6 people, assailant dead in Walmart shooting: Police
Chesapeake: A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Virginia late on Tuesday, leaving six people dead, police said, in the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days. The assailant is also dead. The store in Chesapeake is now safe, Officer Leo Kosinski said in the early hours of Wednesday. The shooting came […]
Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan
Islamabad: The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium on Wednesday, signalling the religious extremist group’s resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s. The office of the governor of Logar province, south of the […]
Magnitude 5.9 quake hits northwest Turkey, 68 injured
Ankara (Turkey): A magnitude-5.9 earthquake hit a town in northwestern Turkey early Wednesday, causing damage to some buildings and widespread panic. At least 68 people were injured, mostly while trying to flee homes. The earthquake was centred in the town of Golkaya, in Duzce province, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of Istanbul, the Disaster […]
Indonesia quake death toll rises to 268; 151 still missing
Cianjur (Indonesia): The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java leapt to 268 on Tuesday as more bodies were found beneath collapsed buildings, and 151 people are still missing, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. Agency head Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians only goes by one name, told reporters that […]
38 killed, two injured in China plant fire
Beijing: A massive fire at a cloth manufacturing company in central China’s Henan province has killed at least 38 people, local officials said on Tuesday. It took firefighters more than four hours to douse the fire that broke out on Monday at the plant in the Wenfeng district of Anyang city in Henan province, according […]
China anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impact
Beijing: More than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily average is rising, the government said on Tuesday, adding to pressure on officials who are trying to reduce economic damage by easing controls that confine millions of people to their homes. The ruling Communist Party promised […]
Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member: UN chief
United Nations: Asserting that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or a family member, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that violence against them is the most pervasive “human rights violation” in the world and called on governments to implement national action plans that tackle this scourge. […]
Strong quake topples houses in Indonesia’s Java; 56 dead
Cianjur (Indonesia): A strong, shallow earthquake toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 56 and injuring hundreds as people rushed into the streets, some covered in blood and white debris. Emergency workers treated the injured on stretchers and blankets outside main hospitals, on terraces […]
2022 huge year for US-India ties, 2023 to be even bigger: White House
Washington: In the history of India-US ties, 2022 has been a huge year and the next year will be even bigger, a top White House official has said, asserting that the Biden administration sees this alliance as among the most consequential relationships for America anywhere in the world. Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer […]
North Korea calls UN’s Guterres ‘puppet of US’ after missile launch
Seoul: North Korea’s foreign minister called UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “a puppet of the United States” as she slammed the UN chief for joining US-led condemnation of the North’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile test. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres earlier issued a statement strongly condemning North Korea’s ICBM launch on Friday and reiterating his call on […]
