Day: February 17, 2022
Haitian Garment Workers Protest To Demand Higher Wages
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Thousands of Haitian garment workers protested in Port-au-Prince on Thursday to demand higher wages following weeks of similar demonstrations over pay and working conditions…
Soccer-Barcelona Held By Napoli In Europa League While Rangers Shock Dortmund
BARCELONA:Barcelona were held 1-1 at home by Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League knockout stage playoff tie on Thursday, while Scottish side…
Mexican Journalists Protest, Urge President To Stop Violence Against Press
MEXICO CITY: Journalists in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Thursday held protests to urge President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to bring to an…
Kuwait allows women in combat, but sans guns | World News
Activists have decried the policy as “one step forward, two steps back” after the defence ministry also decided that women in the armed forces, unlike…
Military coup: Asean ministers hold talks amid division over Myanmar’s role | World News
The enforced absence of Myanmar’s foreign minister put a spotlight on the normally low-key event, held this year in Phnom Penh with Cambodia as chair…
Covid-19: Hong Kong hospitals hit 90% capacity as cases surge | World News
Hospitals in Hong Kong’s reached 90% capacity on Thursday and quarantine facilities were at their limit, authorities said, as the city struggles to snuff out…
Russia, Ukraine trade barbs over ‘shelling’ | World News
Kiev and Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern district of Lugansk traded allegations of an escalation in fighting on Thursday, after the US claimed Moscow was…
Russia invasion threat ‘very high’, says Biden | World News
There is every indication that Russia plans to attack Ukraine in the coming days, US President Joe Biden told reporters, and the American secretary of…
Fight Between Maharana Pratap & Akbar Was For Power, But BJP Gave It Religious Colour: Dotasra
Jaipur, Feb 17: Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Thursday said the fight between Rajput warrior Maharana Pratap and Mughal emperor Akbar was for…
Metaverse to push data usage by 20X in 10 yrs; Jio, Airtel to gain: Report
The transition of digital ecosystem to metaverse, where a person will feel immersed in a virtual world, will push data usage by…