International

Heavy rains, water discharge from dams kill 7 in India’s West Bengal

NEW DELHI: AUGUST 3 – At least seven people were killed and around 250,000...

Brazil wins sailing women’s 49er FX gold at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: AUGUST 3 – Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won the sailing women’s 49er...

Chiellini signs new contract with Juventus

ROME: AUGUST 3 – Veteran centre-back Giorgio Chiellini has signed a two-year contract extension...

COVID-19 cases top 60 mln in WHO European region

COPENHAGEN: AUGUST 2 – The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region has recorded 60,093,393...

Samsung holds 18pc of smartphones market share in Q2, ranks world’s No.1 in shipments

SEOUL: AUGUST 2 – Samsung Electronics’ smartphone shipments ranked first in the world in...

254 Taliban killed, 97 injured in operations conducted by Afghan forces

KABUL: AUGUST 2 – At least 254 Taliban were killed and 97 others wounded...

Cambodia succeeds in training dogs to sniff out COVID-19: official

PHNOM PENH: AUGUST 2 – Three Cambodian dogs had been successfully trained to sniff...

WHO says COVID-19 cases rising in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: AUGUST 2 – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Sri Lanka said that...

The number of coronavirus infections in China is on the rise

BEIJING: AUGUST 2 –  Coronavirus infections are on the rise in China. According to...

Indonesia wins badminton women’s doubles at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: AUGUST 2 – Indonesia’s world No. 6 shuttlers Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu beat China’s...