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Busy bees in Colombia get respite in bamboo hotels
Solitary bees are enjoying new digs in Barbosa, Colombia, where tiny hotels built by the Aburra Valley Metropolitan Authority provide places to rest and recover after a busy day pollinating.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar’s ruling junta targets education
More than 11,000 academics and other university staff opposed to Myanmar’s ruling junta have been suspended after going on strike in protest against military rule, a teachers’ group told Reuters.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump ‘egged on’ Capitol rioters: FB panel co-chair
Donald Trump encouraged the Capitol rioters and so earned his Facebook ban, but the social media giant’s rules are in “shambles” and need fixing, the co-chair of the network’s oversight panel said Sunday.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
11 killed as bomb blows up a bus in Afghanistan
A bomb has blown up a bus in Afghanistan killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens, officials said yesterday, the latest in a series of deadly blasts that has come as foreign forces withdraw.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Escaped Leopard sparks fear in China
A leopard remained at large in eastern China yesterday after escaping from a safari park with two fellow big cats, sparking a frenzy among web-users who have shared pictures and video of the spotted felines roaming tea plantations in the area.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Time to take action
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday he sees his final year in office as the last chance to achieve a lasting peace with North Korea, and said it was time to take action amid stalled talks over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Need to put our house in order’
Interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi yesterday demanded that the party “take note of our serious setbacks (and) put our house in order”, after yet more disappointing performances in elections.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
More than 300 Palestinians hurt
Palestinian protesters threw rocks and Israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets in clashes outside al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem yesterday, as Israel marked the anniversary of its capture of parts of the city in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
TRIPS patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines: Is it legally necessary?
The present COVID-stricken world has been experiencing the devastating impact of this pandemic on human lives, livelihood, and economies with no confirmed end in sight.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Man shot to death at Vancouver’s airport in gang incident
A 28-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday at the Vancouver International Airport in what Canadian authorities said was a gang-related slaying. Police were later fired on while pursuing the suspects.
10 May 2021, 09:55 AM
Modi’s actions ‘inexcusable’
India “squandered” its early successes in controlling Covid-19 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government could preside over “a self-inflicted national catastrophe”, international medical journal The Lancet said in an editorial on Saturday.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
ICC prosecutor meets with Afghans on war crimes claims
The outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court met with a high-level Afghan delegation to discuss allegations of war crimes in the
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Himanta Biswa Sarma to be Assam’s new CM
Himanta Biswa Sarma will succeed Sarbananda Sonowal as the chief minister of Assam. At the legislature party meeting held in Guwahati yesterday,
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Sadiq Khan re-elected as London mayor
Labour politician Sadiq Khan won re-election as London mayor on Saturday in a narrower than expected victory over Conservative rival Shaun Bailey.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
WWII Victory Day: Putin vows to defend Russian interests
President Vladimir Putin yesterday vowed Russia will “firmly” defend national interests and denounced the return of “Russophobia”, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of victory in World War II.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Scottish nationalists demand independence referendum
The Scottish National Party has won a fourth term in power in the devolved parliament just short of an outright majority, with its leader Nicola Sturgeon reiterating her demand for a fresh referendum on independence.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Netanyahu vows to build in Jerusalem
Israel “firmly rejects” pressure not to build in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday following days of unrest and spreading
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Blasts at School in Kabul: Families bury victims as death toll hits 68
The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 68, Afghan officials said yesterday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to 165 injured and officials trying to identify bodies.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Much ado about nothing
A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean yesterday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Chinese rocket to crash on Earth this weekend
A large segment of a Chinese rocket is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on the weekend, but Beijing has
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM