China Covid battle postpones Asian Games

HANGZHOU 06 May (ONLINE): Asian Games: scheduled in September at Hangzhou city, has been postponed due to increasing Covid-19 cases in the city, organizers told on Friday. The event was scheduled in September 10 to 25 at Hangzhou, located at the distance less than 200 […]

Bobby Deol and Abhay Deol’s sweet gesture for their fans

MUMBAI, May 06 (Online): Actor Bobby Deol, who left everyone impressed with his killer performance in ‘Love Hostel’, was seen enjoying a dinner night with his brother Abhay Deol on Thursday. The duo was clicked outside a restaurant in the city. The Deol brothers looked […]

Johnson loses ‘crown jewels’ in UK vote overshadowed by scandal

London, May 6 (AFP/APP):Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative party lost control of key councils in London, according to partial results from local and regional UK elections on Friday, with a potentially historic change looming in Northern Ireland. The main UK opposition Labour party of Keir […]

India, Pakistan must brace for even worse heatwaves

Paris, May 6 (AFP/APP): The devastating heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan over the last two months is unprecedented, but worse — perhaps far worse — is on the horizon as climate change continues apace, top climate scientists told AFP. Even without additional global warming […]

Van der Poel wins Giro opener as Ewan falls short

Visegrád, Hungary, May 6 (AFP/APP): Dutch Alpecin rider Mathieu van der Poel won the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday, a 195km run from Budapest to the hilltop citadel at Visegrad. Van der Poel edged Eritrean Biniam Girmay and Pello Bilbao to the […]

Massive blast rips through Havana hotel

Havana, May 6 (AFP/APP): Rescuers searched for victims Friday after a powerful explosion ripped through a hotel under refurbishment in central Havana, with no casualties immediately reported. Shortly after 11:00 am, a cloud of dust and smoke billowed from the Saratoga Hotel after the blast […]

No Harry, Meghan or Andrew on queen’s jubilee balcony: palace

London, May 6 (AFP/APP): Queen Elizabeth’s son Prince Andrew, her grandson Harry and his wife Meghan will not join her on the Buckingham Palace balcony for this year’s Trooping the Colour, royal officials said on Friday. Instead, the 96-year-old monarch has decided to limit numbers […]

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