Over 1,000 attacks recorded on Ukraine’s healthcare during war: WHO. The WHO said it recorded 896 attacks on health facilities, 121 on transport, 72 on personnel and 17 on warehouses in Ukraine during the war. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday it had recorded 1,004 attacks on healthcare in Ukraine during the Russian…
Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of the now-defunct health tech firm Theranos, has been ordered to appear in prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year term after being found guilty of fraud and conspiracy. Her attempt to remain free was denied earlier this month by a federal appeals court. Holmes, once lauded…
Saudi Arabia has put to death two Bahrainis accused of plotting “terrorist” operations, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said on Monday, raising the number of similar executions to nine this month. The Bahraini nationals, identified as Jaafar Sultan and Sadiq Thamer, had been charged with “joining a terrorist cell led by a man wanted in…
The debt-ceiling deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would suspend the United States’ debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending, but its details are unlikely to be popular with progressive Democrats or hard-right Republicans. The Democratic president and Republican speaker are trying to win lawmakers over to…
The Ukrainian parliament has approved a sanctions package against Iran, a Russian ally it accuses of sending weapons to Moscow during its more than year-long invasion of Ukraine. The measures were approved on Monday, a day after Ukraine said Russia used Iranian-made Shahed drones in the largest such attack on the capital, Kyiv, since the beginning of…
Authorities in the United States have arrested two suspected Chinese government agents in connection with an alleged plot by Beijing against the exiled anti-communist Falun Gong spiritual movement. China banned Falun Gong, based broadly around meditation, in 1999 after 10,000 members appeared at the central leadership compound in Beijing in silent protest. The group has called for people to…
Russia has dismissed criticism from US President Joe Biden over Moscow’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying Washington for decades has done the same throughout Europe. Russia said on Thursday it was pushing ahead with the first deployment of such weapons outside its borders since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, and…
Two football teams exiled from cities in war-battered eastern Ukraine play each other on Sunday in the safer western part of the country with the league title at stake. The showdown between Ukrainian Premier League leaders Shakhtar Donetsk and second-place Dnipro-1 at Arena Lviv can be decisive in a football season that is finishing on…
A man was detained for flying a ‘suspicious’ drone in the restricted zone near Hazratganj intersection in Lucknow late on Friday night, police officials said on Saturday. They said Lucknow joint commissioner of police (JCP), law and order, Upendra Agarwal had issued detailed guidelines over this for making it no drone zone around Hazratganj, Vidhan…
In the murky depths of the internet, where die-hard Donald Trump supporters congregate, a new scam has emerged, preying on their disappointment over the last presidential election. Internet scammers are selling “Trump Bucks,” adorned with images of the former president, and promoting them online as a golden opportunity to propel Trump’s 2024 bid while promising…
