KABUL: The Afghan government denied allegations on Monday that one of the world’s most wanted men, Mullah Mohammad Omar, lived undetected near a US military base for several years. The claim, made by Dutch journalist Bette Dam in her new book “Searching for an Enemy,” contradicts statements by US and Afghan officials who maintain Omar fled…
KABUL: The Afghan government denied allegations on Monday that one of the world’s most wanted men, Mullah Mohammad Omar, lived undetected near a US military base for several years. The claim, made by Dutch journalist Bette Dam in her new book “Searching for an Enemy,” contradicts statements by US and Afghan officials who maintain Omar fled…
ADDIS ABABA: Three Austrian physicians. The co-founder of an international aid organization. A career ambassador. The wife and children of a Slovak legislator. A Nigerian-born Canadian college professor and satirist. They were among the 157 people from 35 countries who died Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crashed shortly after…
ADDIS ABABA: Three Austrian physicians. The co-founder of an international aid organization. A career ambassador. The wife and children of a Slovak legislator. A Nigerian-born Canadian college professor and satirist. They were among the 157 people from 35 countries who died Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crashed shortly after…
EJERE, Ethiopia: Authorities in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft Monday following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, and investigators found the flight recorders from the field where the plane went down.The new plane crashed shortly after takeoff in clear weather outside Addis Ababa on…
EJERE, Ethiopia: Authorities in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft Monday following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, and investigators found the flight recorders from the field where the plane went down.The new plane crashed shortly after takeoff in clear weather outside Addis Ababa on…
GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Monday launched a strategy to protect people worldwide over the next decade against the threat of influenza, warning that new pandemics are “inevitable.”Influenza epidemics, largely seasonal, affect around one billion people and kill hundreds of thousands annually, according to WHO, which describes it as one of the world’s greatest…
ADDIS ABABA: Three Austrian physicians. The co-founder of an international aid organization. A career ambassador. The wife and children of a Slovak legislator. A Nigerian-born Canadian college professor and satirist. They were among the 157 people from 35 countries who died Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crashed shortly after…
ADDIS ABABA: Three Austrian physicians. The co-founder of an international aid organization. A career ambassador. The wife and children of a Slovak legislator. A Nigerian-born Canadian college professor and satirist. They were among the 157 people from 35 countries who died Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crashed shortly after…
NEW DELHI: Vishal Chowdhary is young, bright and armed with an MBA. But he has spent two years struggling to find work in India's sluggish jobs market -- a major headache for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of looming elections.The government's failure to create enough jobs in Asia's third-biggest economy is a key issue for…
EJERE, Ethiopia: Authorities in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft Monday following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, and investigators found the flight recorders from the field where the plane went down.The new plane crashed shortly after takeoff in clear weather outside Addis Ababa on…
WASHINGTON: Melania Trump came armed with surefire applause lines when she stepped up to address a largely female audience that had gathered to celebrate other women.The first lady showcased the record number of women serving in Congress. She said women’s unemployment had hit its lowest level in 65 years, though it has since ticked up…
WASHINGTON: Melania Trump came armed with surefire applause lines when she stepped up to address a largely female audience that had gathered to celebrate other women.The first lady showcased the record number of women serving in Congress. She said women’s unemployment had hit its lowest level in 65 years, though it has since ticked up…
DHANNA, Pakistan: Chaudhry Hakam Deen has a bunker — a cold, damp hole dug in the ground — next to his home where he and his family have often taken refuge amid soaring tensions with India.Spending the night inside, he said, “feels like sitting in a graveyard.”The shelter dates from the Kargil conflict, a skirmish…
DHANNA, Pakistan: Chaudhry Hakam Deen has a bunker — a cold, damp hole dug in the ground — next to his home where he and his family have often taken refuge amid soaring tensions with India.Spending the night inside, he said, “feels like sitting in a graveyard.”The shelter dates from the Kargil conflict, a skirmish…
SAN FRANCISCO, California: Ernest Quintana’s family knew he was dying of chronic lung disease when he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, unable to breathe.But they were devastated when a robot machine rolled into his room in the intensive care unit that night and a doctor told the 78-year-old patient by video call he…
SAN FRANCISCO, California: Ernest Quintana’s family knew he was dying of chronic lung disease when he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, unable to breathe.But they were devastated when a robot machine rolled into his room in the intensive care unit that night and a doctor told the 78-year-old patient by video call he…
LAHORE: Pakistan’s ailing ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, currently serving a prison sentence for corruption, is refusing to have his recurring angina treated in hospital. His family have repeatedly asked him to reconsider his decision, and the Pakistani government have offered treatment in the hospital of Sharif’s choice. “The health and life of Mian Nawaz Sharif…
Venezuela buckles under massive power, communications outage Updated 09 March 2019 AP March 09, 2019 06:45 CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela’s worst power and communications outage on Friday deepened a sense of isolation and decay, endangering hospital patients, forcing schools and businesses to close and cutting people off from their families, friends and the outside world.While electricity…
Venezuela buckles under massive power, communications outage Updated 09 March 2019 AP March 09, 2019 06:45 CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela’s worst power and communications outage on Friday deepened a sense of isolation and decay, endangering hospital patients, forcing schools and businesses to close and cutting people off from their families, friends and the outside world.While electricity…
