: Bangladesh will take steps to tackle and prevent unlawful practices or interference in its elections, authorities said, a day after the United States threatened curbs on citizens of the South Asian nation who undermine them. Concern flared after accusations of vote rigging and targeting of the political opposition …

26-05-2023 CONAKRY: With the acrid smell of burning tyres hanging in the air, Conakry resident Mariame Diallo pointed to blood splatters on a wall where she said her teenage brother was shot at close range during a protest in the capital against Guinea’s military government on May 11. “I will …

26-05-2023 SYDNEY: When conwoman Melissa Caddick vanished from her luxurious eastern Sydney home in November 2020 with only her partially decomposed foot found washed up on a beach months later it set off a frenzy in Australia. The case blindsided investors, baffled police, and captured the imagination of a nation. …