ASIA

Mohun Bagan gets featured on NASDAQ billboards

7:02 pm July 29, 2020

Kolkata: Iconic Indian football club Mohun Bagan went global on Wednesday as it became the country’s first ever sports entity to feature on NASDAQ billboards in New York’s Times Square. This happened on Mohun Bagan Day, celebrated every year on July 29 to commemorate the team’s famous IFA Shield triumph in 1911 when it […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

China, S Korea, Japan see upticks in COVID cases

1:27 pm July 29, 2020

Beijing: China reported more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the country continues to battle an outbreak in Xinjiang. The 101 new cases was China’s highest daily increase in weeks. The northwestern region of Xinjiang accounted for 89, with another eight in the northeastern province of Liaoning and one in Beijing. Another […]

Rafale pilots ‘told’ to take cover after Iranian missiles landed ‘near’ Al Dhafra

12:54 pm July 29, 2020

Al Dhafra/New Delhi: Indian fighter pilots were reportedly told to take cover after Al Dhafra, wherein five French-built Rafale fighter jets were on overnight halt during their way to India, went on alert following Iranian ballistic missile launch. Reportedly, at least three Iranian missiles landed near the Al Dhafra airbase in the United Arab Emirates […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Indian, Chinese troops complete disengagement at most locations of border, says China

11:13 pm July 28, 2020

Beijing: The frontline troops of China and India have “completed” disengagement at most locations of their border, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday, adding the situation on the ground is easing Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made this statement at a briefing here when he was asked whether the border troops from India […]

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee takes oath; urges people to be prepared for post COVID-19 world

9:11 pm July 27, 2020

Singapore: Singapore’s newly-elected Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday urged the people to be prepared for the post COVID-19 world as he vowed to vigorously deal with the economic and health challenges facing the nation. Lee, who took oath in the presence of President Halimah Yacob after his People’s Action Party received a clear mandate in the general election earlier […]