Israel opens embassy in UAE: foreign ministry on January 25, 2021JERUSALEM: Israel opened an embassy in the United Arab Emirates Sunday, its foreign ministry said, in a historic move four months after the Jewish state and the Gulf country normalised ties. The embassy is the latest in Israel’s diplomatic outreach to the Arab world, with a flurry of normalisation agreements and new deals with four countries over […]
US House of Representatives to formally charge Trump over Capitol hill attack on January 25, 2021 WASHINGTON: Former United States president Donald Trump will be formally charged with with inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to his followers before this month’s deadly attack on the Capitol by the House of Representatives today. The move signals the start of his second impeachment trial. Nine House Democrats who will serve as prosecutors will […]
Indonesia seizes Iran, Panama-flagged tankers over alleged illegal oil transfer on January 25, 2021Indonesia said its coast guard seized the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Freya vessels over suspected illegal oil transfer in the country’s waters on Sunday. Coast guard spokesman Wisnu Pramandita said the tankers, seized in waters off Kalimantan province, will be escorted to Batam island in Riau Island Province for further investigation. “The […]
Italy’s prime minister looking to resign, then form new government: papers on January 25, 2021Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is close to resigning, but then hopes to form a new government that can count on a broader majority, national dailies reported on Monday. “My aim is to find an agreement that gives a clear political perspective to govern until the end of the legislation,” Conte said, according to La […]
India says troops had ‘minor face-off’ with China in Sikkim border area on January 25, 2021Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a face-off last week in a disputed stretch of their shared border in the eastern Himalayas, the Indian army said on Monday. The two sides have been locked in a tense standoff since April in the western Himalayas and since then have bolstered forces all along the border. […]
China rescues seven miners after 14 days trapped underground: CCTV on January 24, 2021BEIJING: Chinese rescuers pulled seven gold miners to safety on Sunday 14 days after they were trapped by an underground explosion, state broadcaster CCTV reported, with at least four others still believed to be alive in the mine. Footage showed the first miner to be rescued, a black blindfold across his eyes, being lifted out […]
TikTok blackout challenge: Italy tells platform to block users after death of young girl on January 24, 2021ROME: The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old girl who had been using the Chinese-owned app. In a statement, the regulator said that although TikTok had committed to ban registration […]
Rawalpindi man killed during TikTok stunt on railway track on January 24, 2021A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said Saturday. The accident happened on Friday in the Shah Khalid neighbourhood of Rawalpindi city, near Islamabad. Hamza Naveed, 18, was walking next to the tracks while a […]
Oil drops 1pc as China’s surging Covid-19 cases trigger clampdowns on January 22, 2021Oil prices fell on Friday, retreating further from 11-month highs hit last week, weighed down by worries that new pandemic restrictions in China will curb fuel demand in the world’s biggest oil importer. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped 65 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $52.48 a barrel, after slipping 18 cents on […]
China finds coronavirus cluster in major chicken processing plant on January 22, 2021BEIJING: China reported its first cluster of Covid-19 cases among workers in a meat processing plant, raising fears among local consumers who have until now mainly worried about the safety of imported foods. Ten confirmed cases were found in a factory which slaughters 50 million chickens a year in the northeastern city of Harbin and […]