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AIHRC urges Iran to punish culprits in migrants’ drowning
Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Wednesday urged Iran to identify and punish those border guards who coerced a group of Afghan migrants to cross a river at gunpoint, resulting in a number of them allegedly drowning. “The government of Iran needs to identify the perpetrators of this human rights…
Read MoreFirst Russian airstrikes in three months hit northwest Syria
Monitoring Desk BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: Russian airstrikes have hit Syria’s last major opposition bastion for the first time since a March cease-fire came into force, a war monitor said on Wednesday. The Russian strikes on Tuesday evening and at dawn on Wednesday hit an area of the northwest where the boundaries of Hama, Idlib and Latakia provinces…
Read MoreVirus-hit Mumbai survives cyclone scare
Monitoring Desk MUMBAI: A severe cyclone hit India’s commercial hub Mumbai on Wednesday, bringing the city to a standstill with transport and flights suspended for several hours, and more than 50,000 people evacuated from low-lying coastal areas of the city. Earlier, experts described cyclone Nisarga as the first severe storm to threaten India’s financial capital…
Read MoreGlobal case tally crosses 6.2 Million, Death toll surpasses 379,000
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide has risen by more than 93,000 over the past 24 hours to top 6.2 million, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its daily situation report. The global case tally stands at 6,287,771, and the death toll totals 379,941 –…
Read MoreKatie Price emotionally reunites with her terminally ill mum Amy
Monitoring Desk LOS ANGELES: Katie Price, who spent several weeks apart from her mum due to coronavirus pandemic, has finally reunited with her terminally ill mother Amy. The Reality TV star had spent 10 weeks apart from her mum as she was observing social distancing due to coronavirus pandemic. The former glamour model’s mother Amy…
Read MorePop Goddess Cher lauds PM Imran, others for freedom of Kaavan
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: Goddess of Pop, Cher has termed freedom of a lonely elephant named Kaavan by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) as ‘one of the greatest moments’ of her life. The US singer took to social-networking website and wrote, “We have just heard from Pakistan High Court that Kaavan is free,” adding a string…
Read MoreUnsolved Problems in Ecology
Authors: Andrew Dobson, David Tilman and Robert Holt Unsolved Problems in Ecology brings together many of the world’s leading ecologists to discuss the most fundamental research questions confronting the field today. This diverse and thought-provoking collection of essays spans virtually all of the key subfields of the discipline, from behavioral and evolutionary ecology to population…
Read MoreNo early return for UK tourists, says Spain
Monitoring Desk BARCELONA: Spain’s tourism minister has cast doubt on the prospect of an early return by UK holidaymakers to Spanish beaches. María Reyes Maroto said British coronavirus figures “still have to improve” before Spain could receive tourists from the UK. Last week, the Spanish government said foreign visitors would no longer have to undergo…
Read MoreZoom earnings soar as video meets become pandemic norm
Monitoring Desk SAN FRANCISCO: Zoom on Tuesday reported that its earnings soared as its video-meeting service became a popular way to work or socialize while hunkered down due to the pandemic. Zoom said it made a profit of $27 million on revenue that leapt 169 percent to slightly more than $328 million in the first…
Read MoreFloyd killing shows ‘true face’ of US: Iran’s Khamenei
Monitoring Desk TEHRAN: The police killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd shows the “true face” of the United States and its oppression of the peoples of the world, including its own, Iran s supreme leader said Wednesday. “The fact that a policeman has cold-bloodedly pressed his knee on the throat of a black man until…
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