Hong Kong won’t reopen for international travel until its Covid-19 outbreak is curbed domestically, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a briefing Thursday as the city works to contain surging infections. The financial hub cannot lift a ban on flights from nine countries including the US, UK and Australia because it will add more pressure…Continue Reading
LONDON: A new paper in the Lancet indicates that India’s Covid-19 deaths were vastly under-reported and estimates that up to the end of 2021 India had the highest number of cumulative excess deaths in the world at 4.07 million deaths. The first peer-reviewed global estimates of excess deaths indicate that 18.2 million people may have…Continue Reading
The Biden administration has publicly warned that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the White House rejected Russian claims of illegal chemical weapons development in the country it has invaded. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova this week, without evidence, accused Ukraine of running chemical and biological weapons labs…Continue Reading
With Trinamool scoring zero in Goa, the impact of the results in Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee’s national ambition and expansion and realignment of the alliance calculation have kept the poll experts analysing. While some political experts think that Trinamool needs to rework its strategy in this new situation, West Bengal Trinamool Congress leadership is not…Continue Reading
President of the National People’s Party (NPP) and Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma stated that the performance of the NPP in the state has “increased manifold” compared to the 2017 assembly elections. Conrad stated, “We at the NPP are delighted that our vote share has further increased, indicating that the electorate have shown trust…Continue Reading
The bulldozer is a funny piece of motorised equipment. It’s essential for construction work, in removing earth and building debris. But it’s also used for deconstruction work in demolishing building structures. So, with the latest craze for toy bulldozer models in Uttar Pradesh, which version of the bulldozer is one celebrating? The answer lies, as…Continue Reading
Belying all expectations of a hung assembly, the BJP managed to fall just one short of the magic figure of 21 seats in the 40-member Goa assembly. A BJP government is likely to assume power as three Independents and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party which has won two seats have given their letters of support to…Continue Reading
CIA Director Bill Burns testified Thursday that he believes Vladimir Putin is “losing the information war” in Ukraine, undermining the Russian leader’s ability to rally support at home and abroad for his war of aggression.Why it matters: Putin has spent two decades building a “propaganda bubble” and laundering disinformation through state media, Burns said. That’s…Continue Reading
Nick Fuentes, identified as a “white supremacist” in Justice Department filings, made headlines last week for hosting a white nationalist conference in Florida. His father is also half Mexican American. The big picture: Fuentes is part of a small but increasingly visible number of far-right provocateurs with Hispanic backgrounds who spread racist, antisemitic messages.Driving the…Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Thursday extended the transportation mask mandate on planes, buses and trains by another 30 days.Driving the news: The Transportation Security Administration’s face mask requirement, originally set to expire on March 18, is now in effect until April 18, the agency announced.White House assistant press secretary Kevin Munoz said in a tweet…Continue Reading
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