Iran urges UN to condemn Karaj nuke site ‘sabotage’

Iran yesterday urged the UN atomic agency to clearly condemn a “sabotage” attack on a nuclear facility west of Tehran that it has accused arch-foe Israel of carrying out.
5 October 2021

Pandora Papers: Offshore links found in IPL teams

The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises Kings XI Punjab (now named Punjab Kings) and Rajasthan Royals were originally founded with investment from offshore entities, reveals the Pandora Papers.
5 October 2021

Global tax deal drops ‘at least” from proposed minimum of 15pc

An updated draft of a global corporate tax overhaul has dropped “at least” from a proposed minimum rate of “at least 15 percent”, possibly clearing a major hurdle for Ireland as negotiations enter a final stretch, sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.
5 October 2021

Russia reports record daily Covid deaths

Russia yesterday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll as cases linked to the Delta variant spike amid a lacklustre vaccination drive and few anti-virus restrictions.
5 October 2021

France says it could review bilateral deals with Britain in fishing row fury

France is ready to review bilateral cooperation with Britain if London continues to ignore the agreement reached over fishing rights in its post-Brexit trading relationship with the European Union, the French prime minister said on Tuesday.
5 October 2021

Work on Climate, Physical Systems: Trio wins Nobel Prize in Physics

US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models and the understanding of physical systems, the jury said.
5 October 2021

Russian crew to shoot first movie in space

A Russian actress and director yesterday arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) in a bid to best the United States and film the first movie in orbit.
5 October 2021

This day in history

1908 - Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Austria.
5 October 2021

Climate Change

Global water resource management is “fragmented and inadequate” and countries should urgently adopt reforms ahead of a looming water crisis, the United Nations weather agency said yesterday.
5 October 2021

Facebook is ‘one of the most urgent threat’ to US

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen was set to appear before the US Congress yesterday, where she is set to sharply criticize her former employer as “one of the most urgent threats” facing the country, and to demand transparency about its operations in order to better regulate it.
5 October 2021

Macron meets Blinken

President Emmanuel Macron yesterday held talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his first meeting with an American official since the scrapping of a submarine contract with Australia plunged relations into crisis.
5 October 2021

EU leaders seek unity

EU leaders will have a hard discussion on Europe’s place in the world at a summit yesterday, as they seek unity on how to deal with superpowers China and the United States.
5 October 2021

Manabe, Hasselmann and Parisi win 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics

Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their "groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems," the award-giving body said on Tuesday.
5 October 2021

‘A betrayal of democracy’

The whistleblower who shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children’s mental health revealed her identity Sunday in a televised interview, and accused the company of choosing “profit over safety.”
4 October 2021

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a new five-year term yesterday, but the milestone risked being undermined by growing alarm over the war in the north.
4 October 2021

Pandora Papers Fallout: India, Pakistan vow to take action

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a high-level cell to probe the Pandora Papers exposé, which included key members of his inner circle, including cabinet ministers, their families and major financial backers.
4 October 2021

Heat and Touch Work: US duo wins Nobel Prize for medicine

US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian yesterday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.
4 October 2021

War crimes committed in Libya: UN probe

War crimes and crimes against humanity, including the use of child soldiers, have been committed in Libya since 2016, a United Nations investigation revealed yesterday.
4 October 2021

World leaders scramble to limit damage

Governments yesterday moved to limit the fallout from a release of millions of documents detailing how leaders have used offshore tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
4 October 2021

Bali to reopen to visitors from some countries from Oct 14

Indonesia will reopen its tourist island Bali for some international travellers, including those from China, New Zealand, and Japan, among others, from October 14, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday.
4 October 2021