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President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has ‘mild symptoms’
International Desk: President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “general malaise” from the infection, the White House said. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will fly to his home in Delaware, where he will “self-isolate and will continue…
Read More »At least 40 die after heavy rains pound eastern Afghanistan, destroying houses and cutting power
International Desk: Heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others, Taliban officials said Tuesday. Among the dead in Monday’s storm were five members of the same family when the roof of their house collapsed in Surkh Rod district, according to provincial spokesperson…
Read More »Three days after attempted assassination, Trump shooter remains an elusive enigma
International Desk: After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President Donald Trump with a high-velocity bullet: He was an intelligent loner with few friends, an apparently thin social media footprint and no hints of strong political beliefs that would suggest…
Read More »Israeli strikes in southern, central Gaza kill more than 60 Palestinians, including in ‘safe zone’
International Desk: Israeli airstrikes killed more than 60 Palestinians in southern and central Gaza overnight and into Tuesday, including one that struck an Israeli-declared “safe zone” crowded with thousands of displaced people. Airstrikes in recent days have brought a constant drumbeat of deaths of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, even…
Read More »Chinese Ambassador hails PM Hasina’s China visit as a “tremendous success”
International Desk: Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China as a “tremendous successful” one and highlighted four prominent features – higher, broader, pragmatic and consolidated. Firstly, Bangladesh-China relations have been elevated to a higher level, he said. “Leaders of our two…
Read More »Thousands of Islamists rally near the Pakistani capital to denounce Israeli strikes in Gaza
International Desk: Thousands of supporters of a Pakistani radical political party rallied near the capital, Islamabad, on Saturday, denouncing Israeli strikes in Gaza and urging the government to send more aid to the Palestinians. The protesters also demanded that Pakistan declare Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a terrorist.” There was…
Read More »Trump rally shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, officials say
International Desk: Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and a bloodied Trump, who said he was shot in the…
Read More »Israeli attack on southern Gaza kills 71 people, said to target head of Hamas’ military wing
International Desk: An Israeli attack on the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 71 people and injured scores, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, while an Israeli official said it targeted the head of Hamas’ military wing. The Israeli official identified the target of the strike in Khan…
Read More »Pakistani court acquits Imran Khan, wife, in marriage case, paving way for possible release
International Desk: A Pakistani court on Saturday overturned the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in the case of the couple’s alleged 2018 unlawful marriage case, removing the last known hurdle in the way of his release nearly a year after he…
Read More »Rescuers in Nepal hunt for two buses carrying over 50 passengers swept into river
International Desk: Searchers scoured a mountain river and surrounding areas Saturday for two buses carrying more than 50 people that were swept away by a landslide a day earlier. Police said they had not found any traces of the buses or the people on board in the Trishuli river that…
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