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CHRISTCHURCH: In a shocking incident, Bhai Gurpreet Singh, a Sikh priest, was injured in an attack by unidentified men at the gates of the Woolston Gurudwara in Christchurch, New Zealand.

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s government has stayed the sentence of former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two graft cases for another six months following an appeal by her family members, allowing her to stay out of jail for that duration, a senior minister said on Sunday.

JALALABAD: Days after blasts at Kabul airport, fresh blasts were reported on Saturday in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad in which 2 people have died and more than 20 have been injured.

GENEVA: Nearly 2 million people die from work-related causes each year, including from illnesses associated with long working hours and air pollution, an estimate from U.N. agencies showed on Friday.

CHINA: A county in western China will give cash subsidies to couples to have children, the latest push to encourage more births in a country where the population is set to decline in coming years.

BEIJING: China tightened lockdowns and increased orders for mass testing in cities along its east coast Wednesday amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.

JERUSALEM: A world-renowned Indian-origin pediatric neurosurgeon in the UK has helped a group of Israeli doctors to successfully operate on a pair of twins conjoined at the head, with the babies now likely to lead normal lives, a media report here said.

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, will remain in the strictest type of lockdown until September 21 after the government on Monday reported 33 new COVID-19 infections.

AUSTRALIA: Sydney barrister Hament Dhanji SC on Wednesday became the first Indian-origin Aussie to be appointed for the role of Justice in the supreme court of New South Whales.

DUBAI: The UAE on Friday said it will allow the return of those vaccinated fully with WHO-approved Covid-19 jabs and holding valid residence visas from 15 countries previously on the suspended list, including India, from September 12.