Israel launches airstrikes after rockets fired from Gaza in day of escalation

Israel launches airstrikes after rockets fired from Gaza in day of escalations

Israel launches airstrikes after rockets fired from Gaza in day of escalation

 

Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have been exchanging fire through the night after clashes in Jerusalem Monday left hundreds injured and tensions sky high, prompting an uptick in the violence, official sources and pictures showed.

Israeli airstrikes have left at least 24 dead, including nine children, in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. The Israel Defense Forces says it killed 15 militants.
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India’s Covid-19 catastrophe could make global shortages even worse

Indias’s Covid-19 catastrophe could make global shortages even worses

India’s Covid-19 catastrophe could make global shortages even worse

 

A terrifying and record-breaking wave of Covid-19 in India threatens to stall the country’s economic recovery and send shockwaves through several important global industries.

Asia’s third largest economy has been struggling for weeks to control the devastating surge. Hundreds of thousands of new cases are reported every day, and economists are rethinking their forecasts for double-digit growth this year — a troubling sign for a country that plunged into recession last year for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown.

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China blames the US for hyping fears of uncontrolled rocket reentry as space race heats up

China blames the US for hyping fears of uncontrolled rocket reentry as space race heats ups

China blames the US for hyping fears of uncontrolled rocket reentry as space race heats up

 

 

For a week, China’s Long March 5B grabbed global attention, as space agencies and experts closely tracked its trajectory, speculating where debris would fall upon the rocket’s uncontrolled reentry.

In China, however, the country’s space administration stayed silent for days amid criticism that allowing such a large rocket stage to free fall towards Earth was irresponsible and posed a safety risk —

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Fauci joins calls for nationwide lockdown to contain India’s Covid crisis

Fauci joins calls for nationwide lockdown to contain Indias’s Covid crisiss

Fauci joins calls for nationwide lockdown to contain India’s Covid crisis

 

 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under increasing pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown as the country grapples with the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak.

On Monday, India reported 366,161 new cases, its health ministry said — the first time daily infections have dipped below 400,000 since May 6. Its total caseload is now more than 22 million since the pandemic began.

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It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates Fauci says

It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates Fauci sayss

It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates Fauci says

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon.

Sunday on ABC News, Fauci was asked whether it’s time to start relaxing indoor masks requirements. Fauci replied, “I think so, and I think you’re going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated.”
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Modi presses ahead with .8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

Modi presses ahead with s$1s.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages Indias

Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

 

While hospitals plead for life-saving oxygen and Covid-19 patients die in their thousands, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing ahead with a $1.8 billion parliamentary revamp — including a new home for the country’s leader.

The decision to continue with the project in the capital, New Delhi, has infuriated the public and opposition politicians,

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Stiliyan Petrov’s dream job was cut short by cancer; now he wants to help soccer stars plan for the future

Stiliyan Petrovs’s dream job was cut short by cancers; now he wants to help soccer stars plan for the futures

Stiliyan Petrov’s dream job was cut short by cancer; now he wants to help soccer stars plan for the future

 

 

You might gawk at Premier League footballers’ million dollar salaries but playing careers are short and can sometimes be curtailed by injury, illness or poor form.

And when a career comes to its inevitable end, many players are left scrambling to reinvent themselves.

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Chelsea humbles Real Madrid to set up all English Champions League final

Chelsea humbles Real Madrid to set up all English Champions League finals

Chelsea humbles Real Madrid to set up all English Champions League final

 

 

Chelsea ensured it will be an all English affair in the Champions League final this season after beating Real Madrid in the semifinals on Wednesday.

The Blues went into the second leg level at 1-1, but goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount settled the tie, setting up a clash against Premier League rival Manchester City.

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IPL: Australian cricketers scramble to leave India amid Covid-19 crisis

IPLs: Australian cricketers scramble to leave India amid Covid-19 crisiss

IPL: Australian cricketers scramble to leave India amid Covid-19 crisis

 

Australian and other overseas cricketers who have been participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) are scrambling for ways to leave India as it faces the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will help move Australia’s entire IPL “cohort” to the Maldives or Sri Lanka ahead of the weekend,

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Biden says the GOP going through a ‘mini revolution’ as party moves to oust Liz Cheney

Biden says the GOP going through a s’mini revolutions’ as party moves to oust Liz Cheneys

Biden says the GOP going through a ‘mini revolution’ as party moves to oust Liz Cheney

 

 

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he thinks the Republican Party is going through a “sort of mini-revolution” amid the push by GOP House members to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position.

“It seems as though the Republican Party is trying to identify what it stands for and they’re in the midst of a significant sort of mini-revolution,”

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