Europe

Cosmic Legos: Black holes merge into never before seen size

6:42 pm September 2, 2020

Washington: Black holes are getting stranger — even to astronomers. They’ve now detected the signal from a long ago violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a size that had never been seen before. “It’s the biggest bang since the Big Bang observed by humanity,” said Caltech physicist Alan Weinstein, who was part of the […]

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

It’s class time again across Europe, virus or no

9:20 pm September 1, 2020

Paris: Tugging on their masks or dashing to hug long-unseen friends, millions of children returned to school across Europe and beyond Tuesday in a mass experiment aimed at bridging inequalities and resuscitating economies — despite the persistent pandemic. The virus threat lurked in the shadows as children kissed their parents goodbye in France, shyly greeted their teachers in Israel, […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK’s Boris Johnson faces rocky autumn as Parliament returns

9:09 pm September 1, 2020

London: British lawmakers returned to Parliament on Tuesday after a six-week summer break, with Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic setting the stage for a turbulent fall. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is trying to coax British workers back to their offices to boost the economy, held a meeting of his Cabinet, with all ministers attending in person for the first time since the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

EU warns Hungary over selective use of virus border measures

8:53 pm September 1, 2020

Brussels: The European Union warned Hungary that it cannot close its borders to all foreigners and allow only its own citizens back in as the Hungarian government introduced those new measures Tuesday in response to what it said was a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe. Hungarians returning from abroad will now need to quarantine for two weeks […]

Top French military officer arrested; reported Russia ties

7:21 pm August 30, 2020

Paris: A senior French army officer based abroad has been arrested and handed preliminary treason charges for sharing highly sensitive intelligence with a foreign power, authorities said Sunday. Europe-1 radio reported that the lieutenant colonel is accused of passing “ultra-sensitive” information to Russian secret services. It reported that the officer served on a NATO base […]