21-03-2021 JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just days before the country’s fourth general election in less than two years. Widespread protests have been taking place since July 2020, with people demanding Netanyahu’s departure over alleged corruption scandals and the …
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21-03-2021 WARSAW/ PARIS/ KYIV: Poland, France and Ukraine have introduced partial lockdowns as they battle surging coronavirus infections. Residents in Poland, parts of France, including Paris and the Ukrainian capital Kyiv faced new restrictions on Saturday, with most shops shut and people urged to work from home. The imposition of …
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21-03-2021 ATLANTA: Hundreds of people have demonstrated outside the Georgia state capitol building to demand justice for the victims of fatal shootings in the Atlanta area last week, as well as an end to anti-Asian racism and misogyny. Eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were killed when a gunman …
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20-03-2021 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Emergency authorities in Australia are warning of “life threatening” flash floods as torrential rains batter parts of the country’s east coast. Dozens of people have been rescued from floodwaters, and residents in many low-lying communities of New South Wales have been ordered to leave their homes. …
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WHO urges world to keep administering AstraZeneca’s vaccine 20-03-2021 GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called on the world to keep using AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, adding its endorsement to that of European and British regulators after concerns over blood clotting. “We urge countries to continue using this important COVID-19 …
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20-03-2021 WASHINGTON: The largest asteroid to sweep past Earth this year will make its closest approach on Sunday but scientists have told people not to panic as it poses no threat to the planet. The giant space rock that researchers call 2001 FO32 has a diameter of several hundred meters …
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20-03-2021 TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ OTTAWA: People across the world are observing Nowruz, the Persian New Year, today. Nowroz is celebrated yearly across the globe when the spring equinox begins and is the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. The day has Iranian and Zoroastrian …
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20-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful army chief has called on arch rivals India and Pakistan to “bury the past” and move towards cooperation, an overture towards New Delhi that follows an unexpected joint ceasefire announcement last month between the two countries’ militaries. General Qamar …
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20-03-2021 RIYADH/ SANA’A/ DUBAI: Saudi Arabia said drones struck an oil facility in the capital of Riyadh on Friday, igniting a fire at the installation. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted an official in the energy ministry as saying the dawn attack caused no injuries or damage, and did not …
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20-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban warned the United States on Friday against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan, promising a “reaction” though failing to specify exactly what it would be. The …
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