Day: August 30, 2020

Doctor ‘rapes’ nurse in Telangana

8:34 pm August 30, 2020

Hyderabad: A doctor has allegedly raped a 28 -year old nurse of a state-run hospital in Bhadradri- Kothagudem district in Telangana, police said on Sunday. In a complaint filed on Saturday, the nurse alleged the doctor, aged around 32 and working on contract basis at the hospital, raped her at her house on August 24, […]

Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

8:29 pm August 30, 2020

Washington: During its search for a new postmaster general, the US Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis DeJoy, who ultimately got the job. Instead, in what Democrats call a breach of protocol and blatant cronyism, DeJoy’s name was added as a contender by the board member […]

French minister: Not all classrooms can reopen

8:26 pm August 30, 2020

Paris: Not all French classrooms can safely reopen Tuesday, the education minister acknowledged Sunday, amid a persistent rise in coronavirus infections that is threatening the government’s push to get France’s 12.9 million school children back in class. “It’s being decided by a day-by-day analysis based on the health situation of each territory,” Education Minister Jean-Michel […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Hurricane-force winds topple tree in Italy, killing 2 kids

8:21 pm August 30, 2020

Rome: Hurricane-force winds toppled a tree Sunday during a storm in northern Italy, killing two children in a tent at a campground. The victims, sisters aged 3 and 14, died in the hospital, while another sibling was slightly injured and their parents were unharmed, Italian news reports said. Most of the other campers near Marina di Massa, […]

Migrants overwhelm Italian island; islanders launch protest

8:14 pm August 30, 2020

Rome : The arrival of hundreds of migrants crammed into a rickety fishing boat has worsened the severe overcrowding at shelters on a tiny Italian island, triggering an angry demonstration by islanders and a vow Sunday by the mayor to call a protest strike. While tensions grew on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, another migrant drama was reported. RAI state […]