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Smog-hit Beijing shuts roads, playgrounds, as coal use rises

BEIJING, Nov 05 (AFP): Highways and school playgrounds in Beijing were closed Friday due to heavy pollution, as China ramps up coal production and faces scrutiny of its environmental record at make-or-break international climate talks.World leaders have gathered in Scotland this week for COP26 negotiations billed as one of the...

High-risk Covid gene more common in South Asians

LONDON, Nov 05 (BBC): University of Oxford scientists have uncovered a gene that doubles the risk of lung failure and death from Covid.They say around 60 per cent of people from South Asian backgrounds and 15 per cent of people of European ancestry carry the high-risk version of the gene.Vaccines...

Biden's big bill on brink of House votes, but fights remain

WASHINGTON, Nov 05 (Arab News): Democrats in the House appear on the verge of securing President Joe Biden's $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package alongside a companion $1.0 trillion infrastructure bill in what would be a dramatic political accomplishment - if they can push it to passage.The House scrapped votes late...

Niger jihadist attack leaves 69 people dead

NIAMEY, Nov 05 (AFP): At least 69 people, including a local mayor, have been killed in an attack in Niger's volatile "tri-border" zone with Burkina Faso and Mali, the interior ministry said on Thursday.The assault took place on Tuesday at Adab-Dab, a village about 55 kilometres (32 miles) from Banibangou...

Muslims barred from Jummah prayers sites in India’s Gurgaon

New Delhi, Nov 05 (Al Jazeera): Hindu right-wing groups hold religious event at a public ground where the city's Muslims usually offer prayers every week.Every Friday, Najis Mohammad would offer his afternoon prayers at a public ground near his barber shop in Gurugram, still popular by its old name Gurgaon...

News in Brief (06-11-2021)

Indonesian floods kill 8, mud hampers relief workKOTA BATU, Nov 05: Flash floods from torrential rains on Indonesia's main island of Java killed at least eight people and four others were missing, officials said Friday. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said rivers on the slopes of Mount Arjuno overflowed their...