COVID-19 infection declining in 24 states of India

File Photo A nurse attends to a patient at a free COVID-19 care center being operated by a Sikh voluntary organization in Ghaziabad, outskirts ofNew Delhi, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. Photo Courtesy: AP

Kathmandu: The number of people infected with the corona virus has started declining in 24 states of India. According to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, the number of infected people is declining in 24 states. The number of infected people has been declining in the last… Continue reading COVID-19 infection declining in 24 states of India

Biden orders more intel investigation of COVID-19 origin

File Photo In this May 13, 2021, President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Photo Courtesy: AP

WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory. After months of minimizing that possibility as a fringe theory, the Biden administration is joining worldwide pressure for China to be more open… Continue reading Biden orders more intel investigation of COVID-19 origin

Cyclone Yaas: Severe storm makes landfall on India coast

Orissa bore the brunt of the storm. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

BBC: More than a million people in India have been evacuated as a powerful cyclone has started making landfall on its eastern coast on Wednesday. Cyclone Yaas, which intensified into a “very severe cyclonic storm”, hit the state of Orissa, also known as Odisha, and will take two hours to cross over. This is the… Continue reading Cyclone Yaas: Severe storm makes landfall on India coast

Rallies, moments of silence honor George Floyd a year later

The family of Daunte Wright gathers on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. Wright was fatally shot earlier this year by a Minneapolis police officer. Photo Courtesy: AP

MINNEAPOLIS (AP): A family-friendly street festival, musical performances and moments of silence were held Tuesday to honor George Floyd and mark the year since he died at the hands of Minneapolis police, a death captured on wrenching bystander video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to bring calls for change. Floyd’s sister Bridgett… Continue reading Rallies, moments of silence honor George Floyd a year later

Military detain Mali’s president, prime minister and defense minister

The new interim president of Mali Bah Ndaw speaks during the Inauguration ceremony in Bamako, Mali September 25, 2020. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

Reuters: Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a military base… Continue reading Military detain Mali’s president, prime minister and defense minister

21 die in extreme weather in China ultramarathon

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers walk into the accident site to search for survivors in Jingtai County of Baiyin City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sunday, May 23, 2021. Photo Courtesy: Xinhua via AP

BEIJING (AP): Twenty-one people running a mountain ultramarathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday. After an all-night rescue operation in freezing temperatures involving more than 700 personnel, rescuers were able to confirm that 151 people were safe, out of a total… Continue reading 21 die in extreme weather in China ultramarathon

Nigerian army chief dies in air force plane crash

File Photo Then-Maj.Gen.Ibrahim Attahiru speaks at army headquarters, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Oct 4, 2017. The Army chief was killed may 21,2021, in a plane crash near the Kaduna airport. Photo Courtesy: AFP

(Reuters): Nigeria’s army chief, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash on Friday on an official visit to the northern state of Kaduna, which has had security challenges in recent months, the presidency said. The air force said in a statement that its plane crashed near Kaduna airport and that it was investigating… Continue reading Nigerian army chief dies in air force plane crash

Israel-Palestinian ceasefire comes into effect

A Palestinian woman reacts after returning to her destroyed house following Israel-Hamas truce, in Gaza May 21, 2021. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

(Reuters): A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the United Nations urging renewed Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and militant rocket attacks on Israeli towns ceased after 11 days under an agreement… Continue reading Israel-Palestinian ceasefire comes into effect

Bomb targeting Islamist leader’s car kills 6 in Pakistan

Local residents examine damage of vehicles at the site of a bomb blast in Chaman, southwestern Pakistan, Friday, May 21, 2021. Photo Courtesy: AP

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP): Six people were killed and several others were wounded Friday when a powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying a local leader of an Islamist political party in Pakistan, police and a government spokesman said. It was unclear who was behind the attack in Chaman, a town in the southwestern Baluchistan… Continue reading Bomb targeting Islamist leader’s car kills 6 in Pakistan

India reports record day of virus deaths as cases level off

File Photo A nurse attends to a patient at a free COVID-19 care center being operated by a Sikh voluntary organization in Ghaziabad, outskirts ofNew Delhi, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. Photo Courtesy: AP

NEW DELHI (AP): India’s total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million on Tuesday as the country registered more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the past 24 hours. The numbers continue a trend of falling cases after infections dipped below 300,000 for the first time in weeks… Continue reading India reports record day of virus deaths as cases level off