Dozens more people were injured Saturday as Israeli police fired water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinian protesters in annexed east Jerusalem, a day after fierce clashes at the city’s Al-Aqsa mosque.The fresh violence, a day after more than 200 people were wounded at the mosque, prompted international calls for an end to the violence.Police said they dispersed the protest in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood where demonstrators had thrown stones at security forces.On the border with the Gaza Strip, troops fired tear gas toward Palestinian protesters, as officials said three incendiary balloons were launched into Israel, causing fires but…
Author: Mike Harrison
Sadiq Khan was re-elected as Mayor of London but only after an unexpected surge in support for his main rival threatened to give Boris Johnson’s Conservatives their biggest prize of this week’s British elections.As the incumbent Labour Party candidate, Khan was the runaway favorite to win the contest and keep his job but Shaun Bailey ran a closer-than-expected second, narrowing the gap in the polls in the final days of the contest.As the results came in during the day on Saturday, Khan held on to a lead that was at times as slim as 2 points. In the end, he…
Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday (local time) announced the death of Bo, the Portuguese water dog who became the first presidential pet in the Obama White House.Taking to Twitter, Barack Obama said that the family has “lost a true friend and loyal companion” and that Bo was “a constant, gentle presence in our lives”. Today our family lost a true friend and loyal companion. For more than a decade, Bo was a constant, gentle presence in our lives—happy to see us on our good days, our bad days, and everyday in between. pic.twitter.com/qKMNojiu9V— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 8,…
Hospital officials said on Saturday that Nasheed, 53, was conscious and no longer needed breathing support, but remains in an intensive care unit after initial life-saving surgeries to his head, chest, abdomen and limbs. AP | , Male, Maldives PUBLISHED ON MAY 09, 2021 04:20 AM IST A top official in the Maldives said on Saturday that Islamic extremists were responsible for an explosion that critically wounded former president Mohamed Nasheed earlier this week, as police said they arrested two of four suspects.Hospital officials said on Saturday that Nasheed, 53, was conscious and no longer needed breathing support, but remains…
Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California released this first-ever audio on Friday, just before Ingenuity made its fifth test flight, a short one-way trip to a new airfield. Agencies | , Washington PUBLISHED ON MAY 09, 2021 01:52 AM IST First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now Nasa is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California released this first-ever audio on Friday, just before Ingenuity made its fifth test flight, a short one-way trip to a new airfield.During the fourth flight a week earlier, the low hum from…
(Photo : Pixabay/fancycrave1) Apple Watch 7 series Apple is now sending a new survey to its Apple Watch users, and this time the company wants to learn more about how its consumers user it to monitor health data. Apple Watch 7 Glucose Monitoring Interestingly, the company asks if the user has any apps installed to monitor medications, eating habits, and blood glucose levels. The screenshot of the survey was shared to 9to5Mac by one of its readers, who received the email from Apple on May 9. In the email Apple stated that it wants feedback on the Apple Watch user…
Scotland’s governing Scottish National Party was poised Saturday to win its fourth straight parliamentary election, but the party’s anticipated inability to secure a majority could complicate its ambition to hold another referendum on the country’s independence from the UK.With 68 constituencies counted, the SNP had won 57 of the 129 seats in the Edinburgh-based Scottish Parliament and was on clear course to extend its dominance of Scottish politics.However, because Scotland allocates some seats by a form of proportional representation, the party looks set to fall just short of the 65 seats it would need to have a majority. Based on…
India and the European Union (EU) on Saturday announced the resumption of negotiations on three balanced and comprehensive trade-related agreements but were unable to reach common ground on New Delhi’s call for a waiver of patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines. During a virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of the 27 EU member states, the two sides also unveiled an ambitious connectivity partnership to foster public and private investments in connectivity projects and take up joint projects in Africa, Central Asia and the Indo-Pacific. This is only the EU’s second such partnership after a similar arrangement with…
Europeans can look forward to traveling this summer, if coronavirus cases keep declining further on the continent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday.While the European Union (EU) is developing a vaccine certificate valid throughout the 27-nation bloc, summer vacations abroad should be possible again even for people who haven’t had their shots against the coronavirus, she said.“If you look at the low incidence (of Covid-19) that some of our European partner countries already have,…then I’m very hopeful that we can also generally afford to do what was possible last summer, too,” Merkel said.She cited the sharp drop in Covid-19 cases…
The oldest remains date from between 100,000 and 90,000 years ago, while the other eight Neanderthals are believed to date from 50,000-68,000 years ago, the Culture Ministry said in a statement. AP | , Rome PUBLISHED ON MAY 08, 2021 10:49 PM IST Italian archaeologists have uncovered the fossilized remains of nine Neanderthals in a cave near Rome, shedding new light on how the Italian peninsula was populated and under what environmental conditions.The Italian Culture Ministry announced the discovery Saturday, saying it confirmed that the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was “one of the most significant places in the…