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Macron pledges aid won’t go to ‘corrupt hands’, wants new Lebanon deal
French President Emmanuel Macron has told angry Lebanese crowds in downtown Beirut that French aid would not go to “corrupt hands” and he would seek a new deal with political authorities.
6 August 2020, 14:19 PM
China sentences Canadian to death over drug charge
A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian national to death in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada.
6 August 2020, 12:37 PM
Mind your own issues: India to neighbours
India has asked other nations, including neighbours, to refrain from commenting on the country’s internal matters.
6 August 2020, 12:07 PM
Bangladesh sending emergency food, medical supplies to Lebanon
Bangladesh has decided to send emergency food, medical supplies and a medical team to Lebanon that has experienced massive destruction caused by the twin explosions at Beirut Port on Tuesday evening, Foreign Ministry said in a statement today.
6 August 2020, 06:30 AM
Beirut reels from blast as death toll climbs to 135
Lebanese rescue teams pull out bodies and hunt for missing people from the wreckage caused by a massive warehouse explosion that sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 135.
6 August 2020, 05:50 AM
Covid-19 cases in youth triples in 5 months: WHO
Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Third of Afghans estimated to have contracted virus
Nearly a third of Afghanistan’s population -- or 10 million people -- has been infected with the coronavirus, according to health ministry estimates
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Four killed as Tropical Storm Isaias pounds US Northeast
Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least four people on Tuesday as it made its way up the US Atlantic Coast, including two deaths at a North Carolina trailer
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
US jails man who bought Lamborghini with virus loan
Instead of speeding off in a $200,000 Lamborghini Urus, a Texas man got a slower ride to jail Tuesday after US authorities arrested him for using $1.6 million in government pandemic aid to go on a spending spree.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
CBI to probe Bollywood star’s death
India’s federal investigative agency CBI will probe the death of a Bollywood actor, its top prosecutor said yesterday, the latest twist to a murky case that was reported as a suicide and has dominated Indian social media for over a month.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Hundreds of girls, women go missing
More than 900 women and girls have gone missing in Peru during its coronavirus lockdown, a top women’s rights official said on Tuesday, calling for the creation of a national missing persons register to address the “alarming” number of disappearances.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
US plan for ‘highest level’ Taiwan visit angers China
The United States yesterday announced its highest-level visit to Taiwan since it switched diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a move Beijing blasted as a threat to “peace and stability”.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Beirut Port Blast: What we know so far
An initial large explosion in the port area of Beirut took place around 6:00pm, resulting in a fire, several small blasts and then a colossal explosion that flattened the harbour front and surrounding buildings.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
India slams Pak for J&K map
India has described as “political absurdity” a map released by Pakistan that includes Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and parts of western Gujarat.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Twin triumphs for Hindu nationalists
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took centre stage yesterday at a ceremony laying the foundations for a temple at a flashpoint holy site exactly a year after imposing direct rule on Muslim-majority Kashmir -- twin triumphs for his Hindu nationalist government.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Lebanon declares emergency in Beirut, approves urgent funding
Lebanon's cabinet has declared a two-week state of emergency in Beirut following a massive explosion in the port that rocked the city, and handed control of security in the capital to the military.
5 August 2020, 16:05 PM
After blast, Lebanon has less than a month’s grain reserves
Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister has said.
5 August 2020, 13:49 PM
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000
The global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 700,000, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities.
5 August 2020, 12:49 PM
Beirut blast: Initial probe points to negligence in storage of ammonium nitrate
Initial investigations indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive material, in Beirut port caused the blast that killed over 100 people on Tuesday.
5 August 2020, 11:26 AM
2 Bangladeshis dead, 69 including 21 navy officials injured in Beirut blast
Two Bangladeshi nationals died and at least 69 were injured, including 21 members of Bangladesh Navy, in the Beirut explosion.
5 August 2020, 05:20 AM