International

U.S. sees average daily count of over 100,000 COVID-19 cases

NEW YORK: AUGUST 8 – As the highly transmissible Delta variant continued to spread...

Shooting kills 1 police officer, injures another in Chicago

CHICAGO: AUGUST 8 – A Chicago police officer was killed and another seriously wounded...

Taliban attack on Afghanistan’s Faizabad city repulsed

FAIZABAD: AUGUST 8 – Dozens of Taliban militants have been killed or injured as...

5 killed, driver seriously injured after single car crash in New Zealand

WELLINGTON: AUGUST 8 – New Zealand police confirmed Sunday that five people died in...

British cyclist Kenny wins men’s keirin at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: AUGUST 8 – British cyclist Jason Kenny won the men’s keirin at the...

Peru’s president expresses confidence in Sinopharm vaccine after receiving first dose

LIMA: AUGUST 8 – Peru’s President Pedro Castillo on Friday expressed confidence in China’s...

California wildfire spreads fast, growing to largest this year in U.S.

LOS ANGELES: AUGUST 7 – A fast-moving wildfire in the western U.S. state of...

India approves Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

NEW DELHI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — India on Saturday granted the emergency use approval...

Thousands evacuated as floods hit North Korea: state TV

PYONGYANG: AUGUST 7 – More than a thousand homes were damaged and about 5,000...

Qatar Airways introduces flights to Zimbabwe

HARARE: AUGUST 7 – Qatar Airways on Friday made its inaugural flight from Doha...