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Putin threatens to 'knock out the teeth' of foreign aggressors
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would "knock out the teeth" of any power that tried to take a chunk of Russia's territory.
20 May 2021, 19:03 PM
Erdogan sues rival for comparing him to Netanyahu
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday sued a nationalist rival for comparing him to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, official media reported.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Cecil Rhodes statue to remain: Oxford college
An Oxford University college yesterday said it will not take down a controversial statue of the 19th-century colonialist Cecil Rhodes, despite having backed its removal.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Arctic warming 3 times faster than the planet
The Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster than previously thought, a report warned yesterday.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccines work against all variants
Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains “fragile” and international travel should be avoided, a World Health Organization director warned yesterday, while stressing that authorised vaccines work against variants of concern.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
US House votes to set up commission
The US House voted Wednesday to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate January’s deadly riot at the US Capitol, overcoming tensions for now amid rising Republican hostility to an independent fact-finding panel.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Record 55m people internally displaced worldwide
Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record high, monitors said yesterday.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Roof knocking’
A text message, a phone call, or an initial strike on the roof. Israel says it gives Gaza civilians warnings to evacuate before bombardment, but activists say it is not nearly enough.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden sticks to the playbook, but why?
With his muted response to the Gaza conflict, President Joe Biden is largely sticking to a time-worn US playbook despite pressure from progressive Democrats for a tougher line toward Israel and from America’s allies for a more active role to end the violence.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Mama, Baba, Boom!’
The Mashharawi family have already fled their home to a relative’s apartment in the Gaza Strip and are prepared for another dash at any time.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Kremlin hails ‘positive signals’ in US-Russia ties
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov yesterday hailed “positive signals” for ties with Washington, after a meeting of the top Russian and US diplomats and Washington’s waiving of some sanctions.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Pak teen dies in TikTok fake suicide stunt gone wrong
A young Pakistani was killed as he pretended to shoot himself while being filmed by friends for a TikTok video, police said yesterday.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Cyclone may hit West Bengal, Odisha around May 26
A major new storm was brewing in the Bay of Bengal off India’s east coast on Thursday, forecasters warned just days after the biggest cyclone to hit the west of the country in decades, Cyclone Tauktae, left at least 110 people confirmed dead.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader ‘badly wounded’: sources
Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said yesterday.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Expect 'significant de-escalation' by day’s end: Biden to Netanyahu
President Joe Biden greatly increased the pressure on Israel to end the war with the Palestinians that has killed more than 200 people, telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone call Wednesday that he expected “significant de-escalation” by day’s end.
19 May 2021, 18:01 PM
Fears for supplies as exodus grows from clashes
People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar’s Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies, as more flee the conflict between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized power in February.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Modi’s rating falls as India reels from Covid
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings have fallen to a new low, two surveys showed, as the country struggles to contain a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Cyclone death toll hits 84 in India
The death toll from a major cyclone that slammed into coronavirus-ravaged India jumped to at least 84 yesterday, as the navy searched for 65 people still missing and authorities scrambled to restore power to the worst-hit regions.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
NY mounts criminal probe of Trump Organization finances
The New York attorney general’s office said on Tuesday it has now opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s company, increasing the legal risk for Trump and his family.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Israel accuses China state TV of ‘blatant anti-Semitism’
The Israeli embassy in Beijing has accused China’s state broadcaster of “blatant anti-Semitism” in a report on US policy during the ongoing deadly violence in the Palestinian Territories and Israel.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM