Nepal’s devastating COVID-19 outbreak showed no signs of abating on Tuesday as the country recorded its highest single-day coronavirus related deaths with 225 fatalities and 9,483 new cases in the last 24 hours. A deadly second wave of the pandemic is sweeping across Nepal, with about 8,000 new cases being reported daily for the past…

Tim Paine pointed fingers at India’s reported reluctance to go to Brisbane for the final Test as one of the instances of the visiting team trying to distract them. Australia were beaten at the Gabba as Paine’s side lost the 4-Test series 2-1 to India. Tim Paine’s men lost the Test series at home 2-1…

Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Palestinian militants, India has expressed deep concern at clashes and violence in Jerusalem’s Temple Mount as well as over evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighbourhoods and called on both sides to avoid changing the status-quo on the ground. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti tweeted…

Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to get underway on July 23 but opinion polls suggest a majority of the Japanese public are not in favour of hosting the Games amidi rise in Covid-19 cases. The National Stadium in Tokyo during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics athletics test event (Reuters Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to get…

Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent history, according to a new analysis by an Australian think tank. The report from the Australian Strategy Policy Institute obtained exclusively ahead of publication by The Associated Press, showed the 48.74% decline was concentrated…

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel conceded that he shouldn’t have too many changes to the line-up which he believes led to their shock loss to Arsenal in a crunch Premier League match on Wednesday. Chelsea missed out on an opportunity to all but seal a top-4 finish in the Premier League (Reuters Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Chelsea are…

A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a West Virginia hospital was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by a federal judge who called her “the monster that no one sees coming.” Reta Mays has a history of mental health issues, and offered no explanation Tuesday…

Italian Open 2021: While Serena Williams suffered a shock defeat in the 2nd round, Simona Halep retired from her match with a calf injury, raising doubts over her participation in French Open, starting May 30. Italian Open: Serena Williams suffered a shock defeat in her 1000th WTA match (Reuters Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Serena Williams was beaten…

A Chinese professor has urged the government to offer parents 1 million yuan ($156,000) for each newborn child in a bid to shore up the country’s declining birth rate, sparking a debate on social media about the soaring costs of raising children. China’s population rose by its slowest rate in decades from 2010-2020, the country’s…

YouTube YouTube said the new fund will pay thousands of creators each month whose videos on Shorts receive the most engagement from viewers. The streaming video site added it will begin to test ads on Shorts. As the market for short video features becomes more crowded, platforms have used creator funds as a way to…