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A lightning strike killed at least 11 people and injured many more in Jaipur in northern India on Sunday. The victims were taking selfies in the rain on top of a watch tower at the city’s 12th Century Amer Fort, a popular tourist attraction. Twenty-seven people were on the tower and the wall of the fort when the incident happened and some reportedly jumped to the ground. Lightning strikes kill some 2,000 Indians on average every year. A senior police officer told the media that most of the people among the dead at the fort’s tower were young. Sunday alone…

England’s Football Association (FA) released a statement in the early hours of Monday morning condemning the online racist abuse of players following the team’s penalty shootout loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday. The sides drew 1-1 after extra time and Italy won the shootout 3-2, with England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who are all Black, missing spot-kicks. “The FA strongly condemns all forms of discrimination and is appalled by the online racism that has been aimed at some of our England players on social media,” the statement said. “We could not be…

EURO 2020: England vs Italy – Italy crowned European champion after beating England on penalties England’s hopes of ending a 55-year wait for a major trophy were crushed in heartbreaking fashion as they lost 3-2 on penalties to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley. Despite two saves by Jordan Pickford, missed penalties from Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka proved decisive. In their first men’s final since 1966 and playing in front of a vocal crowd of around 60,000, England made the dream start when they scored in just the second minute, Luke Shaw volleying in superbly…

England’s hopes of ending a 55-year wait for a major trophy were crushed in heartbreaking fashion as they lost 3-2 on penalties to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley. Despite two saves by Jordan Pickford, missed penalties from Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka proved decisive. In their first men’s final since 1966 and playing in front of a vocal crowd of around 60,000, England made the dream start when they scored in just the second minute, Luke Shaw volleying in superbly after a quick counter. But Italy slowly started to gain control of the game…

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane. The UK entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the US in the vehicle that his company has been developing for 17 years. The trip was, he said, the “experience of a lifetime”. He has now returned safely to earth with his crew. It makes him the first of the space tourism pioneers to reach space, beating Tesla’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. We await official confirmation of the height reached by Sir Richard, but it appears to have been 85km (282,000ft;…

The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) on Sunday called upon government and private organisations in all sectors to benefit from the registration service via the e-visa system on www.evisa.gov.bh. The registered organisations should update their data to benefit from the provided services. The registration through the system enables organisations to apply for visit visas anytime after working hours, track the progress of the applications and benefit from the email notifications.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at NEOM Palace today Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of the Sultanate of Oman, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques welcomed the Sultan and his accompanying delegation, while the Sultan of Oman expressed happiness to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and meet with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Then, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Sultan of Oman, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister…

India said on Sunday it had temporarily brought back officials from its consulate in Kandahar, a major city in southern Afghanistan, as Taliban fighters continue to gain control amid the withdrawal of international forces. “Due to the intense fighting near Kandahar city, India-based personnel have been brought back for the time being,” Arindam Bagchi, chief spokesperson at India’s foreign ministry, said in a statement. “India is closely monitoring the evolving security situation in Afghanistan,” Bagchi said, adding that India’s consulate in Kandahar was being run by local staff temporarily. India’s foreign minister on Friday called for a reduction of violence, saying…

A 90-year-old Belgian woman who died from COVID-19 in March had contracted two variants of coronavirus at the same time, which is believed to be the first documented case of its kind, a scientific congress and Belgian media said on Sunday. The case, discussed at this year’s European Congress on Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), shows that it is possible to catch two COVID-19 variants simultaneously, the society that organised the congress said in a statement. The society said the woman became sick with Alpha and Beta types first identified in Britain and South Africa and her doctors said…

India is on track to overtake China as the world’s most populated country by 2027, according to the United Nations. And it’s facing a housing crisis. Home to 1.3 billion people, India has been witnessing an influx of people migrating from villages to cities in search of better job and education prospects. However, affordable housing remains an unresolved problem, which has lead to a mushrooming of illegal settlements and slums. https://youtu.be/PS4ZWJrk7jI 24-year-old Priya moved to Delhi from Rajasthan for work. “Like, because of, you know, job purposes, from villages, people have to shift to cities and I mean of course…