Chadian rebels vow to resume advance after Deby’s funeral
N’DJAMENA: Rebels in northern Chad were preparing to advance on the capital N’Djamena, a spokesman said on Saturday, following the funeral of president Idriss Deby who died on the battlefield....
British PM under pressure over Downing Street refurbishment
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under pressure on Saturday to explain how the lavish refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for following an explosive attack by his former...
Sudan says Ethiopia rejects invitation for dam summit
KHARTOUM/CAIRO: A Sudanese minister said on Friday that Ethiopia had rejected an invitation to a summit to discuss stalled negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and threatened to go...
Sinkholes fill Turkey’s breadbasket in drought
KARAPINAR, Turkey: Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the Turkish plains, worrying farmers as they spread and creep closer to residential homes. “The...
Asean leaders urge Myanmar to stop violence
JAKARTA: Leaders of South-East Asian nations on Saturday urged Myanmar’s military ruler to end the violence against protesters and release political detainees as they met at an emergency summit in...
Indonesia says missing submarine has sunk
BALI: An Indonesian submarine that went missing off the coast of Bali has sunk, the country’s navy said on Saturday, dashing hopes that its 53 crew would be saved. The navy’s chief said a search...
India’s death toll hits new record as Covid ‘tsunami’ worsens
NEW DELHI: India’s daily coronavirus death toll set a new record on Saturday as the government battled to get oxygen to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases. Twenty...
Merkel urges Germans to stick to stricter coronavirus rules
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday called on Germans to stick to tighter coronavirus restrictions imposed in areas with high infection rates over the weekend, saying the step was needed to...
First person to get Covid jab in London is still beaming
LONDON: It was the shot in the arm that made history: in December last year British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first person in the Western world to get an approved coronavirus vaccine,...
India faces mammoth medical challenge
Siddhartha Kumar - Hospitals in India are sending SOS alerts over the dearth of oxygen supplies for their Covid-19 patients as shortages of anti-viral drugs and equipment spawn a black market for...
A pin-prick of hope for humanity
On December 8, 90-year-old British woman Margaret Keenan, resplendent in her Christmas T-shirt, received the Western world’s first Covid vaccination — a chink of light at the end of the tunnel for...
Liverpool blow place in top four
Willock’s late strike earns Newcastle a 1-1 draw - LIVERPOOL: Liverpool suffered another setback in a tumultuous week as Joe Willock’s 94th minute equaliser earned Newcastle a 1-1 draw at...
Punjab Kings lord it over Mumbai
CHENNAI: Captain KL Rahul and Chris Gayle plundered easy runs as Punjab Kings inflicted the third defeat of the season on IPL champions Mumbai Indians on Friday. Rahul hit 60 and veteran West Indies...
Mumbai’s batting frailties worry captain Rohit
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma admitted the defending champions need to address their batting frailties after their nine-wicket thumping by Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League on...
Karunaratne hits double century against Bangladesh
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne scored his maiden double hundred as Sri Lanka batted through the day without losing a wicket on Saturday to match Bangladesh’s 500-plus score in the first...
Djokovic sets up Karatsev showdown
BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic will meet 2021’s breakout star Aslan Karatsev in the Serbia Open semifinals on Saturday after both players enjoyed straight-set quarterfinal wins on Friday in...
Real Madrid chief insists Super League will return
MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the 12 clubs who were to found the European Super League cannot abandon it due to binding contracts, and he promised the project would return after...
A whale chorus reveals how climate change may be shifting migration
Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders had a story to tell, even without a single intelligible word: the whales had stayed put. The recordings...
Kayaking in tranquillity in Wadi Shab
BY ERIN COYLE - The splosh of gliding paddles and chatter of chirping birds cut through an otherwise silent setting. Slate-coloured boulders and sea-green date trees line the riverbanks, and tall,...
Christie’s to auction ‘highest-estimated Asian artwork’ in Hong Kong
Auction house Christie’s unveiled on Monday what it called “the highest-estimated Asian artwork” to ever go under the hammer, a Xu Beihong painting called “Slave and Lion,” which it expects...