American singer Miley Cyrus is letting go of no opportunities to shade her former flames and it seems she is at it again. The Midnight Sky singer appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon where she performed her rendition of the song Maneater by the Hall and Oates. She also dropped a savage message referencing to her ‘future ex-husband’ and perhaps even some of her …

LONDON: Renowned TV naturalist David Attenborough, in a new documentary, gives his starkest warning yet for humanity to safeguard species from mass extinction for the sake of our own survival. His one-hour film Extinction: The Facts, airing on Sunday on the BBC in Britain, does not hold back in portraying the devastating consequences of mankind’s encroachment on natural habitats — and draws a …

MINSK: Belarusian riot police on Saturday violently detained several dozen women demonstrators and threw them into vans, as thousands took to the streets of the capital to protest against police violence and electoral fraud. Unprecedented demonstrations broke out in Belarus after strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet state for 26 years, claimed to have defeated opposition candidate Svetlana …

ISTANBUL: Turkey and Iran have condemned the deal between Israel and Bahrain to normalise their relations. Turkey described the US-brokered deal as a “fresh blow” to the Palestinian cause. For its part, Iran accused Bahrain of stirring instability in the region. US President Donald Trump on Friday announced the “peace deal” between Israel and Bahrain, which became the second Arab country to …

ast LONDON: Pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Saturday said they had resumed a Covid-19 vaccine trial after getting the all-clear from British regulators, following a pause caused by a UK volunteer falling ill. “Clinical trials for the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus vaccine, AZD1222, have resumed in the UK following confirmation by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA) that it …

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused the European Union of threatening to tear the UK apart by imposing a food “blockade” between Britain and Northern Ireland, throwing new fuel on the fire of simmering Brexit talks. Writing in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, Johnson said the EU’s stance justified his government’s introduction of new legislation to rewrite its Brexit withdrawal treaty — a bill …

ISLAMABAD: Experts at a webinar termed the 9/11 incident as the outcome of the hybrid war that intensified 5th generation warfare around the globe. It was a human tragedy and the incident changed the entire landscape of peace and prosperity globally, especially causing an irreparable dent to Pakistan and Afghanistan. The webinar was organised by the Development Communications Network on …

NEW DELHI: Delhi summoned Facebook’s India chief on Saturday to answer allegations that the social media giant failed to remove dangerous content in its biggest market globally. India is the US-based firm and its messaging service WhatsApp’s biggest market in terms of users, and the company is under pressure worldwide over the policing of hate speech. Facebook has been embroiled …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday voiced support for China on resumption of ‘Code of Conduct’ (CoC) negotiations in South China Sea. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while virtually participating in the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Regional Forum (ARF), reaffirmed “Pakistan’s support for the ongoing negotiations of Code of Conduct and underlined that the concerned parties may find solution …

MUMBAI: Oxygen supply has grown scarce in some parts of India hard hit by coronavirus, hospital and local government officials said, as India reported a record daily jump in cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday. With total cases of more than 4.65 million, India is the world’s second worst affected country, trailing only the …