President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy.The president was joined on Monday by first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff in a somber ceremony at the Virginia cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is dedicated to deceased service members whose remains have not been identified.His face tight with emotion, Biden walked up to the wreath, cupping it in his hands in silent reflection and then…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rivals on Monday sought to finalise a unity coalition that would unseat the veteran Israeli leader, but political commentators saw a bitter fight ahead.Centrist opposition chief Yair Lapid secured support on Sunday from ultranationalist Naftali Bennett for a “change” government of ideologically disparate rivals.The deal, in which Bennett would serve first as prime minister under a rotation with Lapid, must be finalised by a deadline of midnight (2200GMT) on Wednesday.Netanyahu, 71, is the dominant political figure of his generation and his challengers have little in common – save a desire to emerge from his divisive shadow…
Singapore wants to resume regular international travel, but there is not enough data to decide whether lifting travel restrictions is possible for now, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.If Singapore residents are vaccinated and the country is safe, “we hope Singaporeans can gain the freedom to travel,” the Channel News Asia quoted Ong as saying.This could mean travelling for business reasons or visiting relatives who are living overseas without having to serve a 21-day stay-home notice, he said.Ong was responding to a question at a COVID-19 Multi-Ministry Task Force press conference on whether Singapore would wait for neighbouring…
A new Israeli superhero, named Iron Dome and fashioned out of the blue and white and the star of David in the Israeli flag, has received massive backlash on the internet after being introduced by a pro-Israeli group called ‘StandWithUs.’“Introducing, a new Israeli superhero: Iron Dome, the protector/defender of Israel. We love it! #irondome10,” the group tweeted from their verified account in the micro-blogging site Twitter on May 30 (Sunday). The tweet from the group also included a picture of the superhero with a smirking face. Who is the new superhero?StandWithUs credited the image to Sarai Givaty Luboschits, an Israeli…
A Chinese soldier killed fighting Indian troops at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 16 last year has been nominated for a once-in-a-century medal during the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1.Chen Hongjun, 30, the commander of a motorised infantry battalion under a People Liberation Army (PLA) border defence regiment was among the four Chinese troops killed at Galwan Valley.The other three were Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan and Wang Zhuoran, according to the details released by the Chinese government in February this year, several months after the clash.On Monday, Chinese state media reported…
Among other Black-owned properties which were levelled in the violence include grocery stores, soda fountains, cafes, barbershops, a movie theater, music venues, cigar and billiard parlors, tailors and dry cleaners. By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi PUBLISHED ON MAY 31, 2021 07:25 PM IST On May 31, 1921, a race riot erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as white mobs began looting and levelling the affluent Black district of Greenwood over reports a Black man had assaulted a white woman in an elevator. Hundreds are believed to have died in the riots.A hundred years later, Tulsans commemorated…
Czech police recommended charging Prime Minister Andrej Babis, the country’s fourth-richest man, with fraud after completing an investigation into whether he misused European Union funds.The probe is one in a string of legal challenges that have dogged Babis since he won the 2017 elections with promises to root out corruption, keep immigrants out of the country and build more roads. He’s also been clashing with the EU’s executive arm after its auditors found him in conflict of interest over ties to his chemical, agriculture and media empire.Babis told the CTK newswire on Monday that the fraud cause is a fabrication…
An eminent Indian-origin scientist advising the British government has warned that there are signs that the UK is in the early stages of a third wave of coronavirus infections and urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay the planned June 21 reopening of the country by a few weeks, according to a media report on Monday.Professor Ravi Gupta of the University of Cambridge, who is a member of the government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), said although new cases were “relatively low” the B.1.617 variant of the Covid-19 had fuelled “exponential growth”, the BBC reported.On Sunday,…
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The European Commission proposed on Monday that vaccinated people should be exempt from testing or quarantines when travelling from one EU country to another, and urged a gradual easing of travel measures as Covid-19 inoculations accelerate.The EU reached a deal earlier this month on Covid-19 certificates that will show, via a QR code, whether a person is vaccinated, immune based on recovery from infection or has had a recent negative test. The scheme should be ready by July 1.The European Union executive, which is seeking to end a current patchwork of travel measures across the bloc, said on Monday that…