With Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden inching closer to victory in the US election, the internet has been flooded with memes referencing his triumph against President Trump. Out of all the side-splitting post, one video has left the entire Hollywood rolling on the floor as it references the final battle of Avengers: Endgame between Thanos and the Avengers, but with a twist. …

American supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid’s father and property tycoon Mohamed Hadid has stirred up quite a storm with his recent statement. As per the Daily Mail, citing court documents, the businessman has claimed that he is currently too broke to pay for the $5 million cost of the demolition of his mansion following a court order. In the papers, Hadid …

Key Republican lawmakers, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, on Friday slammed President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, even as GOP leaders struck a more neutral tone — and others urged the White House to fight. Romney, now a senator from Utah, said Trump was within his rights to request recounts and call for investigations …

COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s State Serum Institute, which deals with infectious diseases, has found mink-related versions of coronavirus in 214 people since June, according to a report on its website updated on Nov 5. One strain of the mutated coronavirus, which has prompted Denmark to cull its entire herd of mink, has however only been found in 12 people and on five …

DHAKA: Bangladesh opened its first Islamic school for transgender Muslims on Friday with clerics calling it a first step towards integrating the discriminated minority into society. The madressah is one of a series of recent steps in Bangladesh to make life easier for the nation’s up to 1.5 million transgender people. The LGBT community faces widespread discrimination in the South …

TEGUCIGALPA: The remains of Hurricane Eta dumped more torrential rain across large parts of Central America early on Friday after days of devastating floods and landslides that killed dozens of people. Eta wrought chaos after ploughing into Nicaragua on Tuesday with 150 miles-per-hour winds and unleashing torrents of rain on isolated and impoverished regions of Honduras and Guatemala. Most people …

LONDON: Painkiller aspirin will be evaluated as a possible treatment for Covid-19 in one of Britain’s biggest trials, which will assess whether it might reduce the risk of blood clots in people with the disease. The scientists behind the RECOVERY trial, which is looking into a range of potential treatments for Covid-19, said it would include the drug, which is …

VIENNA: The Austrian government ordered the closure on Friday of two mosques in the capital Vienna frequented by the jihadist gunman who shot dead four people in the city centre earlier in the week. The shooting on Monday was Austria’s first major attack in decades and its first blamed on a jihadist, identified as 20-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai, who was killed …

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday warned that Indian military was increasingly getting radicalised, a worrisome scenario that could potentially have serious implications for regional peace and security. In a rejoinder to Indian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat’s comments, the FO said his “irresponsible and gratuitous” statement shows his ignorance about ground realities in Pakistan and his …

STEPANAKERT: Three civilians were killed as Azerbaijani forces shelled the main city of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on Friday, Armenia said, following weeks of fighting over the mountainous province. Defence ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan published photos showing rescue workers in camouflage and orange helmets removing rubble from a building in Stepanakert whose walls were collapsed and roof was caved in. …