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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday admitted before the COVID-19 public inquiry that his government “underestimated the scale and the pace of the challenge” when reports of a new virus began to start coming from China in early 2020, reported AP. The former prime minister said his government was too slow to grasp the …
The United States (US) has imposed visa ban on Israeli settlers involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. The move was anounced by Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, December 5, after President Joe Biden and other senior US officials have warned for months about increasing Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. “We …
A British-Indian has been picked by the U.K. Government to head the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as its next chair. Samir Shah, a 71-year-old former BBC non-executive director and media executive, was born in Aurangabad and moved to the U.K. in 1960. He will head the public broadcaster as it faces questions over its independence …
Three people died after a fire broke out near Ayesha Manzil in Pakistan’s Karachi. The blaze broke out at the Arshi shopping centre in Karachi and damaged vehicles parked near the building. Videos shared widely on social media showed black smoke billowing into the sky as flames engulfed the structure while firefighters attempted to douse …
The Russian leader has been bolstering his partnerships with Gulf nations as Moscow faces growing isolation by the West. Escorted by four fighter jets, Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a rare one-day lightning tour to the Middle East during which he visited the United Arab Emirates before departing for Saudi Arabia. Putin landed on …
Samir Shah has worked in television for more than 40 years (File) Britain’s government on Wednesday chose a new BBC chairman after the previous incumbent was forced to quit earlier this year over a loan to then-prime minister Boris Johnson. The Conservative government named veteran TV executive Samir Shah as its choice to replace Richard …
Updated Dec 6, 2023 | 07:40 PM IST Witnesses and medical experts have said that Hamas militants committed a series of rapes and other attacks before killing the victims in the Oct. 7 attack, though the extent of the sexual violence remains unknown. Photo of women looking at rubble amid Israel-Hamas war New Delhi: Two …
The rebuff from Islamabad High Court represents the latest legal setback to Khan’s attempts to contest upcoming elections. Islamabad, Pakistan — A court in Islamabad on Wednesday dismissed the petition from former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan seeking to move a key appeal filed by him to Lahore, marking the latest setback for his attempts …
The Giorgia Meloni government in Italy has formally withdrawn from the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China, four years after signing the project, news agency AFP reported Wednesday citing a government source. Italy in 2019 became the first and so far only G7 nation to join the programme. Rome communicated the long-anticipated decision to …
Venezuela’s strongman President Nicolas Maduro ordered the nation’s state-owned companies to immediately begin exploring and exploiting the oil, gas and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo region. The directive came a day after Venezuelan President Maduro held a referendum to reclaim the 61,600-square-mile (159,500-square-kilometre) territory which accounts for two-thirds of Guyana and also borders Brazil and is …