Monthly Archives: July 2023
Neymar fined $3.33 million for constructing artificial lake at his mansion in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian authorities said on Monday that soccer star Neymar was fined 16 million reais ($3.33 million) for breaching environmental...
Thousands displaced by floods in China
BEIJING: Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a relative respite from sweltering heat. Beijing reported...
Indian-origin attorney held for $5 mn fraud
NEW YORK: A 50-year-old Indian-origin attorney and a former candidate for the US House of Representatives has been arrested in the US...
‘Hydra-headed monster’ of terrorism must be fought with full vigour, conviction: Pak PM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said the “hydra-headed monster” of terrorism and extremism whether committed by “individuals, groups or...
Russian military says it fended off Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow
MOSCOW: The Russian military said it fended off a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday that prompted authorities to briefly close...
4 killed in Philadelphia shooting; suspect in custody
PHILADELPHIA: A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in Philadelphia on Monday night, killing four people and wounding two others, police...
Canada’s 1st turbaned cop chair of work safety agency
TORONTO: Baltej Singh Dhillon, a veteran Canadian Sikh police officer who was a part of the team that probed the 1985 Kanishka...
Tensions on France’s streets ease after teen’s kin appeal for peace
PARIS: Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public...
Israel targets West Bank militant stronghold, 8 Palestinians killed
JENIN: Israel struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank with drones early on Monday and deployed hundreds of...
Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 on July 11
J&K parties welcome move
SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging abrogation of the Article 370...