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A view of the site of a diesel fuel spill at Norilsk’s Combined Heat and Power Plant No 3.
Russian mining giant admits ‘violations’ at Arctic plant
A view of the site of a diesel fuel spill at Norilsk’s Combined Heat and Power Plant No 3. MOSCOW: A Russian mining giant behind an enormous Arctic fuel spill last month said Sunday it had suspended workers at a metals plant who were responsible for pumping wastewater into nearby tundra. Norilsk Nickel cited a “flagrant violation of operating rules” in a statement announcing it had suspended employees responsible for dumping wastewater...
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Prosecution seeks to probe 2 MPs over corruption scandal
The National Assembly. By B IzzakKUWAIT: The public prosecution yesterday asked the National Assembly to lift the immunity of two lawmakers suspected of links to a major corruption scam led by a Bangladeshi MP who is under interrogation in the country. Both the MPs have denied any links to the scandal, saying their names were dragged into the case for political reasons.The requests were submitted to the speaker through the ministry of justice....
KARACHI: Policemen secure an area around a body outside the Pakistan Stock Exchange building yesterday. — AFP
Six killed in attack on Pak stock exchange
KARACHI: Policemen secure an area around a body outside the Pakistan Stock Exchange building yesterday. — AFP KARACHI: Baloch separatists opened fire and hurled a grenade at the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi yesterday, authorities said, killing six people including a policeman. Four security guards, a police officer and a bystander were killed in the melee, while local police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon said all four assailants were also...
BEIRUT: Supporters of Lebanese Shiite movements Hezbollah and Amal brandish flags and placards as they protest a statement made by the US ambassador at a rally in the southern suburbs of the capital on Sunday. – AFP
Lebanon summons US envoy over criticism of Hezbollah
BEIRUT: Supporters of Lebanese Shiite movements Hezbollah and Amal brandish flags and placards as they protest a statement made by the US ambassador at a rally in the southern suburbs of the capital on Sunday. – AFP BEIRUT: Lebanon’s foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador over remarks criticizing Hezbollah, a day after a judge slapped a controversial ban on local media covering her statements, state media said Sunday. In an...
SATHANKULAM, India: In this picture taken on June 26, 2020, residents gather as they carry the coffin of Jayaraj and his son Bennicks in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. — AFP
Outrage mounts over India police custody deaths
SATHANKULAM, India: In this picture taken on June 26, 2020, residents gather as they carry the coffin of Jayaraj and his son Bennicks in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. — AFP NEW DELHI: The deaths of a father and son from alleged torture at the hands of police have sparked outrage across India, with many drawing parallels with the killing of George Floyd in the United States. Their case has thrown a new spotlight on police brutality just...
ANTIGUO CUSCATLAN: Workers at the Municipal Pantheon carry the coffin during the burial of an alleged COVID-19 coronavirus victim, in the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador. — AFP
Virus death toll hits 500,000
ANTIGUO CUSCATLAN: Workers at the Municipal Pantheon carry the coffin during the burial of an alleged COVID-19 coronavirus victim, in the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador. — AFP PARIS: More than half a million people have died in the coronavirus pandemic, an AFP tally showed Sunday, as bars in Los Angeles were ordered to close again due to surging cases in the United States. The worldwide number of recorded infections is now just...
MELBOURNE: A member of the Australian Defence Force (right) takes a swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test on a member of the public as people queue outside in their cars at a drive through testing facility in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP
Australia sees biggest daily rise in COVID cases in two months
MELBOURNE: A member of the Australian Defence Force (right) takes a swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test on a member of the public as people queue outside in their cars at a drive through testing facility in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP SYDNEY: Australia’s second most populous state said yesterday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest one-day rise in new coronavirus infections in...
CALI: Diana Paola Angola who recovered of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, caress her son Jefferson at the neonatal room in the Versalles Clinic, in Cali, Colombia. — AFP
Colombian with COVID-19 gives birth in coma
CALI: Diana Paola Angola who recovered of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, caress her son Jefferson at the neonatal room in the Versalles Clinic, in Cali, Colombia. — AFP CALI: Diana Angola was fighting for her own life when she gave birth to son Jefferson. The 36-year-old had been put into a coma having contracted the novel coronavirus, which left her lungs barely able cope. Doctors performed a caesarian section due to the state of her lungs...
BEIJING: A woman and a child wearing face masks walk past a row of fountains in a business district in Beijing. China reported another 17 cases of the coronavirus, of which 14 were local cases in Beijing. — AFP
Coronavirus rekindles global trade disputes
BEIJING: A woman and a child wearing face masks walk past a row of fountains in a business district in Beijing. China reported another 17 cases of the coronavirus, of which 14 were local cases in Beijing. — AFP BRUSSELS: At the start of the year, US-China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal, while Washington, Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies. A relative calm had set in. Then the...
MISSISSIPPI: The Mississippi state flag flies in front of the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi. — AFP
Mississippi votes to remove Confederate symbol
MISSISSIPPI: The Mississippi state flag flies in front of the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi. — AFP JACKSON: Lawmakers in Mississippi voted Sunday to remove the Confederate battle standard from the state flag, after nationwide protests drew renewed attention to symbols of the United States’ racist past. The measure passed with a 91-23 majority vote in the House of Representatives, triggering cheers in the Senate...
MONTPELLIER: Montpellier city hall candidate leading the Montpellier Unie (Montpellier United) electoral list, Michael Delafosse (left) of the Socialist Party (PS), Montpellier Unie co-lister Coralie Mantion (center) of the Europe Ecologie - Les Verts (EELV) green party, and European Member of Parliament Yannick Jadot of EELV react as they sit at a cafe terrace in Montpellier. — AFP
France’s Macron takes drubbing in local elections, Greens surge
MONTPELLIER: Montpellier city hall candidate leading the Montpellier Unie (Montpellier United) electoral list, Michael Delafosse (left) of the Socialist Party (PS), Montpellier Unie co-lister Coralie Mantion (center) of the Europe Ecologie - Les Verts (EELV) green party, and European Member of Parliament Yannick Jadot of EELV react as they sit at a cafe terrace in Montpellier. — AFP PARIS: France President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party...
WEST BANK: Photo shows a view of ongoing construction work at the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. — AFP
Palestinians struggle to mobilize against Israel annexation
WEST BANK: Photo shows a view of ongoing construction work at the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. — AFP RAMALLAH: With loudspeakers mounted, Palestinian flags unfurled and civil servants allowed off work, everything appeared set for a large protest in Ramallah against Israel’s annexation plans in the occupied West Bank. But only 200 people turned up for the June 8 demonstration, in a sign of the...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
Prince Mohammed endorses Saudi FIFA World Cup 2034 bid