Since thousands of lightning strikes began on August 15, California responded to 585 wildfires that have burned nearly a million acres, or 1,562 square miles (4,046 square kilometers), according to CalFire. Firefighters in California were racing to slow the spread of wildfires that burned nearly one million acres in a […]
Year: 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers to Washington for the debate over objections from Republicans. President Donald Trump often rails against mail-in ballots, including in a Saturday tweet, and has said he wants to block extra funds for the Postal Service. The House is meeting for a rare Saturday session over […]
BEIJING: China has approved human testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells, local government in the southwestern city of Chengdu said today. China is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. Using insect cells to grow proteins for the coronavirus vaccine […]
MUMBAI: Indian authorities have imposed tough anti-coronavirus restrictions on gatherings and the size of Ganesha elephant god idols for one of the biggest religious festivals of the year that started today. The 10 days of prayers and family gatherings for Ganesh Chaturthi started under a pandemic cloud with the country […]
As per TOLO News quoting the Kabul Police statement, the first blast happened in the Sarak-e-Naw area in Kabul’s PD5 (police district 5). One security personnel died while four others, including a civilian, sustained injuries following three Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosions in Kabul on Saturday. As per TOLO News […]
BERLIN: As outspoken Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny arrives in Germany for medical treatment, a small Berlin-based NGO has been leading the charge to bring him from Siberia where he was lying in a coma after a suspected poisoning. The Cinema for Peace foundation arranged for a medical plane that […]
MUMBAI: India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections today, bringing the total near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major religious festival began. The 69,878 new infections — the fourth straight day above 60,000 — take India’s total cases to 2.98 […]
Prominent Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, who has been in a coma since Thursday, arrived in Germany for medical treatment after his suspected poisoning, according to his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh’s tweet. After two days, Russian authorities allowed his transportation abroad after Navalny’s family, activists and international leaders appealed directly to […]
At least 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as the “deadly” blaze continues to spread in the US state of California. The wildfires in the US state of California sparked by lightning strikes have more than doubled in size and claimed at least six lives and injured 43 fighters […]
SYDNEY: Antarctic air reaching Australia’s south east triggered snowfall down to low altitudes across several states today, with many people out enjoying the rare event despite wild winds and heavy snow that closed some roads. Pictures of snowy towns and landscapes across New South Wales (NSW), Victoria, the Australia Capital […]