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A health worker performs a COVID-19 test in the Kennedy neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. — AFP/FileWASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has shifted its official stance on the origin of COVID-19, saying on Saturday that the virus was “more likely” leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals.The new assessment came after John Ratcliffe was confirmed on Thursday as the CIA director under the second White House administration of Donald Trump. “The agency is going to get off the sidelines,” Ratcliffe — who believes COVID-19 leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology — told outlet Breitbart.Ratcliffe, who served as…
It’s been a week since a ceasefire was declared in Gaza. For the first time in 15 months, the relentless sound of explosions has been replaced by silence. But this silence is not peace. It is a silence that screams loss, devastation, and grief – a pause in the destruction, not its end. It feels like standing amid the ashes of a home, searching for something, anything, that survived. The images coming out of Gaza are haunting. Children with hollow eyes stand in the rubble of what was once their home. Parents hold onto the remains of toys, photographs, and…
His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, representative of the ruler in Al Ain region, said on Sunday …
Representatives from different regional navies stand under flags of their respective countries during an event under AMAN exercise in this still taken from a video. — X/@dgprPaknavyThe Pakistan Navy is set to host AMAN-25 — the 9th edition of the multinational Aman (peace) exercise from February 7 to 11. A key feature of this year’s exercise will be the AMAN Dialogue, where chiefs of naval forces, heads of coast guards, and senior leaders from around the world will convene to discuss regional maritime security and devise joint strategies to counter evolving maritime threats, a statement issued by the Pakistan Navy’s public…
A person gestures next to a fossil of a crocodile as paleontologists unveil a 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark (not pictured), in Lima, Peru, on January 20, 2025. — ReutersLIMA: Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific Ocean, where it liked to devour sardines.The nearly-complete Cosmopolitodus Hastalis fossil was found some 235 km (146 miles) south of Lima in Peru’s Pisco basin, a hot, desert area famed for frequent discoveries of ancient marine species. The shark…
US President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, US, January 20, 2025. — ReutersJoe Biden had left “lot of work,” says Republican.President floats idea of ending federal disaster aid.Trump discusses barrage of executive orders.WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced Wednesday deployment of an extra 1,500 US troops to the Mexican border, as he stepped up a crackdown against illegal immigration and diversity programmes in a whirlwind start to his second term.The 78-year-old Republican — who has pledged a “golden…
Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (L) and Saud Shakeel gesturing on the second day of the second and last Test against the West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium on January 25, 2025. — PCBRizwan, Saud score 49 and 32 runs respectively. Motie dismisses three while Roach takes two scalps. Pakistan end innings with one over to spare on day 2. MULTAN: Pakistan bundled out on 154 as the home side failed to gain a lead on the first day of the second and last Test against the West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Saturday.The home side had a poor run after bamboozling West…
Glenn Close recalls when she brought ‘everyday heroes’ for hilarious ‘SNL’ gigGlenn Close has reflected on her hilarious Silver Bells performance on Saturday Night Live in 1992.Speaking with PEOPLE magazine, Glenn recalled her hosting gig, where she brought “all the people that I saw every day” to SNL. Reflecting on standout moments when she served as host on SNL, the actress said, “I asked all the people that I saw every day — the guy at the gas station, the guy at the grocery store, the guy who set up bird houses all over the place, the firemen, the policemen.…
World Health Organisation officials examine the home of a suspected Marburg virus victim in Uige, Angola, on April 19, 2005. — ReutersGENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Tanzania had killed eight people, warning that the risk of further spread in the country and region was “high”.The United Nations health agency said it had informed its member states on Monday of “an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region” of Tanzania. “We are aware of nine cases so far, including eight people who have…
Fifty-seven people were killed when a freight train and a passenger train packed with students collided in February 2023.Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied outside Greece’s parliament in Athens to demand justice for the victims of the country’s worst railway disaster nearly two years ago. Sunday’s demonstration, one of the biggest to be held in the capital in recent years, came days after after local media released an audio recording suggesting that some of the 57 victims might have survived the collision but died in a fire of yet unknown origin that burned for more than an hour following…