Middle East

Led by the nose: Meet the UAE’s COVID-19 sniffer dogs

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

DUBAI -Police in Dubai have built up a special unit of 38 sniffer dogs that can detect COVID-19 from human sweat samples with 92% accuracy, the supervisor of the training programme told Reuters. Dubai Police trained the cohort, which includes German Shepherds, Labradors, Cocker Spaniels and

Europe

President Macron to hold call with U.S. President Biden -French government spokesman

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron will have a call with U.S. President Joe Biden in the next few days over a diplomatic crisis between the two allies, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Sunday. France would be seeking “clarification” over the cancellation of a submarine order by Australia in favour of a trilateral […]

Europe

Greek PM says climate crisis is with us and cost of ignoring it ‘unimaginable’

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

ATHENS – Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, the Greek prime minister said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable, with mankind possibly struggling to survive beyond the turn of the next century. Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Spain were ravaged by wildfires and record high temperatures this summer, with […]

Entertainment

Royals, underdogs, friends and Baby Yoda – it’s time for the Emmys

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

LOS ANGELES (US) – Lavish royal series “The Crown” is expected to reign at television’s second pandemic era Emmy Awards on Sunday on what could be a big night for British talent. Comedy “Ted Lasso,” about a lovable American coach played by Jason Sudeikis navigating the idiosyncrasies of English soccer and society, is also expected […]

Middle East

Turkish President Erdogan says to meet Greek PM in New York

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

ANKARA – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York. The NATO members and regional rivals have been at odds over a host of maritime issues in the Mediterranean and migration. Mitsotakis said […]

UK

Former BoE economist Haldane to head UK govt taskforce on regional inequality

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Former Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane has been appointed head of a British government taskforce aimed at tackling regional inequality, the government said on Sunday. Branded “levelling up”, tackling economic inequality across the country was one of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s central pledges when he won a 2019 election

UK

UK will be ‘hard-headed’ in defending interests, foreign minister says of security deal

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain’s new security pact with Australia and the United States shows its readiness to be “hard-headed” in defending its own interests, newly appointed Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in an article published on Sunday. The pact has angered France as it saw Canberra ditch a multi-billion-dollar order for French submarines in favour

UK

British government confident of gas supply, minister Sharma says

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

LONDON (UK) – The British government is confident that the fallout from soaring gas prices will not result in a risk to the supply to consumers, minister Alok Sharma said on Sunday. “When it comes to supply, at this point in time we feel confident that there is not a risk,” Sharma, president of November’s […]

Middle East

Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

Some Afghan girls returned to primary schools with gender-segregated classes on Saturday, but older girls faced an anxious wait with no clarity over if and when they would be able to resume their studies at the secondary school level. Most schools in the capital Kabul have stayed shut since the Taliban captured the city just […]

World

European Union-style bloc pitched for Latin America, Caribbean

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

MEXICO CITY (US) -Latin American and Caribbean nations should aspire to a bloc like the European Union, Mexico’s president and other leaders said at a summit on Saturday, in a bid to wrest influence away from the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS). For years, a few of the region’s leftist standard-bearers who attended the […]