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News in brief Modi announces India-US u More than Pakistan Taliban claim partnership on climate, clean energy Over 1,700 detained at pro- 1,700 people were Time running out for 53 crew on TOP Navalny rallies across Russia detained by police at rallies in support of jailed Kremlin critic deadly blast at luxury hotel Alexei Navalny in dozens of cities across Russia, an independent monitor reported. AFP | Quetta TWEETS4 Thousands of people took to the streets to missing Indonesian submarine demanded freedom and proper medical he Pakistani Taliban attention for Navalny, who has been hunger Tclaimed responsibility 01 strike for three weeks in a penal colony outside yesterday for a deadly suicide Moscow. The opposition staged demonstrations blast at a luxury hotel hosting Missing submarine has 72 hours of oxygen left, navy says in dozens of Russian cities, with the largest the Chinese ambassador in the rallies taking place in Moscow. southwest of the country, as officials raised the death toll u A weekend The vessel is thought to five. summit on the Myanmar crisis summit a test • Beijing said it strongly con- to have disappeared Narendra Modi and Joe Biden (file photo) Myanmar coup crisis for ASEAN’s credibility: Thailand demned the attack, although about 60 miles (100km) COVID19 is a remind- will be a test for ASEAN’s credibility and the Taliban said Pakistan secu- off the coast of Bali ANI | New Delhi er of the intimate & unity, a senior Thai official said, amid 1,300 # rity officials were the target of delicate relationship be- an escalating death toll and violence tonne is the weight of KRI the blast. rime Minister Narendra tween people & planet. across its western border. Security forces Reuters | London Nanggala 402, which was The bomber detonated the Any efforts to make our in Myanmar have killed at least 739 people first delivered for service PModi yesterday announced As a climate- explosives late Wednesday Security personnel and fire fighters arrive at the site of an explosion in Quetta in 1981 the India-US climate and clean Earth globe europe-af- since a February 1 military coup ousted responsible while inside a vehicle in the ray of global jihadist groups energy partnership to help rica safer are doomed to civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according ndonesian warships led the car park of the Serena hotel -- including Al Qaeda. hunt yesterday for a submarine mobilise investments, and developing country, fail unless they address to a local monitoring group. I part of a five-star chain popular But a massive military offen- that went missing with 53 crew enable green collaborations. India welcomes the critical interface be- Pfizer confirms fake vaccine shots u Fake doses with diplomats and aid agencies sive launched in 2014 largely aboard and only enough oxygen “But what we do know is that “As a climate-responsible de- partners to tween people, pathogens of the Pfizer -- in the city of Quetta, capital destroyed the group’s command for a few days. it’s a race against time.” veloping country, India wel- create templates & the existential threat of on sale in Mexico, Poland coronavirus of Balochistan province, police and control structure, dramat- An oil spill where the subma- Frank Owen, secretary of the comes partners to create tem- of sustainable #ClimateChange. Happy vaccine were being sold in Mexico and and the interior ministry said. KNOW WHAT ically reducing insurgent vio- rine was thought to have sub - Submarine Institute of Australia, plates of sustainable develop- development #EarthDay! Poland for as much as $2,500 a shot, the Pakistan is fighting several lence throughout Pakistan. merged early Wednesday pointed Indonesian Cakra class submarine KRI Nanggala 402 docking at the naval base in warned that rescuing any surviv- ment in India. in India. These @DrTedros US drugmaker and an official confirmed. low-level insurgencies in the “We will not allow this mon- to possible fuel-tank damage, and Surabaya (file photo) ing crew quickly would be near These can also help other de- At a clinic in Mexico some 80 people received can also help impoverished province, waged For years the TTP ster to re-emerge,” tweeted Pa- fanned fears of a deadly disaster. impossible. veloping countries, who need bogus vaccines, which appeared to have by Islamist, separatist and sec- kistan’s Prime Minister Imran The crew on the KRI Nanggala the pressure hull of the submarine “If the submarine is on the sea- affordable access to green fi- other developing been physically harmless though offered no tarian groups. unleashed deadly at- Khan. 402 could have enough oxygen being breached. So it could cause bed, and if it is in the depth of wa- nance and clean technologies,” countries, who need 02 protection against the potentially deadly “The suicide bomber hit the tacks on urban centres “We are on full alert and until early Saturday, but time was potential flooding.” ter that is there, there is little they PM Modi said at the virtual affordable access to disease ravaging the country, a report in the security officials exactly as it across Pakistan from keeping an eye on all internal quickly running out as rescuers There are too many Neighbouring Singapore and can do to actually get the people Leaders’ Summit on Climate unknowns right green finance and Wall Street Journal said. was planned,” the spokesperson their bases along the and external threats.” scoured the coast off holiday is- Malaysia have already dispatched out,” he told Australian media. hosted by the United States. clean technologies u Two young hikers for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Analysts warn, however, that land Bali where it disappeared. now. But what we do ships that are expected to arrive Indonesia, which has been “That is why President Biden Two hikers die on erupting Afghan border, where NARENDRA MODI were found dead on the (TTP) said in a statement. they provided shelter Pakistan has yet to tackle the “There’s time until Saturday know is that it’s a in the coming days, including the moving to upgrade its ageing mil- and I are launching the ‘In- erupting volcano of Piton volcano on France’s Reunion island The country’s interior minis- root causes of extremism. around 3:00 am. Let’s hope we race against time city-state’s MV Swift Rescue -- a itary equipment in recent years, dia-US climate and clean ener- ter confirmed a suicide bomber to an array of global Balochistan is Pakistan’s can find them before then,” Navy submarine rescue vessel. has five German and South Ko- gy Agenda 2030 partnership’. many bold steps on clean e can build back de la Fournaise on France’s Indian Ocean jihadist groups in- CURIE MAHARANI, DEFENSE EXPERT overseas territory of Le Reunion, police had carried out the attack, as he largest and poorest province Chief of Staff Yudo Margono told India said yesterday it had rean-built submarines in its fleet. Together, we will help energy, energy efficiency, Wbetter from this said. The two hikers, both in their 20s, had pinned the blame on a “foreign cluding Al Qaeda despite being rich in natural reporters. shortly after. sent a ship to assist in the hunt, The 1,300-tonne KRI Nanggala mobilise investments, afforestation and bio-di- pandemic by building set out on a walking trip on the volcano hand”. resources. However, defence analysts have Search teams were focused on while the United States, Australia, 402 was first delivered for service demonstrate clean tech - versity,” PM Modi said. back greener. #Leader- in the southeast of the island but were “Our agencies will fight the that the bomb had detonated 10 Resentment has been fuelled warned that the vessel could have an area around the oil slick. France and Germany are among in 1981. nologies, and enable green “Humanity is battling a global sClimateSummit found dead in the volcano’s main caldera, efforts which are being made in minutes before their expected by billions of dollars of Chinese already broken into pieces if it has But the exact location of the other nations that have offered It is a Type 209 diesel-electric collaborations,” he added. pandemic right now and this @BorisJohnson the hollow formed after magma erupts, a the neighbouring country to re- return. money flowing into the region sunk to depths believed to be as vessel had yet to be pinpointed, help. attack submarine, a model that Terming the threat of climate event is a timely reminder statement said. organise the TTP,” said interior “I was walking through the through the China-Pakistan much as 700 metres (2,300 feet) the navy said, with warships and Indonesia’s military has so far over the past half century has fea- change as a “lived reality” for that grave threat of Climate car park when I heard a sud- Economic Corridor (CPEC -- well below what it was built to u Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation after the Istanbul- minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. ) -- helicopters assisting in the hunt. refused to comment about wheth- tured in more than a dozen navies millions of people in the world, Change hasn’t disappeared. It Describing the blast as a “ter- den loud sound and the earth a key part of China’s Belt and withstand. er the decades-old submarine, around the world, including those PM Modi said India’s lifestyle is a lived reality for millions based founder of a cryptocurrency exchange froze trading and fled the ‘Race against time’ 03 country with a reported $2 billion in investors’ assets. The Thodex exchange rorist attack”, China’s foreign shook under my feet,” said Khu- Road Initiative -- which locals Indonesia’s president Joko carrying 53 crew, was over ca - of Greece, India, Argentina and is rooted in sustainable tradi- around the world,” he added. suspended trading after posting a mysterious message on Wednesday saying it ministry spokesman Wang da Baksh, a guard at the hotel. say gave them little benefit as Widodo asked his country to pray Damage to the submarine’s fuel pacity. Turkey. tional practices and despite PM Modi further said that In- needed five days to deal with an unspecified outside investment. Turkish security Wenbin said in Beijing that the “Everyone was running for most new jobs go to outsiders. for the crew, while Australian De- tank could spell big trouble. But it has said the submarine While Indonesia has not pre- the county’s development dia’s per capita carbon foot- officials then released a photo of Thodex founder Faruk Fatih Ozer going through Chinese delegation was not their lives before I lost con - In 2019 gunmen stormed fence Minister Peter Dutton said “If your tank’s cracked it is not might have sunk to vast depths viously suffered a major subma- challenges, it has taken many print is 60 per cent lower than passport control at Istanbul airport on his way to an unspecified location. present when the bomb deto- sciousness,” he told AFP. a luxury hotel overlooking a initial reports raised the prospect very good news,” said Collin Koh, after a blackout that left its crew rine disaster, other countries have bold steps on clean energy. the global average because its nated. For years the TTP unleashed flagship CPEC project -- the of a “terrible tragedy”. a naval affairs specialist and re- powerless to control the vessel. been struck by accidents in the “Our ambitious renewable en- lifestyle is still rooted in sus- Gu Wenliang, agriculture deadly attacks on urban centres deep-water seaport in Gwadar The German-built submarine search fellow at the S. Rajaratnam “There are too many unknowns past. ergy target of 450 Gigawatts by tainable traditional practices. commissioner at China’s em- across Pakistan from their bases that gives China strategic ac- was scheduled to conduct live tor- School of International Studies in right now,” said Curie Maharani, a Among them was the 2000 2030 shows our commitment. Nearly 40 other world leaders e are at the verge bassy in Pakistan, told the Chi- along the Afghan border, where cess to the Arabian Sea -- killing pedo exercises when it asked for Singapore. defense expert at Indonesia’s Bina sinking of the Kursk, the pride of Despite our development are participating in the sum- Wof the abyss. We COVID-19: Countries worst affected nese newspaper Global Times they provided shelter to an ar- at least eight people. permission to dive. It lost contact “Because we are talking about Nusantara university. Russia’s Northern Fleet. challenges, we have taken mit. must ensure the next Country Total cases Total step is in the right direc- deaths Global tally tion. It’s time to mobi- lize political leadership 1 USA 32,625,946 583,631 Natural sounds from across seven continents celebrate Earth Day & move ahead together 2 India 16,257,164 186,927 145,136,691 – to overcome climate Nasa’s rover makes breathable oxygen on Mars AFP | London change, end our war on 3 Brazil 14,122,795 381,687 Deaths nature & build lives of 4 France 5,408,606 102,164 rom Antarctica to Australia, dignity & prosperity for In first, Perseverance Mars rover makes oxygen on another planet Fa British composer has cap- all. 5 Russia 4,736,121 107,103 3,079,917 tured sounds of nature around I had my personal @antonioguterres goal of just wanting 6 Turkey 4,501,382 37,329 Recovered: materials like nickel alloy and the world and put them togeth- An instrument on designed to tolerate the searing er in a seven-hour body of work to create a big body 7 UK 4,398,431 127,345 BETTER temperatures of 1,470 degrees released to mark Earth Day yes- of work, my musical Nasa’s• Perseverance rover 04 8 Italy 3,920,945 118,357 123,154,972 Fahrenheit (800 Celsius) required terday. diary of travelling ... on Mars has made oxygen for it to run. Ted White began collecting (and) to try and give 9 Spain 3,456,886 77,496 New cases from the planet’s carbon KNOW A thin gold coating ensures it the recordings that range from people the sounds 10 Germany 3,234,935 81,668 dioxide atmosphere doesn’t radiate its heat and harm caimans in the Amazon river the rover. to storms off the north coast of that maybe they 11 Argentina 2,769,552 60,083 +704,303 MIT engineer Michael Hecht Scotland in 2015. won’t be able to hear AFP | Washington 12 Poland 2,731,256 64,168 The oxygen generation said a one ton version of MOXIE With the help of artists ser- if they can’t travel to New deaths was performed by a could produce the approximately vices company Platoon, the those places his time there was 13 Colombia 2,701,313 69,596 ASA’s Perseverance rover toaster-sized unit in the 55,000 pounds (25 tons) of oxygen recordings, mixed with music TED WHITE Tless police brutality 14 Iran 2,335,905 68,366 +8,838 Nkeeps making history. rover called Moxie - the needed for a rocket to blast off he composed inspired by his but Russian police de- The six-wheeled robot has Mars Oxygen In-Situ from Mars. travels, have been turned into he said. tained 1,600+ protesters Figures as of closing converted some carbon dioxide Producing oxygen from Mars’ seven records titled “Mindful- An artist works on a mural painting calling on people to vote during the “I’ve been able to do some yesterday against the Middle East from the Martian atmosphere Resource Utilization 96 percent carbon dioxide atmos- ness Nature”, each dedicated to upcoming elections amazing recordings in the cities treatment of jailed and into oxygen, the first time this Technicians in the clean room carefully lowering the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Experiment. It made phere might be a more feasible a continent. hear if they can’t travel to those then a second later, you’ve got over the past year purely for the critically ill opposition Country Total new Total New Total Active Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument into the belly of the Perseverance rover cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases has happened on another planet, 5 grams of the gas - option than extracting ice from “I’ve tried to cover everything places.” this roar of frogs and cicadas fact that there’s not that many leader Alexey Navalny. the space agency said Wednesday. Not only can the process pro- Dubbed a “mechanical tree,” it equivalent to what under its surface then electrolyz- that you can imagine around White, a music producer and and all these incredible sort of people around.” Even before the protests, “This is a critical first step at duce oxygen for future astronauts uses electricity and chemistry to an astronaut at Mars ing it to make oxygen. the world within these albums. sound designer from Liverpool, insects.” The release comes as people dozens of opposition ac- Egypt 218,902 12,866 164,803 41,233 converting carbon dioxide to ox- to breathe, but it could make split carbon dioxide molecules, would need to breathe Perseverance landed on the So you will go from the desert has captured noises from na- Despite the COVID-19 pan- around the world mark annual tivists were rounded up. Saudi 409,093 +1,055 6,869 +11 392,448 9,776 ygen on Mars,” said Jim Reuter, hauling vast amounts of oxygen which are made up of one carbon for roughly 10 minutes Red Planet on February 18 on a in the outback in Australia to ture, animals as well as cities. demic curbing international Earth Day in support of protect- @KenRoth Arabia associate administrator for NA- over from Earth to use as rocket atom and two oxygen atoms. mission to search for signs for the bitter coldness of Alaska He also used local instruments travel, White has continued ing the environment. SA’s space technology mission propellant for the return journey It also produces carbon monox- microbial life. in North America,” White told for music. working on his project in the “I wanted people to get truly UAE 504,872 +2,081 1,565 +4 486,920 16,387 directorate. unnecessary. ide as a byproduct. more tests and try to step up its Its mini helicopter Ingenuity Reuters. “With South America, espe- past year, heading to Scotland immersed within them and to Kuwait 118,531 +813 721 +7 109,916 7,894 The technology demonstration The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Re- In its first run, MOXIE produced output. It is designed to be able to made history this week by achiev- “I had my personal goal of cially in the Amazon ... it’s just and other places around the take inspiration from them and took place on April 20, and it’s source Utilization Experiment 5 grams of oxygen, equivalent to generate up to 10 grams of oxygen ing the first powered flight on just wanting to create a big the diversity in the recordings United Kingdom. realise how important a day like Disclaimer: (Views expressed Oman 185,278 +1,508 1,942 +16 165,051 18,285 hoped future versions of the ex- -- or MOXIE -- is a golden box the about 10 minutes of breathable per hour. another planet. body of work, my musical di- and the sounds that you can “One major thing which Earth Day is,” he said. “To take by columnists are personal and perimental instrument that was size of a car battery, and is located oxygen for an astronaut carrying Designed at the Massachusetts The rover itself has also directly ary of travelling ... (and) to try hear,” he said. struck home for me, especially note on these sounds and how need not necessarily reflect our Qatar 199,980 +800 407 +7 177,164 22,409 used could pave the way for fu- inside the front right side of the out normal activity. Institute of Technology, MOX- recorded the sounds of Mars for and give people the sounds that “You can be paddling along over the last year, is how soni- we can look after the environ- editorial stances) ture human exploration. rover. MOXIE’s engineers will now run IE was built with heat-resistant the first time. maybe they won’t be able to and hearing a huge caiman. And cally the environments change,” ment essentially”.