Kinshasa, DR Congo Mpox cases and deaths are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday. The toll this year has risen in a few days from 16,000 cases and 548 deaths to 16,700 cases and “a little more...
Chicago, United States Protesters against Israel’s war in Gaza briefly breached the outer security fence of the Democratic convention in Chicago, hours before US President Joe Biden was set to pass the torch to new nominee Kamala Harris. A small group of around 100 demonstrators broke off from a larger march involving thousands of people and...
Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR Upset over the apathetic attitude of Government of India in case of death sentence of Sikh political prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to make request to Akal Takht Sahib, highest Sikh temporal seat, to give final call on the petition filed by the gurdwara...
A senior Hamas official on Saturday dismissed optimistic talk by US President Joe Biden that a Gaza truce is nearer after negotiations in the Gulf emirate of Qatar. “To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion,” Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. “We are not facing a...
Providence, Guyana South Africa defeated the West Indies by 40 runs on an eventful third day of the second and final Test on Saturday to extend their dominance over the Caribbean side. Set a challenging target of 263 after fast bowler Jayden Seales’ Test-best figures of six for 61 dismissed the Proteas for 246 in their...
Goma, DR Congo An ever-growing number of patients have been flocking to a Goma hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rapidly-spreading epidemic of mpox has erupted in recent months. Five to 20 people are walking each day into Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital in North Kivu to consult overburdened medical teams at an outdoor...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Protests staged by farmers and Sikh bodies against the anti-people and anti-minorities policies of the governments on Thursday spoiled the celebrations of Indian Independence Day in India-administered Punjab. A sizable section of Sikh nation observed this day as ‘Black Day’, remaining members of the community stayed away from the celebrations organized...
Stockholm, Sweden Sweden on Thursday announced the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox, which the WHO has declared a global public health emergency. The country’s public health agency confirmed to AFP that it was the same strain of the virus that has surged in the Democratic Republic of Congo since September...
Largo, United States An electrified crowd filled a community college gymnasium outside Washington on Thursday — supposedly to cheer lower drug prices, but the Democratic voters in attendance were more excited to celebrate White House candidate Kamala Harris. “We love you,” screamed one attendee, as the vice president took the floor alongside President Joe Biden at...
Sydney, Australia Australian breakdancer Raygun has spoken out against the “pretty devastating” hatred unleashed online since her widely lampooned Paris Olympics performance. Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, a 36-year-old Sydney university lecturer, has been ridiculed by some and cheered by others for her unique performance in Paris, where she won none of her three face-offs against other B-Girls. Gunn...