Seattle: The Seattle Police Department should “offer a sincere, public apology” for its violent response to people demonstrating after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a panel of officers, citizens and accountability experts concluded in a report. In its fourth and final review of the
New Delhi: India on Thursday recorded 12,591 new cases of coronavirus, marking the highest single-day rise in eight months, PTI reported. The number of active cases stood at 65,286, while the daily positivity rate was 5.46%, the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Welfare
New Delhi: An Indian court on Thursday rejected a plea by top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi for a stay on a defamation conviction that prompted his expulsion from parliament last month. Gandhi, 52, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment for remarks he made in 2019
London: Britain's government on Wednesday published an updated list of ministers' interests, including an outline of the affairs of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is under investigation over whether he properly declared his wife's shareholdings. Parliament's Commissioner for Standards began an investigation on April 13 into
Jakarta: Sweeping his small fingers over the white pages of a thick book, Rohman carefully pronounces invisible Arabic words, as he gets better, day by day, in reading the sacred scripture of Islam. The 15-year-old lost his sight due to undiagnosed illness when the coronavirus pandemic
London: A total of 5,049 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far this year, according to Home Office figures released on Wednesday. Some 113 migrants were spotted in three boats on Monday, suggesting an average of 38 persons per boat,
Ottawa: Some 155,000 federal workers, including 35,000 from Canada’s tax agency, went on strike after midnight on Wednesday in what their union is calling one of the largest strikes in the country’s history. The Public Service Alliance of Canada said the strike was called after talks
New Delhi: India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost three million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s
L' Espluga de Francolí Spain: For months, residents of L'Espluga de Francoli have been saving water in bottles and foregoing showers to cope with long hours of daily water rationing as northeastern Spain suffers one of its worst droughts in decades. While this small Catalan town
New Delhi: Delhi on Wednesday recorded 1,537 new coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 26.54%, the data shared by the city’s health department showed, reported PTI. Five deaths were also reported. But, in a statement, the health department said that Covid-19 was the primary cause