Cyclone Nisarga intensifies as it approaches Mumbai
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According to a report in the Arabic language al-Hayat newspaper, Israel’s message was delivered to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) through United Nations Special Envoy for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov. Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu Al-Atta during his funeral in Gaza City November 12, 2019 (photo credit: REUTERS) Israel has reportedly threatened Palestinian Islamic Jihad that it will assassinate the group’s secretary-general, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, if the rocket fire continues, an Arab media report claimed on Wednesday. Nakhalah is said to be based in Damascus.According to a report in the Arabic-language Al-Hayat newspaper, Israel’s message was delivered to the Palestinian terrorist faction by UN Special Envoy for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov.“If the PIJ continues to fire rockets at Isra

Daniel Thorson went into a silent retreat in mid-March, meditating through 75 coronavirus news cycles, Boris Johnson’s hospitalization, social distancing and sourdough starter. Now he’s catching up.Daniel Thorson outside the cabin where he just finished a 75-day silent meditation retreat at the Monastic Academy in Lowell, Vt.Credit...Jacob Hannah for The New York TimesPublished June 2, 2020Updated June 3, 2020, 1:04 a.m. ETOn the morning of May 23, Daniel Thorson rejoined society after an absence of two and a half months.He had spent that time in silent meditation in a cabin in remote northwestern Vermont, where he is part of a Buddhist monastic community. During his 75 days in isolation, his hair had grown out. The last snow of winter had melted, and the trees had budded. Frogs had come out of hibernation and begun peeping.Mr. Thorson, a podcaster and enthusiastic online philosopher, had also missed 75 news cycles. And so, less than two hours after ending his silent retreat, Mr. T

Trump tweeted late Thursday that the Republican Party was being “forced to seek” alternatives to Charlotte, though most of the convention’s official business will still take place there due to contractual obligations. High-profile events, such as Trump’s televised acceptance speech, will likely take place elsewhere, with Orlando, Nashville, Las Vegas and Jacksonville, Fla., being floated as possibilities. Here are some significant developments:Iran, which was one of the first countries besides China to be hit hard by the coronavirus, appears to be facing a second wave of infections. Government health officials reported close to 3,000 new cases on Monday, the highest single-day rise in two months.Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Tuesday that he was “cautiously optimistic” about Moderna’s potential vaccine, which is entering its second round of clinical trials. A new survey shows 70 percent of Americans would get

Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., was caught on a hot mic Tuesday saying he “wouldn’t care” about not being allowed to speak at a news conference about the unrest in his Bronx district following the death of…
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International stock indexes rose on optimism that economic activity will improve as countries emerge from lockdowns and that additional government spending will shore up recoveries. Stock futures linked to the S&P 500 gained 0.3% Wednesday, indicating the benchmark index may rise after the opening bell. The pan-continental Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.7%. South...
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FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Pentecost Mass in the Blessed Sacrament chapel of the St. Peter's Basilica, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Vatican, May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/PoolVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called for national reconciliation in the United States on Wednesday, saying that while racism is intolerable, the street violence that has broken out is “self-destructive and self-defeating”. Francis broke his silence on the tensions in the United States, which has seen eight nights of protests over the death of a black man in police custody, by dedicating the entire English-language section of his weekly audience to the turmoil there. He called the death of George Floyd “tragic”, said he was praying for him and all who had died as a result of the “sin of racism”, and said he was greatly disturbed by the social unrest that has followed. “My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in an

(CNN)Nine-term Congressman Steve King of Iowa will lose his Republican primary race to state Sen. Randy Feenstra on Tuesday, CNN projected, after King's racist comments led to his ostracization in Wa…
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NewsJess HardimanLast updated 2:19 PM, Tuesday January 28 2020 GMTTests have confirmed that the current coronavirus outbreak did indeed start at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, as suspected.Experts from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have said the virus was first caught by humans from animals at the food market, where everything from snakes, rats, beavers, wolf cubs and even koalas were reportedly on sale.This is a price list reportedly from the Huanan Seafood Market and one of the items is said to be 'koala' or 'live tree bears'As reported by state-owned Xinhua news agency, the CDC said: "Thirty-one of the 33 positive samples were collected from the western zone of the market, where booths of wildlife trading concentrated."The result suggests that the novel coronavirus outbreak is highly relevant to the trading of wild animals."Two workers were pictured skinning rodents, reportedly at the now closed wet market. Credit: WeiboGao Fu, director of the Ch

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protesters defiant on New York's Manhattan Bridge Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated, mainly peacefully, across the United States for an eighth night following the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody.One of the biggest protests, joined by Floyd's relatives, took place in his hometown of Houston, Texas. Many defied curfews in several cities, imposed after violence and looting in some districts on Monday night.In central Washington DC police fired tear gas late into the night. The military were again on the streets of the capital and helicopters hovered above protesters marching towards the White House. The Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism.Demonstrators have taken to the streets - not only to express their outrage at