Iran votes for new president with ultraconservative tipped to win on June 18, 2021Tehran: Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to victory after all serious rivals were barred from running. After a lackluster campaign, turnout was expected to fall to a new low in a country exhausted by a punishing regime of US […]
Edgbaston to welcome 18,000 fans for England Tests as virus rules eased on May 26, 2021Around 18,000 cricket fans will be allowed to attend each day of next month’s second Test between England and New Zealand at Edgbaston, which will be the first of the government’s next wave of pilot events. Under current guidelines, smaller outdoor venues are only permitted to be at 25 percent capacity, but the stadium will […]
WHA delegates emphasise on China’s crucial role in handling COVID-19 pandemic on May 26, 2021Geneva: Delegates highlighted China’s assistance to the world in the fight against COVID-19 at the ongoing virtual World Health Assembly on Tuesday, the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization. Representatives from countries such as Egypt, Mexico, Niger and Gabon were present at the ongoing session. Egypt participated in clinical trials to test China’s […]
Porto prepares as Portugal steps into the Champions League breach once again on May 26, 2021Lisbon: After Lisbon last year, now it is the turn of Porto. Once again Portugal has stepped in to save UEFA by offering to host the final of the Champions League, which for the second-year running was forced to move away from Istanbul due to the ongoing pandemic. With its Covid-19 crisis receding, a proven […]
‘We are at war’ with Covid, says UN chief on May 24, 2021The world is “at war” against Covid-19, the United Nation’s chief said on Monday, ca for the application of wartime logic and the inequitable access to the weapons needed to fight the pandemic. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the “tsunami of suffering” sparked by the coronavirus crisis while addressing the member states at the […]
India passes 300,000 Covid-19 deaths on May 24, 2021 India reported on Monday that the mortality rate in the country has passed more than 300,000, due to the coronavirus pandemic, making it the third country in the world, after the United States and Brazil, to hit such figure in its battle against the infection. This South Asian nation has been breaking single-day records, […]
Humanitarian aid trickles into Gaza as ceasefire sets in on May 22, 2021Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: The ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian in Gaza was holding Saturday, as humanitarian aid began to enter the Israeli-blockaded enclave ravaged by 11 days of bloodshed. As thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their homes, and Israelis began to resume normal life on Friday, international focus turned to the reconstruction of […]