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12-05-2021 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: A night of heavy bombardment on the Gaza Strip has continued into Wednesday morning as Israeli forces launched intensive raids on various locations across the besieged coastal territory. Local sources said Israeli fighter jets bombed sites belonging to Palestinian armed groups, in addition to security and …

12-05-2021 PARIS: Around 400 million people are at risk across the world as hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heat-waves, and pollution, according to a report released Wednesday. Fast-expanding urban areas are home to more than half the population of the planet …

12-05-2021 WASHINGTON/ VIENNA: US motorists have been urged to not hoard fuel as supplies tighten due to a major pipeline remaining shut after a cyber-attack. Some drivers in the south east were seen stocking up as petrol stations began running dry and prices rose. The average price for petrol was …

12-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a variant of COVID-19 behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world. The UN health agency on Wednesday said the B.1.617 variant of the …

12-05-2021 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: Palestinian militants say they fired 130 missiles at the Israeli city of Tel Aviv after an Israeli air strike felled a tower block in the Gaza Strip. The 13-storey building was attacked an hour and a half after residents and local people were warned to evacuate, …

12-05-2021 Bureau Report MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to Britain for the Group of Seven (G7) summit next month because of the coronavirus situation in the country, the foreign ministry said late on Tuesday. “While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by …

11-05-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday, targeting several areas after rockets were fired from the enclave. Health authorities in Gaza said at least 28 Palestinians including 10 children were killed in Israeli air strikes on the strip since late …

11-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + BBC + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ CHRISTMAS ISLAND/ MELBOURNE/ KARACHI: As Press Media of India (PMI) and Messenger have already been revealing and exposing Australia especially its former and present regimes, officials, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), political, social and religious parties, native people and migrants, infrastructural …

11-05-2021 MOSCOW: A school shooting in Russia’s southwestern city of Kazan has left at least 11 people dead, most of them children, Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing local emergency services. Russian media said at least eight children were among those killed in the attack on Tuesday. Two …

11-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING: China’s population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday. The growth of 5.4% since the last census in 2010 reflects fears of a looming demographic crisis amid an ageing society and slowing birthrates, with a …