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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Virus pandemic reshaping air travel as carriers struggle

3:35 pm August 17, 2020

Washington: In a bid to survive, airlines are desperately trying to convince a wary public that measures like mandatory face masks and hospital-grade air filters make sitting in a plane safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic. It isn’t working. Surveys indicate that instead of growing comfortable with air travel, more people […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

‘Do something:’ Harris’ rapid rise driven by call to action

11:59 pm August 15, 2020

Sacramento: Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden‘s vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days. In one of the pictures, a racially diverse group of first-graders are gathered in a classroom. Some had taken the bus from their homes […]

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

Germany defends calling Spain virus ‘risk area’

9:05 pm August 15, 2020

Berlin: Germany’s health minister has defended the decision to declare all of mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands “risk areas” for coronavirus infection. Travellers must undergo compulsory testing and two-week quarantine after arriving from there. Health Minister Jens Spahn told Bild on Saturday that he knows “how much Germans love Spain as a vacation destination. But the numbers there are rising quickly, too quickly.” The […]

France won’t ratify Hong Kong’s extradition agreement

10:57 pm August 3, 2020

Paris: France has decided not to ratify an extradition agreement with Hong Kong after China’s central government in Beijing imposed a new national security law on the city. The French Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said in a written statement on Monday that “in light of the latest developments, France won’t proceed with the ratification” of the 2017 extradition agreement with Hong Kong “as it […]

Afghan officials say Pakistani rockets kill 9, wound 50

11:40 pm July 31, 2020

Quetta: Pakistan fired a barrage of rockets across its southwestern border, killing nine people and wounding 50 in an Afghan frontier town, Afghan officials said Friday. Pakistan said Afghan border guards fired first and blamed them for the previous night’s exchange. The shooting that led to the casualties in the town of Spinboldak was the latest cross-border exchange between the two countries. Earlier this month, Pakistan fired […]