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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Germany, which had virus under control, sees a jump in cases

11:00 pm October 8, 2020

Berlin: Germany is seeing a sharp jump in new coronavirus infections, raising fears the pandemic is picking up pace in a country that so far has coped better than many of its European neighbours. The country’s disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, on Thursday reported 4,058 new infections and 16 deaths over the past 24 hours, taking […]

European institutions give money to back Albanian tourism

10:44 pm October 8, 2020

Tirana: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union on Thursday gave 100 million euros (USD 117.5 million) to Albania to help its tourism industry recover and boost its competitiveness in the region. The EBRD gave a soft loan of 60 million euros to co-finance tourism-related projects in infrastructure, such as roads, water and […]

Nobel Literature prize to be awarded after years of tumult

12:38 pm October 8, 2020

Stockholm: The Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded Thursday after several years of controversy and scandal for the world’s pre-eminent literary accolade. In 2018 the award was postponed after sex abuse allegations rocked the Swedish Academy, the secretive body that chooses the winners, and sparked a mass exodus of members. After the academy revamped […]

3 scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole research

7:36 pm October 6, 2020

STOCKHOLM: Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe. Briton Roger Penrose received half of this year’s prize “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of […]

Belgium’s new princess sees no need to be treated as royalty

11:27 pm October 5, 2020

Brussels: Delphine Boel has been acknowledged as Belgian Princess Delphine of Saxe-Coburg, after a two-decade royal paternity scandal. Still, she said on Monday she’d still rather be considered an artist than a royal. Last week, a Belgian court ruled in her favour and officially recognised her as the daughter of former King Albert II, something the aging monarch had fought tooth and nail to avoid […]