The possibility the COVID -19 virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out, a former top Chinese government scientist has said. The view of virologist and immunologist Prof. George Gao was in stark contrast to that of the Chinese government which dismissed any suggestion the virus might ...
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Guinness World Records has confirmed India, with an estimated population of over 1.425 billion people, has become the most populated country in the world. According to new figures from the United Nations’ Population Division and quoted by Guinness World Records, India’s number of residents is estimated to be 1,425,775,850....
The Kremlin is not interested in halting the conflict with Ukraine, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, while officials in the Russian border region of Belgorod continue to report of attacks. Russia will continue its “special military operation” until the end, until it has asserted its interests and achieved its...
Thai Government on Tuesday said seven people were killed and 23 others injured after a school sports arena collapsed in northern Thailand. According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the accident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. local time on Monday when the roof of a primary...
Russia on Friday said it banned entry to 500 Americans, including former president Barack Obama, in response to sanctions imposed by Washington. “In response to the anti-Russian sanctions regularly imposed by the Biden administration… entry into the Russian Federation is closed for 500 Americans,” the foreign ministry said, adding...
The G7 announced plans to restrict the trade in diamonds with Russia in an effort to cut the revenues that fund Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine. Leaders of the G7 countries announced the new sanctions in a joint statement on Friday, the first day of their three-day summit in...
Representatives of the seven major democratic industrial nations (G-7) began their summit in Hiroshima, Japan on Friday. The summit started by remembering those killed by the atomic bomb dropped on the city at the end of World War II. The heads of state and government visited the memorial to...
Colombian authorities were believed to have found three children and a baby alive 17 days after a plane crashed with them on board in the jungle in the south of the country. President Gustavo Petro made this known on Wednesday evening. “After arduous search efforts by our Military Forces,...
A book believed to be the earliest and most complete copy of the Hebrew Bible was sold for 38.1 million dollars on Wednesday in New York, auction house Sotheby’s said. The Codex Sassoon “contains all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible missing only 12 leaves and precedes the earliest...
Montana has become the first U.S. state to ban the Chinese-developed social media app TikTok, as its Republican Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law. “To protect Montanans’ personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned Tiktok in Montana,” Gianforte tweeted after signing the...
The death toll in the armed clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has climbed to 822, the Sudanese Doctors Union said Tuesday. “The number of civilian deaths since the beginning of the clashes has climbed to 822 with 3,215 injuries,” the nongovernmental organisation said...
Hours after Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, visited Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said the country would train Ukrainian fighter jet pilots, but he would not send the planes. “We have opened the door to train Ukrainian pilots. “The trainings can start from now. ”Several European countries had decided it...
Anti-corruption campaigners in Ukraine alleged that Supreme Court president, Vsevolod Knyazev was caught receiving three million dollars in bribes. Local media in Kiev reported that other Judges of the top judicial body were being raided. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) published a photo of bundles of banknotes...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Francis and Italy’s prime minister on Saturday as part of a diplomatic tour also involving Germany, as Berlin unveiled a huge new weapons package ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive. “An important visit for (the) approaching victory of Ukraine!” Zelensky tweeted as he...
UN human rights office (OHCHR) has said there are “strong indications” that more than 500 people were killed – the vast majority summarily executed – by Malian anti-terrorist troops and foreign military personnel in March 2022. OHCHR in a fact-finding report released on Friday stated that the troops executed...
No fewer than passengers have been killed after being stung to death by bees after their bus crashed on a road in Nicaragua. The bus carrying 60 passengers was making the hour-long journey from Jinotega to San Sebastián de Yalí in Nicaragua on Monday when the vehicle lost control...
Twenty-seven people were injured in Finland when a pedestrian bridge collapsed near Helsinki on Thursday. Most of those hurt were children after the accident involving a temporary bridge, near a construction site in Espoo next to Helsinki, the emergency service said in a tweet. Broadcaster Yle said a group...
The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), on Monday in Abuja emphasised the need for urgent actions against the increased terrorist activities in the Central Sahel. The ECOWAS Commissioner in charge of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Amb. AbdelFateh Moussa, made the call at a five-day training. It...
Japanese Kyodo News on Monday reported that over 50 students were hospitalised after a gas smell was detected at Kamei Elementary School in Yao. According to the news source, around 09:00 a.m. local time (00:00 GMT), a gas smell was reported at elementary school in Osaka prefecture. As of...
London’s Metropolitan police on Monday confirmed that at least 64 people were arrested in UK’s capital during the coronation of Charles III on May 6. Earlier, the police said that over 50 people were detained during the event. The police’s statement said “as part of the policing operation in...