New Yorkers thought a UFO had landed after an eerie blue pulsating light lit up the night sky. Authorities said it was a transformer explosion in Queens. The explosion

No 'alien invasion', transformer blast lights up NYC sky

New Yorkers thought a UFO had landed after an eerie blue pulsating light lit up the night sky. Authorities said it was a transformer explosion in Queens. The explosion caused scattered power outages, delayed flights and sparked a social media storm of jokes and memes about an alien invasion. Some drew parallels to their favourite sci-fi hits like 'Independence Day' while others referred to the Death Star in 'Star Wars'. Thankfully, no injuries or earthlings have been reported missing.

A Romanian castle said to be the home of Dracula is offering free Covid-19 jabs to visitors as part of a vaccination drive. A Covid-19 vaccin

A&nbsp;Romanian castle&nbsp;said to be the home of Dracula is offering free&nbsp;Covid-19 jabs&nbsp;to visitors as part of a vaccination drive.&nbsp;
The Covid-19 vaccination center on the periphery of Romania's Bran Castle, purported to be the inspiration behind Dracula&rsquo;s home in Bram Stoker&rsquo;s 19th-century gothic novel 'Dracula'.
Every weekend through May 'vaccination marathons' will be held just outside the storied 14th-century hilltop castle, where no appointment is needed, in an attempt to encourage people to protect themselves against Covid-19.

The World Health Organziation said on Monday that the B.1.617 or the Indian coronavirus variant was being classified as a variant of global concern. WHO's technic

The World Health Organziation said on Monday that the B.1.617 or the Indian coronavirus variant&nbsp;was being classified as a variant of global concern.
WHO's technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove,&nbsp; said there&nbsp;is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility&nbsp;and also possibly some increased resistance to vaccine protections&nbsp;in the cases of variant first found in India. Despite the precautions, however, South Africa, on Monday reported four cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus.

Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward Jerusalem on Monday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city.This after hundreds of Palestinians were hur

Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward Jerusalem on Monday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city. This after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city. The Israeli Army said there was an initial burst of seven rockets, one was intercepted, and rocket fire was continuing.
The early-evening attack drastically escalated what already are heightened tensions throughout the region following weeks of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.&nbsp;

The head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Monday that there is no need to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines because manufacturers will be able to prod

The head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Monday that there is no need to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines because manufacturers will be able to produce enough shots to supply the world over the coming year.
Ugur Sahin, the chief executive of BioNTech, rejected the US-backed proposal to temporarily lift some intellectual property rights for vaccines.
In a call with investors announcing the company's first-quarter net profit of USD 1.37 billion, Sahin said BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer had already delivered vaccines to more than 90 countries and more than doubled its forecast production capacity for the year.

In a fresh setback to the embattled premier seeking to tighten his grip on power, Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli lost a trust vote in the House of Representatives

In a fresh setback to the embattled premier seeking to tighten his grip on power, Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli lost a trust vote in the House of Representatives on Monday. Oli secured 93 votes in the lower house of parliament during a special session convened on the directives of President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Oli&nbsp;required at least 136 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives to win the confidence motion. A total of 124 members voted against the confidence motion while 15 members stayed neutral.

Rubbishing the reports that its military scientists investigated weaponising coronaviruses five years before the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, China on Monday termed

Rubbishing the reports that its military scientists investigated weaponising coronaviruses five years before the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak,&nbsp;China on Monday termed them as "outright lies". Beijing said it is an attempt by the US to smear the country.
Quoting 'The Australian', UK-based The Sun newspaper reported that Chinese scientists described SARS coronaviruses -- of which Covid is one example -- as presenting a "new era of genetic weapons".
China referred to a report published by state-run Global Times, which stated that what the US State Department referred to is not an internal document of the PLA but a publicly issued academic book.

As Nepal is battering the second wave of the novel coronavirus, the country has asked climbers on Mount Everest to bring back their empties instead of abandon

As the second wave of the&nbsp;novel coronavirus&nbsp;batters Nepal, the country&nbsp;has asked climbers on Mount Everest to bring back their empty oxygen tanks instead of abandoning them on mountain slopes.
Nepal issued climbing permits to more than 700 climbers for the April-May climbing season to revive the Covid&nbsp;hit mountaineering&nbsp;and tourism industry.
The Mountaineering Association has asked the climbers to help Nepal deal with a surge in Covid-19 cases that has brought the country's fragile healthcare system to breaking point.
On Sunday, Nepal reported a daily increase of 8,777 infections, 30 times the number recorded on April 9.&nbsp;

Close to 200 Palestinians have been injured in fresh action by Israeli police on protesters in Jerusalem on Monday. The police action is the latest in a series of confr

Close to 200 Palestinians have been injured in fresh action by Israeli police on protesters in Jerusalem on Monday. The police action is the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the city to the brink of eruption.
Palestinian medics said at least 180 Palestinians were hurt in the violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, including 80 who were hospitalized.
Videos from the site showed police firing tear gas and stun grenades, some of them landing inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam&rsquo;s third holiest site.
Police said protesters hurled stones at officers and onto an adjoining roadway near the Western Wall, where thousands of Israeli Jews had gathered to pray.

Getting people vaccinated is the only long-term solution to the current Covid-19 crisis in India, America's top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. Th

Getting people vaccinated is the only long-term solution to the current Covid-19 crisis in India, America's top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. The Chief Medical Adviser to US President Joe Biden called for scaling up manufacturing of coronavirus vaccines both domestically and globally to fight the deadly pandemic.
"The endgame of this all...is going to be to get people vaccinated...India is the largest vaccine-producing country in the world. They've got to get their resources, not only from within, but also from without," Dr Fauci told the ABC News in an interview.
Responding to a question, Dr Fauci said that India needs to immediately build makeshift field hospitals like what China did a year ago.
"You can't have people out in the street not having a hospital bed. To have people not have oxygen is really tragic, what's going on over there," he said.
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A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in US city of Colorado, killing six adults before shooting himself on Sunday, police said. The shooting happened just after mi

A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in US city of Colorado, killing six adults before shooting himself on Sunday, police said.
The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park, police said.
Officers arrived at a trailer to find six dead adults and a man with serious injuries who died later at a hospital, local media reported.
The suspected shooter was the boyfriend of a female victim at the party attended by friends, family and children. He walked inside and opened fire before shooting himself, police said.

A new document has come to light that has revealed that Chinese military scientists were discussing the weaponisation of SARS coronaviruses five years before the Covid-

A new document has come to light that has revealed that Chinese military scientists were discussing the weaponisation of SARS coronaviruses five years before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Weekend Australian has&nbsp;reported that a document written by Chinese scientists and health officials before the pandemic in 2015 states that SARS coronaviruses were a "new era of genetic weapons". it added that the coronavirus that could be "artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleashed".
The paper titled "The Unnatural Origin of SARS and New Species of Man-Made Viruses as Genetic Bioweapons" suggested that World War Three would be fought with biological weapons.
Peter Jennings, the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), told news.com.au that the document is as close to a "smoking gun" as we've got.

Impromptu street celebrations erupted across Spain as the clock struck midnight on Saturday, when a six-month-long national state of emergency to contain the spread of

Impromptu street celebrations erupted across Spain as the clock struck midnight on Saturday, when a six-month-long national state of emergency to contain the spread of coronavirus ended.
In Madrid, police had to usher revelers out of the central Puerta del Sol square, where the scenes of unmasked dancing and group singing mimicked pre-pandemic nightlife.
Teenagers and young adults also poured into central squares and beaches of Barcelona to mark the relaxation of restrictions.

Police on Sunday gave the go-ahead to the annual Jerusalem Day parade despite days of unrest and soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions at a flashpoint holy site. Monday

Police on Sunday gave the go-ahead to the annual Jerusalem Day parade despite days of unrest and soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions at a flashpoint holy site.
Monday's parade will pass through Jerusalem's Old City, part of east Jerusalem, which was captured and annexed by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. The march was approved amid ongoing clashes between police and Palestinians in the Old City, the emotional epicenter of the long-running conflict, and in a nearby Arab neighborhood where Jewish settlers are trying to evict dozens of Palestinians from their homes.
Before dawn Sunday, thousands of Muslim worshippers clashed with police at the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City.&nbsp;

Hours after China confirmed on Sunday that debris from its largest rocket Long March 5B had disintegrated over the Indian Ocean and landed near Maldives, American

Hours after China confirmed on Sunday that debris from its largest rocket Long March 5B had disintegrated over the Indian Ocean and&nbsp;landed near Maldives. American space agency Nasa slammed the Chinese administration for failing to meet 'responsible standards' regarding space debris.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in a statement said&nbsp; that the&nbsp;Spacefaring nations must minimize the risks to people and property on Earth of re-entries of space objects and maximize transparency regarding those operations.&nbsp;

Saudi Arabia has called on India and Pakistan to initiate dialogue and resolve their outstanding problems including the Kashmir issue. Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Saudi Arabia has&nbsp;called on India and Pakistan to initiate dialogue and resolve their outstanding problems including the Kashmir issue. Pakistan PM Imran&nbsp;Khan, who is on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, released a joint statement on Saturday night stating that the 2 countries emphasised&nbsp;the importance of dialogue between India and Pakistan to resolve issues and ensure peace and stability in the region.&nbsp; The statement came after Pak&nbsp;PM attended high-level talks with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman&nbsp;on Saturday.&nbsp;

Maldives police on Sunday said they have arrested the third man believed to be the prime suspect in an explosion that critically wounded the country's former

Maldives police on Sunday&nbsp;said they have arrested the third man believed to be the prime suspect in an&nbsp;explosion that critically wounded the country's former president, Mohamed Nasheed.&nbsp;
Nasheed, the democracy pioneer and climate activist was seriously hurt after a bomb attack in the capital Male on Thursday night. He is recovering at a hospital after multiple surgeries. Police have blamed 'religious extremists' for the explosion in which a British national and two others were also injured.&nbsp;
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Sadiq Khan has been re-elected as Mayor of London for a second term after beating his closest rival with a vote share of 55.2% versus 44.8% in an election that was clos

Sadiq Khan has been re-elected as Mayor of London for a second term after beating his closest rival with a vote share of 55.2% versus 44.8% in an election that was closer than expected.
Labour Party candidate Khan defeated his Conservative Party rival, Shaun Bailey, after winning a total of over 1.2 million votes as against 977,000.
The Pakistani-origin former Labour member of Parliament became the first Muslim mayor of a European capital city when he was first elected in 2016.&nbsp;

The deadly second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in India has overwhelmed the healthcare system. As India continues to register record high cases, 21 countrie

The deadly second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in India has overwhelmed the healthcare&nbsp;system. As&nbsp;India continues to register record high cases,&nbsp;21 countries have sent necessary medical assistance.
A consignment of the Oxygen generators &amp; 1,000 ventilators arrived from the United Kingdom on Sunday. The MEA&nbsp;spokesperson said 'each generator has the capacity to produce 500 litres of Oxygen per minute, enough to treat 50 people at a time'
South Korea also&nbsp;dispatched a consignment of Oxygen cylinders, concentrators and negative pressure carriers for India.
Meanwhile, an Indian Air Force IL-76 airlifted two cryogenic oxygen from Indonesia and an India Air Force C17 is set to bring two oxygen generators from Bordeaux, France.

A string of lights was seen tossing across the night sky in parts of the US on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which left people wondering if a fleet of UFOs was coming.

A string of lights was seen tossing across the night sky in parts of the US over the last few days, leaving people to wonder if a fleet of UFOs was coming.
Callers swamped TV stations from Texas to Wisconsin reporting the lights and musing about UFOs.
However, the train of lights was actually a series of relatively low-flying satellites launched by Tesla CEO Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet service earlier this week.
Astronomy experts said the number of lights in quick succession and their distance from Earth made them easily identifiable as Starlink satellites.
Both amateur stargazers and professional astronomers&nbsp;lamented the industrialization of space.

Wreckage of China’s Long March 5B rocket has re-entered the atmosphere on Sunday, according to Chinese state media. Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in t

Wreckage of China&rsquo;s Long March 5B rocket has re-entered the atmosphere on Sunday, according to Chinese state media. Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.
China said remnants of Long March 5B-rocket landed at location at longitude 72.47 degrees east, latitude 2.65 degrees north.
Most of the debris was burnt up upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said.
The Long March launched last week was the second deployment of the 5B variant since its maiden flight in May 2020

No 'alien invasion', transformer blast lights up NYC sky

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Saudi Arabia calls for dialogue between India and Pakistan

Key suspect in attack on former Maldives president arrested

Pak-origin Sadiq Khan wins second term as London Mayor

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Wreckage of China's Long March 5B rocket lands in the Indian Ocean

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