New York to have first female police chief ever

New York, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):New York will appoint Keechant Sewell as its first-ever woman police chief to head the largest force in the country, US media reported Tuesday, at a time when the city’s trust in law enforcement has been shattered. Sewell, who will also […]

Coronavirus: Latest global developments

Paris, Dec 14 (AFP/APP):Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – First UK death from Omicron – Omicron has killed at least one person in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson reveals as he launches a large booster programme against the variant. – Norway […]

7.3-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia

Jakarta, Dec 14 (AFP/APP):A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with monitors briefly warning of the possibility of hazardous tsunami waves before lifting the threat. The epicentre was north of the island of Flores in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara […]

Guinea junta returns ex-leader’s residence to family

Conakry, Dec 11 (AFP/APP):Guinea’s ruling military junta has returned the residence of the west African country’s first post-independence leader to his family more than three decades after the army first seized it. A previous military junta took power and seized the property in the capital […]

Int’l Mountain Day celebrations held in Nagar

GILGIT, Dec 11 (APP):International Mountain Day celebrations was held in Nagar with the support of UNDP GLOF II. International Mountain Day was celebrated in Nagar by GLOF-II project in collaboration with various line departments of Gilgit Baltistan. The theme for this year’s mountain day is […]

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