Tag: World Health Organisation
US border crossings down by half since rule change: Security chief
WASHINGTON: US border authorities have seen a 50 percent drop in “encounters” with undocumented migrants crossing the southern border since the country’s Title 42 migration…
WHO declares end to mpox public health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that mpox was no longer a global health emergency, ending a near year-long alert for the viral…
Police arrest suspect after school shooting in Belgrade
BELGRADE: Serbian police arrested a student following a shooting at an elementary school in the capital Belgrade on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. “The police…
Chinese who reported on Covid to be released after 3 years
HONG KONG: Chinese authorities were preparing on Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicising videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies…
In midst of H-1B cap E-registration surge, USCIS sniffs abuse of the visa-program
MUMBAI: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has announced that it received 7,58,994 eligible registrations for the H-1B cap season for the fiscal ending…
Thai woman charged with cyanide murder as list of victims grows
BANGKOK: Thai police have widened their investigation into a woman accused of a spate of cyanide poisoning murders, with officers on Thursday raising the number…
Undeterred by jail, Germany’s climate activists ramp up protests
BERLIN: Moritz Riedacher sat down at a busy road junction with four other climate activists in southwestern Germany earlier this year, holding up traffic for…
Colombian president asks cabinet to resign ahead of reshuffle
BOGOTA: Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has asked his cabinet ministers to resign, two sources told Reuters late on Tuesday, as the leftist president faces delays…
‘Sad to say’: Music legend Belafonte bids farewell at 96
Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went…
Indiana: 2 Indian students drown in US state of Indiana
NEW YORK: Two Indian students who went missing last week while swimming at a lake in the US state of Indiana are dead, local authorities…