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This file picture shows doses of Imvanex, a vaccine to protect against Monkeypox virus. | Photo Credit: AFP Thailand on Wednesday (August 21, 2024) reported a suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox, which the World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency. Also read:Risk of large outbreak of…
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Shiite pilgrims march on their way to Karbala for Arbaeen in Babil, Iraq. Representational image. | Photo Credit: AP A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, the Iranian Students News Agency reported on Wednesday (August 21, 2024). The crash happened Tuesday (August 20) night in the…
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Chicago: He met Kamala Harris on a blind date, and on Tuesday her husband Doug Emhoff tried to convince Americans to love her too after an equally whirlwind introduction. The first “Second Gentleman” in US history wooed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a speech that highlighted the human side of the party’s presidential…
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A superyacht that sank Monday off the Sicilian coast during a storm left six passengers missing, including British tech kingpin Mike Lynch and some of his inner circle, who were gathered to celebrate his victory in a long-running legal trial. Lynch was acquitted in June in a U.S. fraud case and was apparently aboard the…
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There are no restrictions on sperm or eggs from the UK being sent abroad. (Representative pic) Sperm donated in the UK is being exported to other countries and can be used to create large numbers of children across the world, violating a strict 10-family limit that applies in the UK, experts warned. According to The…
Starbucks’ CEO Brian Niccol will have an unusually long commute to work as he becomes the coffee giant’s new chief next month. Mr Niccol who lives in California will travel 1,600 kilometres every day to the company’s headquarters in Seattle. As per his offer letter, Mr Niccol will use a corporate jet for his commute….
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Cierre Wood was in a relationship with Amy Taylor, the 5-year-old’s mother. A former National Football League (NFL) player has received a sentence of 10 years to life after pleading guilty to the murder of a 5-year-old girl who was forced to exercise as a punishment for being “chunky”. According to NBC Sports, the child…
A banner hung by junior doctors at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in protest against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital, in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: PTI R.G. Kar hostels deserted; mob violence has instilled fear in us, say MBBS students On a day the Supreme…
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in Howell, Michigan. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday to “Make America Safe Again” while campaigning in Michigan as the Democrats who gathered in Chicago to nominate Kamala Harris branded him…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov visit the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Russia. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years, as Ukraine’s stunning…
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