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Flight reschedules, cancellations galore as UAE India travel ban nears implementation

The UAE has banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday.

Americans advised to avoid all travels to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Maldives

The authorities also urged Americans to reconsider travel to China and Nepal.

U.S. applauds India for stepping up its climate change commitment

The two countries’ partnership will proceed along two main tracks — the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership and the Climate Action

Iraqi military: 3 rockets strike close to Baghdad airport

According to military, a total of eight missiles were fired and three landed near the airport complex late Thursday.

U.S. general concerned about Afghan security forces after troop withdrawal

President Joe Biden announced last week that the United States will withdraw its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Coronavirus | Canada bans flights from India, Pakistan

Separately, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said the ban on flights would last for 30 days.

A smile ‘worth a million dollars’: Daunte Wright laid to rest after Minnesota police shooting

Wright, 20, who was shot by a white police officer in a Minneapolis suburb on April 11, is being laid to rest two days after a Minneapolis jury found a white police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd last May.

Biden to propose raising taxes on wealthy and on capital gains to fund childcare

Any such hike would need to go through Congress, where Biden’s Democratic Party holds narrow majorities and is unlikely to win support from Republicans.

Russia orders troops back after massive drills near Ukraine

Amid rising tension, units told to return to bases

Navalny praises protests, which aides say produced results

In an Instagram post on Thursday, Navalny called people who turned out to protest in his support “the salvation of Russia.”

‘Time to do the right thing’ on climate, Greta Thunberg tells U.S. Congress

“I don’t believe for a second that you will actually do this,” she lectured the lawmakers of the House Oversight Committee’s environmental subcommittee.

U.K. apologizes for racism in memorials to WWI dead

An investigation found that African and Indian service members were either not commemorated by name or weren’t commemorated at all, according to a report commissioned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

U.K. parliament declares genocide in China’s Xinjiang, raises pressure on Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government again steered clear of declaring genocide over what it says are “industrial-scale” human rights abuses against the mainly Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang.

U.S. House passes bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state

By a vote of 216-208, the Democratic-controlled House approved the initiative with no Republican support.

China will phase down coal consumption over 2026-2030: Xi Jinping

We will strictly control coal-fired power generation projects, says the Chinese President

Joe Biden tells world leaders U.S. will cut emissions by up to 52% by 2030

U.S. President tells world leaders that there is ‘an extraordinary engine’ of job creation in the climate response

Coronavirus | UAE bans travel from India

The travel ban will come into effect from 11.59 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days, the Gulf News reported.

Coronavirus | China says ‘ready to provide India with assistance’ amid supplies shortage

We stand ready to provide India with necessary support and assistance to get the epidemic under control, says Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin

Commonwealth report finds racism against Indian WWI martyrs, U.K. govt offers apology

The report found that an estimated 45,000-54,000 casualties, predominantly Indian, East African, West African, Egyptian and Somali personnel, were commemorated unequally

Chinese Defence Minister to visit Sri Lanka

The visit follows that of a high-powered delegation, led by senior Chinese leader and top foreign policy official Yang Jiechi, in October 2020.

Encrypted chat app Signal alleges flaws in Cellebrite equipment

Signal's allegations come as Cellebrite prepares to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm, valuing the equity of the combined company at around $2.4 billion.

Bilateral ties, Afghan withdrawal to come up during Biden’s talks with NATO leaders

The meeting will be a face-to-face opportunity for Mr. Biden to rebuild relations with leaders from Europe and Canada that became strained under former Mr. Trump.

Hong Kong journalist convicted for accessing public records

Choy Yuk-ling was arrested in November on charges of falsely declaring why she was obtaining license plate information from a publicly accessible database.

Coronavirus | Nepali migrant labourers in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh leave for home fearing lockdown like last year

We do not want to face the same situation again this time going without food or shelter for weeks in the absence of a job, says a migrant labourer from Nepal

Offered not-for-profit price for COVID vax; to supply through government contracts in India, says Pfizer

The company, however, did not reveal the ‘not-for-profit’ price that it has suggested to the government.

Australia to reduce flights from India

Australia will reduce the number of flights arriving from India due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in the world’s second-most populous

Relics seized from smugglers are returning to Afghanistan

“The significance of the material is huge,” Roya Rahmani, the country’s ambassador to the U.S., said.

Jill Biden to visit Navajo Nation, once floored by COVID-19

She’s expected to meet Navajo officials in the tribal capital of Window Rock, named for an opening in a red sandstone arch and where the tribe established a veterans memorial.

Facebook tweaks ad tools ahead of Apple's privacy changes

The world's biggest social media company has been at loggerheads with Apple's 'App Tracking Transparency' feature.

Indonesia looking for submarine that may be too deep to help

Indonesia’s navy said it believes the submarine sank to a depth of 600-700 meters.

German woman convicted over her time with Islamic State in Syria

35-year-old Nurten was convicted of participating in a foreign terrorist organisation, neglecting her duties of care toward a minor and war crimes against property

U.S. Senate confirms Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney-General

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski broke away from her party colleagues to support 46-year-old Ms. Gupta, that gave the Democrats 51 votes to see her through the historic confirmation.

Britain’s Heathrow Airport turns down airline requests for extra flights from India

The move by Britain comes after it detected more than 100 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India.

Israel strikes Syria after attack near nuclear site

Officer, three soldiers killed in raid

U.S. sees major differences with Iran in nuclear talks

The talks were likely to require multiple rounds, their outcome remained uncertain and they were not near conclusion.

U.S. working to add $300 million in civilian aid to Afghanistan, says Blinken

Top U.S. military commanders are also seeking Pentagon approval to deploy an aircraft carrier near landlocked Afghanistan to help protect troops during their withdrawal from the country .

Match U.K.’s net zero targets, PM Johnson to tell Biden’s climate summit

Johnson will address the opening session of a U.S.-led climate change summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, who has invited dozens of world leaders to the virtual event.

U.S. lawmakers look to advance sweeping bid to counter China

Senate Foreign Relations Committee members were debating the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021” and considering amendments, before voting on whether to send it for a vote in the 100-member Senate.

Biden seeks to rally world on climate as summit momentum builds

Biden will welcome 40 leaders for the two-day virtual Earth Day summit, heralding a U.S. return to the climate frontlines amid mounting worries over the rapid heating of the planet.

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