The move was driven partly to dispense with awkward scientific nomenclature but also over some countries opposition to being linked geographically to certain variants. from World https://ift.tt/3p7r29O
Floodwaters in New Zealand have receded, leaving behind a big mess on many farms in the Canterbury region and damage to a major bridge from World https://ift.tt/3pjDio1
https://ift.tt/2TnQyfa team will be confined to one floor of a hotel as it prepares for the Tokyo Games, which are scheduled to begin July 23 despite a coronavirus outbreak and growing public opposition. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3yTMmEc
https://ift.tt/3c7SL50 main players in the latest twist in Israeli politics have very different agendas, but one common goal: unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3yLNQAB
https://ift.tt/3fCJRif will expedite the relocation of Afghan staff, largely interpreters, who worked for the country’s armed forces and are at increasing risk ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3i7rX8D
Tropical Storm Blanca has gained some strength in the eastern Pacific while staying far off Mexico’s southern coast and posing no threat to land from World https://ift.tt/2TrkRS9
In a major policy last week in a country home to the holiest Muslim sites, the Islamic affairs ministry said the speakers should be set at no more than one-third of their maximum volume. The order, which also limited the use of loudspeakers mainly to issue the call to prayer rather than broadcasting full sermons, triggered a conservative backlash on social media. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yTwHoA
The daughter-in-law of a politically influential British magnate has been charged in Belize with manslaughter by negligence in the shooting death of a police superintendent from World https://ift.tt/2SLDkc0
https://ift.tt/3uJIjr2 Israel’s newspapers — as fractured as its electorate — the opinions on the possible fall of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were as emphatic as they were varied. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3p5mAZl
A state news agency says China’s ruling Communist Party will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in response to the population’s rising age from World https://ift.tt/3i3KrH8
Ryanair says a flight from Ireland to Poland diverted to Berlin after the crew were warned of a “potential security threat” on the plane from World https://ift.tt/3p6c7ga
A Chinese Australian writer tried in Beijing for alleged espionage says he pleaded to a judge to reject evidence of what he had said while being tortured by interrogators from World https://ift.tt/3i1jiEV
The Israeli army says troops have shot a Palestinian man who sneaked across the border from the Gaza Strip with a knife from World https://ift.tt/3fS0s0e
The leaders of New Zealand and Australia minimized their differences over China and urged more investigation into the origins of the coronavirus after their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year from World https://ift.tt/3i5xnBi
The European Union is installing a high-tech surveillance system at a migration flashpoint along Greece’s border with Turkey during a lull in movement due to the coronavirus pandemic from World https://ift.tt/3fTxDRe
The US spied on top politicians in Europe, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, from 2012 to 2014 with the help of Danish intelligence, Danish and European media reported on Sunday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3wXZc2L
A stand-up show in Dubai has marked the first time Iranian-American Maz Jobrani has been in front of a major live audience overseas since the start of the coronavirus pandemic — and he feels it from World https://ift.tt/3c7IqGb
https://ift.tt/2SFudto its first reaction to President Biden’s summit with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, North Korean state media warned of an arms race. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3g0dRmS
The centre-left New Zealand leader insisted the trans-Tasman allies were lock-step on attitudes towards China after holding talks with her Australian counterpart Scott Morrison in the South Island mountain retreat of Queenstown. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RP0rCr
The United States and South Korea recently agreed to end guidelines that had restricted Seoul’s development of missiles. from World https://ift.tt/3p8B2zQ
Several hundred people in New Zealand have been evacuated from their homes after heavy rain caused widespread flooding in the Canterbury region from World https://ift.tt/34y9qug
A UNICEF report says severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double this year in Haiti as the country struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, a spike in violence and dwindling resources from World https://ift.tt/34uQSLB
China has re-imposed anti-coronavirus travel controls on its populous southern province of Guangdong, announcing anyone leaving must be tested for the virus following a spike in infections that has alarmed authorities from World https://ift.tt/3wHjzAU
The heist set off a sprawling, multiagency investigation into one of the most unusual and audacious crimes of the coronavirus crisis. from World https://ift.tt/3fBDuM8
The three suspects in Italy’s cable car disaster have left prison after a judge indicated that for now, most of the blame fell on the service technician who intentionally disabled the car’s brake because it kept locking spontaneously from World https://ift.tt/2R5sYmN
Nepal's Opposition alliance on Sunday urged all state institutions not to support Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli government's "unconstitutional" and "anti-democratic" activities and expressed hope that the Supreme Court's verdict on the petitions against the dissolution of the lower house of Parliament will come in its favour, according to a media report. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2SDFvOO
https://ift.tt/34wlvAg British prime minister’s marriage to Carrie Symonds at London’s main Roman Catholic cathedral was carried out in extreme secrecy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3c0eeg8
Egypt and Israel are holding high-level talks in both countries to shore up a fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas militant group and rebuild the Gaza Strip after a punishing 11-day war from World https://ift.tt/3yJi6vX
A police spokesman says a mortar shell has hit a wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people, mostly children, and wounding at least four others from World https://ift.tt/3vMs7Gs
https://ift.tt/3i5fdj0 in São Paulo, Brazil, once hounded graffiti artists and muralists, treating them as vandals. Now the city champions, and even funds, their art, and it’s everywhere and supersized. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fX6EUG
https://ift.tt/2TuJDB2 Diop, an International Booker Prize finalist for his novel “At Night All Blood Is Black,” is among the writers whose work is helping France face its history with Africa. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vzqRXb
https://ift.tt/3wF4EY3 Himalayan country is considering declaring a health emergency to help contain a second wave that experts say migrant laborers brought back from India. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/34usedR
https://ift.tt/2TrQv26 Asian-influenced activity project for the At Home section reminded staff members of how games connect them with their heritage. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fY2onN
As some European countries re-open to international tourists, Egypt has already been trying for months to attract them to its archaeological sites and museums from World https://ift.tt/3c1LSlE
Growing friction with China and how to reopen borders after the pandemic will be among the topics discussed by the leaders of Australia and New Zealand in their first face-to-face meeting since the coronavirus outbreak began from World https://ift.tt/3hZQhcN
https://ift.tt/3c3UyrM the pandemic and lockdowns dragged on and on over the past year, most of us longed only for the day when the world would return to what it was before Covid-19 entered our vocabulary. For others, though, the months of seclusion led them to search for ways they might be able to make the world just a little better place than it was before. Here are a few ideas on improving your little part of the post-pandemic Earth that you could latch onto, or maybe you have some ideas of your own. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3c5UKXD
https://ift.tt/3c2ZHk2 British prime minister’s marriage to Carrie Symonds at London’s main Roman Catholic cathedral was carried out in extreme secrecy, according to news reports. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2RZ7SGW
https://ift.tt/3p4CdAi half a year, the rodents have been chewing their way around the country’s eastern grain belt, leaving economic and psychological scars. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3wN1bXz
https://ift.tt/3hYotWd 134 years, Insein Prison has stood as a monument to brutality. Since the Feb. 1 coup, journalists, elected leaders and pro-democracy protesters have been held in the aging facility. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3c3B9XR
https://ift.tt/3uyNKbU in need of sun and a change of scene, British travelers returned to the newly “green-listed” country and were met by relief, exasperation — and hardly anyone. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fwCRmL
The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home Saturday to be tested for the coronavirus following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. Guangzhou, a business and industrial center of 15 million people north of Hong Hong, has reported 20 new infections over the past week. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ux0mjY
https://ift.tt/3wFSGNN move is the latest Western response to the forced landing of a European commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3yOLSiT
The Philippines has asked China to withdraw its ships from the vicinity of a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea from World https://ift.tt/2SBtGIL
Taking credit for delivering the modernity and prosperity which Chinese people have dreamed of for over a century, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pulling out all the stops to celebrate 100th anniversary of the party. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fVojME
The new variant is a mix of the coronavirus strains first detected in the United Kingdom and India, the country’s health minister said from World https://ift.tt/3c00F04
A Kuwaiti court in an unprecedented move has ordered two former ministers and royal family members detained pending trial over their suspected misuse of the Defense Ministry’s funds from World https://ift.tt/3vzfSx9
The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home to be tested for the coronavirus following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities from World https://ift.tt/3fsUjsu
Samuel Cassidy, a 57-year-old white man, fired around 40 shots Wednesday at the public transport rail yard where he worked as a maintenance man in San Jose, California. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2SHxJDC
https://ift.tt/3c3yq0B victories by environmental activists added to the uncertainty surrounding the industry and Canada’s oil sands. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3wGkRvV
Colombian President Iván Duque is deploying military forces to the city of Cali after at least three people died in increasingly violent protests and talks to end the social uprising stalled from World https://ift.tt/3c2g1RV
The brazen May 23 seizure of a commercial Ryanair flight by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has prompted international outrage and condemnation. from World https://ift.tt/2TsBT2s
https://ift.tt/3vANjiE Moyo, a freelance journalist for The Times who is based in Harare, was being held on charges of violating the country’s immigration laws. His lawyers say the accusation is spurious. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3oYJd1z
Kamala Harris will be the first woman to give the graduation speech at the Naval Academy. About 1,000 students will graduate. Most will be commissioned as officers, either as Navy ensigns or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oXnkiY
https://ift.tt/34ooDOm Matthew Bryant spent weeks on the run, doing yoga in the middle of the forest and plotting his next move. Then his face appeared on a TV crime show. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3wKqo4V
Raman Pratasevich has been part of the Belarus political opposition for over a decade and he has long feared the authorities would try to abduct him even though he was living abroad from World https://ift.tt/3fpwXE2
Despite claims by both Ethiopia and Eritrea that they were leaving, Eritrean soldiers are in fact more firmly entrenched than ever in neighboring Tigray, where they are brutally gang-raping women, killing civilians, looting hospitals and blocking food and medical aid, The Associated Press has found from World https://ift.tt/3fJSLZO
Despite claims by both Ethiopia and Eritrea that they were leaving, Eritrean soldiers are in fact more firmly entrenched than ever in neighboring Tigray, where they are brutally gang-raping women, killing civilians, looting hospitals and blocking food and medical aid, The Associated Press has found from World https://ift.tt/2SxXUfU
Largely regarded as an international pariah even before Belarus forced down a civilian jet, President Alexander Lukashenko is increasingly dependent on his closest ally’s support to maintain power. from World https://ift.tt/3fUiHlw
Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people and commit to spending a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects from World https://ift.tt/3yJVT0E
https://ift.tt/3yDDAdz reported that it had detected the intrusion and that the same hackers behind the earlier SolarWinds attack were responsible. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2RRdenJ
Biden and his allies wanted to turn the page on U.S. policy in the Middle East. But they find themselves fighting the same battles. from World https://ift.tt/2RStIMf
Biden and his allies wanted to turn the page on U.S. policy in the Middle East. But they find themselves fighting the same battles. from World https://ift.tt/2RStIMf
Biden’s order to U.S. intelligence agencies to determine the origins of the coronavirus has triggered sharp debate among global health researchers, with at least one prominent scientist calling the available evidence pointing to a potential lab leak “political.” from World https://ift.tt/3vuPCUA
Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to more jail time over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack down on dissent in the city from World https://ift.tt/3bVYryL
It’s routine preparation for a campaign stop for Guillermo Valencia, who’s running for mayor in Morelia, capital of the troubled Mexican state of Michoacan from World https://ift.tt/3ftttQV
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was sentenced to a further 14 months in prison on Friday for organising an unauthorised assembly on Oct. 1, 2019, during one of the city's pro-democracy rallies that year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oXVuTF
Assad's win was not in doubt, in an election where officials said 18 million were eligible to vote. But in the country ravaged by the 10-year-old conflict, areas controlled by rebels or Kurdish-led troops did not hold the vote. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vttz0l
The number of seats in Hong Kong's legislature will be expanded to 90, with 40 of them elected by a largely pro-Beijing election committee. The number of legislators elected directly by Hong Kong voters will be cut to 20, from the previous 35. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ut3mhh
https://ift.tt/3fUqMqs United Nations’ top human rights body voted on Thursday to open an inquiry into abuses and possible war crimes committed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories during recent hostilities. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2R4g74k
https://ift.tt/3fsifMB officials have told the White House that computer analysis may shed light on the mystery. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3i4Cqlz
Stay-at-home orders will apply to Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state from midnight for seven days, acting state Premier James Merlino told residents, as the cluster doubled to 26 cases. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fr58ek
https://ift.tt/3bUznIy Cummings told Parliament that his ex-boss, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was “unfit for the job” and that government incompetence lead to thousands of excess Covid-19 deaths. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3bZjwIW
The Australian ambassador to China said it was “regrettable” that the embassy was denied access as a trial was due to start for a Chinese-Australian man charged with espionage from World https://ift.tt/3yIDvW0
The son of fascist sympathizers in Britain, he later successfully sued a tabloid for invasion of privacy over a Nazi-themed sex party. from World https://ift.tt/3fRlagC
https://ift.tt/2SxdAQg directive came as health officials and scientists have renewed calls for a more rigorous examination. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fqYJjD
The U_N_ humanitarian chief says the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region is worsening and warns taht “there is a serious risk of famine if assistance is not scaled up in the next two months.” from World https://ift.tt/2QT5VeI
https://ift.tt/2QVFGV7 team of international researchers has assembled an atlas of microorganisms present in 60 cities around the world. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3fn05vG
https://ift.tt/2RNQPHY only did existing conflicts persist during the pandemic, but new ones erupted, contributing to the displacement of at least 80 million people last year. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/34zeQ8B
https://ift.tt/34j27qg coronavirus is spreading faster per capita in Manitoba than in any other state or province in Canada, the United States or Mexico, and its hospitals are overflowing. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3oVCXaU
Syrians in government-held areas or the war torn country are headed to polling stations to vote in presidential elections set to give President Bashar Assad a fourth seven-year term from World https://ift.tt/2SwziDZ
Hong Kong’s legislature is expected to change electoral laws to drastically reduce the public’s ability to vote for lawmakers and increase the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers making decisions for the city from World https://ift.tt/2SxpbiA
Family members of 21 runners who died when freezing rain and strong winds interrupted a weekend mountain race in northwestern China have rejected offers of compensation and want to know how the tragedy could happen from World https://ift.tt/34fUdhm
US President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday to meet next month in Geneva, a face-to-face encounter the White House hopes will help bring some predictability to a fraught relationship that's only worsened in the first months of the Democratic administration. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3p29Xyh