More than 70 Chinese cities have been placed under full or partial Covid lockdowns since late August, impacting more than 300 million people, as local authorities rush to stamp out infections at all cost in the final countdown to leader Xi Jinping’s expected third term. Story Published at: September 05, 2022 at 11:07AM
Analysis: Chinese cities rush to lockdown in show of loyalty to Xi’s ‘zero-Covid’ strategy
Turkish national team alleges NBA player attacked by opposing team members
The Turkish national team is threatening to pull out of EuroBasket 2022 after it says one of its team members, NBA player Furkan Korkmaz of the Philadelphia 76ers, was attacked Sunday after being ejected from a game.Story Published at: September 05, 2022 at 10:20AM
Private Cessna aircraft crashes off coast of Latvia after NATO jets scrambled
A private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia on Sunday, hours after NATO jets were scrambled to follow the plane. Story Published at: September 05, 2022 at 09:42AM
6.6-magnitude earthquake hits China’s southwestern Sichuan province
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) was reported southwest of Sichuan’s capital Chengdu on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Story Published at: September 05, 2022 at 08:38AM
Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry dies in car accident
Cyrus Mistry, the Indian scion of one of the country’s most prominent empires, died in a road accident on a highway near Mumbai on Sunday, according to Maharashtra police.Story Published at: September 05, 2022 at 07:13AM
The FBI has returned a 2,000-year-old Italian mosaic that may have been lost for almost a century
Hidden for decades, a mosaic that is a “key part of Rome’s history” was located and returned to the Italian government, the Federal Bureau of Investigations said in a news release on Friday.Story Published at: September 04, 2022 at 11:52AM
Brazilian man survives 11 days in ocean floating alone in a freezer
A Brazilian man reportedly survived 11 days in the Atlantic Ocean last month, taking refuge inside a freezer after his boat sank, according to CNN affiliate Record TV. Story Published at: September 03, 2022 at 05:37PM
Death toll in Pakistan floods passes 1,280 — and a third of them are children
Humanitarian agencies have warned Pakistan is in need of long-term aid as the death toll from its catastrophic flooding continues to climb.Story Published at: September 04, 2022 at 07:54AM
Girlfriend of suspect in attack on Argentine VP struggles to understand ‘why he did what he did’
The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was arrested last year for “improper use of a weapon”, police have told CNN. Story Published at: September 03, 2022 at 12:25PM
China warns of ‘counter-measures’ as US approves $1.1bn arms sales to Taiwan
China has warned the United States it will take “counter-measures” after the Biden administration approved more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan.Story Published at: September 03, 2022 at 07:53AM