Day: September 12, 2020

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House

10:47 pm September 12, 2020

Washington: Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump is going on the offence this weekend in Nevada, which hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004. Trump is confronting local authorities by holding public events Saturday and Sunday after state officials blocked his initial plans for rallies in Reno and Las Vegas because they would have violated coronavirus health guidelines. […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

Iran condemns Bahrain’s plan to normalise ties with Israel

10:44 pm September 12, 2020

Tehran: Iran on Saturday strongly condemned Bahrain’s plan to normalise relations with Israel, calling it a shameful and ignominious move by the Gulf Arab country. Bahrain’s announcement Friday followed a similar normalisation agreement last month by the United Arab Emirates, a fellow U.S. ally. The two Arab nations’ establishment of full relations with Israel is part of a broader […]

AstraZeneca Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials resume days after pause

10:40 pm September 12, 2020

London: Biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Saturday said that clinical trials for their coronavirus vaccine have resumed in the UK after the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority’s (MHRA) confirmed that the trials were safe. The human trials resumed days after a pause had been announced in the trials after an adverse reaction in one of the participants. AstraZeneca […]

Teen hangs self at Noida home

10:29 pm September 12, 2020

Noida (UP): A 16-year-old girl was found hanging at her home in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida on Saturday evening, police said. The teenager’s family members were at home at the time of the incident, they said. She went inside her room and took the extreme step around 7.30 pm, the police said. “The girl’s body was […]

Arms smuggling bid foiled along LoC in J&K’s Poonch

10:26 pm September 12, 2020

Jammu: Security forces on Saturday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch, scuttling an attempt by anti-national elements to carry out subversive activities in the border district. The recoveries made during the operation included three Chinese pistols with six magazines and 70 rounds, 11 […]