International

Special Desk A deadly storm has wreaked havoc throwing life out of gear and disconnecting Vancouver from the rest of the Canada. Major road routes to Vancouver are closed after torrential rain across British Columbia. Authorities in Canada said at least one person died and two were missing and in …

Special Desk Approximately two million people who have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are now under lockdown in Austria and shall pay fine if found roaming outside for other than specified reasons. As the country faces a surge in cases the authorities have decided, unvaccinated people will only be …

Special Desk Since Joe Biden took over as US president he spoke to his counterpart in China Xi Jinping for the first time over a virtual meet that was said to be friendly but had warnings over Taiwan issue. Chinese president is said to have used the virtual summit with …

Special Desk A group of Australian women had to face gynaecological search by medical staff after a newborn was found abandoned at Hamad Airport. Women who were strip-searched and examined at Doha airport are suing authorities in Qatar as they feel their matter has not been addressed correctly. The women …

Special Desk In about six-week time from now it will be decided whether Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, will become the president or not. “Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi submitted his candidacy for the presidential election to the High National Electoral Commission office in Sebha,” the commission …

Special Desk Sara Duterte, the eldest daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, will contest to become vice-president in next year’s elections. The Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter has registered her candidacy for vice-president in next year’s elections and was chosen as the running mate of Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son …

Special Desk President Vladimir Putin has warned Belarus. Belarus’s threat to cut off gas supplies to Europe would be a breach of contract with Russia, Putin has warned. In an interview, Putin said President Alexander Lukashenko may have made the threat in a fit of temper. Lukashenko is facing new …

Special Desk With almost 40% of intensive care beds in Dutch hospitals now full, the PM Mark Rutte is likely to announce Western Europe’s first partial Covid lockdown for next three weeks, restricting shopping, sport and catering. His caretaker government is responding to record infections and rising intensive care cases …

Overnight the UK COP presidency has released a new draft of the decision text for the Glasgow Climate Summit with more concrete language showing the way the deal could shape up. The latest COP26 draft appears significantly more balanced with stronger elements on adaptation, finance and loss & damage. The …

Special Desk NASA’s announcement that its plans to put humans on the Moon’s surface, has been delayed, has evoked mixed response. The space agency is now targeting 2025 for a crewed landing. The Trump administration’s target of 2024 human landing was not grounded in technical feasibility. Few observers expected Nasa …