Month: May 2020

Amphan toll rises to 85 in Bengal; protests over electricity, water supply

Kolkata, May 23: The death toll due to Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal has risen to 85, as angry Kolkatans resorted to protest and road blockades in various parts of the city over the administration’s failure to restore normalcy even after three days. With normal life thrown out […]

Record jump in COVID-19 cases, 137 more deaths

New Delhi, May 23:  The COVID-19 cases in India saw the biggest spike for the second consecutive day on Saturday with 6,654 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to over 1.25 lakh, while the toll rose to 3,720 after 137 more deaths, the Union […]

UPDATES ON COVID-19

Recovery rate improves to 40.98% open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 22: Through a graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach, Government of India is taking several steps along with the States/UTs for prevention, containment and management of COVID-19. These are being regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest […]

Trump to withdraw US from ‘Open Skies’ treaty

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he plans to withdraw the United States from the Open Skies Treaty with Russia, the third arms control pact Trump has abrogated since coming to office. The US leader said Moscow had not stuck to its commitments under the 18-year-old pact, which was […]

Ireland and the healing power of words in a time of crisis

Ireland has sought solace in its poetic tradition to overcome the coronavirus crisis and provide poignant words of hope to tackle grief and the hardship of lockdown. Verse is ingrained in public health messaging, doorstep banners quote hopeful lines, and the state broadcaster rounded out news of one […]

Trump urges US reopening as China premier warns of challenges

President Donald Trump pressed for a further reopening of the United States as job losses mount from coronavirus shutdowns, while China’s premier warned of “immense” economic challenges even as the Asian giant emerges from the worst of the pandemic. Calls to kickstart the world’s two largest economies came […]

Sons of murdered Saudi journalist Khashoggi ‘forgive’ killers

The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they “forgive” the killers of their father, a move analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicts on death row. Khashoggi — a royal family insider turned critic — was killed and dismembered at the kingdom’s consulate in […]

Biden accuser’s life marred by abuse and financial hardship

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — One thing is clear in the complicated, sometimes contradictory and often chaotic story of Tara Reade: Her life has not been easy. Her earliest childhood memory was of being abused by her father, she told her former husband, a man she would later […]

Mayor: Pakistan plane crashes near Karachi, all 107 killed

KARACHI, Pakistan — A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines crashed near the southern port city of Karachi on Friday, killing all 107 passengers and crew, the city’s mayor said. The aircraft crashed into a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the airport. Mayor Wasim Akhtar […]

Virus accelerates across Latin America, India, Pakistan

NEW DELHI — The coronavirus pandemic accelerated across Latin America, Russia and the Indian subcontinent on Friday even as curves flattened and reopening was underway in much of Europe, Asia and the United States. Many governments say they have to shift their focus to saving jobs that are […]

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