Pidcock takes cyclo-cross world title on January 31, 2022Paris: Olympic champion Tom Pidcock became world cyclo-cross champion Sunday in Arkansas, in the absence of Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel who had shared the last seven titles. The 22-year old Briton, who won mountain-biking gold in Japan, beat European champion Lars van der Haar of the Netherlands and World Cup winner […]
‘Inaccurate’: Covid vaccine disinfo fuels medical myths on January 31, 2022Paris: Disinformation around Covid vaccines has existed as long as the jabs themselves. Unverified studies, unproven claims and out-of-context data are regularly shared on websites and social media across the globe — fuelling dangerous myths about the virus and the vaccines. As Austria becomes the first European Union country to make vaccines mandatory this week, […]
Syrian Kurdish forces end mop-up operations in IS-hit jail on January 31, 2022Hasakeh: US-backed Kurdish forces on Sunday said they had defeated all Islamic State group fighters left inside the Syrian jail that the militants stormed 10 days ago, sparking battles that leftover 370 dead. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the end of its mopping-up campaign inside the prison “after ending the last pockets in […]
Torrential rains leave at least 18 dead in Brazil on January 31, 2022Sao Paulo: Torrential rains in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state between Friday and Sunday left at least 18 people dead, authorities said. “Since last Friday, the turmoil caused by the bad weather caused 18 deaths, including seven children, and left around 500 people without homes or displaced,” said the Sao Paulo state government, citing the Civil […]
Portugal’s Socialists win absolute parliamentary majority: official results on January 31, 2022Lisbon: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s Socialists won an absolute majority to govern solo after calling a snap election on Sunday that also saw huge gains by the far-right, official results showed. The ruling Socialists garnered 117 seats in the 230-seat parliament, up from 108 in the outgoing assembly.
Canada moves Ukraine-based troops, pulls non-essential embassy staff on January 31, 2022Montreal: Canada moved its Ukraine-based military units westward Sunday and announced the temporary withdrawal of all non-essential employees from its Kyiv embassy, citing ongoing Russian threats along the border. “We will continue to take all precautions necessary to keep our Canadian Armed Forces safe and secure,” said Canada’s Defense Minister Anita Anand at a press […]
Laos makes second-biggest meth seizure on January 29, 2022Bangkok: Laos police have made their second-biggest single seizure of illegal drugs, uncovering 36 million methamphetamine pills, a United Nations official said Saturday. The raid in the northern province of Bokeo came three months after officers netted Asia’s biggest ever haul in the same area with 55 million meth pills found in a beer truck. […]
Thousands of flights canceled as Eastern US braces for winter storm on January 29, 2022New York: Thousands of flights in the United States were canceled Saturday as parts of the East Coast braced for a shellacking by a powerful winter storm packing heavy snow and high winds. Places in the North East, including New York and Boston, were expected to bear the brunt of the far-reaching system, which is […]
Vietnamese bid farewell to father of mindfulness on January 29, 2022Hue: Tens of thousands of Vietnamese on Saturday bade farewell to the late monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh — one of the world’s most influential religious leaders — ahead of his cremation ceremony in the country’s Buddhist heartland. The Zen master, who was credited with bringing mindfulness to the West and whose reach […]
Google to invest $1 bn in India’s number two mobile operator on January 28, 2022Mumbai: Google will invest up to $1 billion in India’s second-largest mobile operator, Airtel, the companies said Friday, as the Android-maker looks to bolster its presence in the vast nation’s booming telecoms market. The global tech giant will buy a $700 million stake in billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel, giving it 1.28 percent ownership, the […]