GAZA: Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday (May 19) of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting. Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive against Hamas […]
Day: May 18, 2021
HANOI: Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang ordered on Tuesday (May 18) four industrial parks, including three that house production facilities of Taiwan’s Foxconn, to temporarily shut down due to an outbreak of COVID-19. The industrial parks will be closed until further notice, the province’s People’s Committee said in a […]
TOKYO: A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, saying that hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in COVID-19 infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary […]
GAZA CITY: The United Nations Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday (May 18) amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming Israel air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians. A fireball accompanied by a plume of black smoke erupted over a Gaza […]