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Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era

2:44 pm April 30, 2021

BERLIN: Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from western Africa by a British colonial expedition and subsequently sold to collections around the world, including German museums, authorities said Friday. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas welcomed a deal reached with museums to work on a plan for the restitution […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

India cases up as scientists appeal to Modi to release data

2:39 pm April 30, 2021

NEW DELHI: Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. With 386,452 new cases, India now has reported more than […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays

10:38 pm April 4, 2021

Paris: The French city of Lyon’s main stadium opened as a mass vaccination center during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining up for injections at hippodromes, velodromes or other sites as France tried to speed up shots amid a new rush of coronavirus cases. But as Europe celebrated its second Easter in a […]

France urges Iran to avoid nuclear escalation ahead of talks

10:19 pm April 3, 2021

Paris: France’s top diplomat spoke with his Iranian counterpart Saturday and urged Iran to be “constructive” and avoid further nuclear escalation ahead of talks next week aimed at trying to salvage a global accord curbing the Iranian nuclear program. The United States and Iran said Friday they will begin indirect negotiations next week, in one […]

Parliament votes to declare entire EU an LGBT ‘freedom zone’

12:00 am March 12, 2021

Brussels: The European Parliament has overwhelming adopted a resolution declaring the entire 27-member European Union a “freedom zone” for LGBT people, an effort to push back on rising homophobia in Poland and elsewhere. The parliament announced Thursday that there were 492 ballots in favor of the resolution and 141 against in a vote that came after a debate in a session of parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. […]