Web archive - May 5, 2021

World

Arson attack targets mosque in France

The Arrahma Mosque in France’s Nantes city also came under an arson attack on April 9

Technology

India's young fight the pandemic with apps and oxygen

Indians are building online databases packed with information about medical resources available across the country

Gossip

Javeria Abbasi explains how former husband Shamoon Abbasi is also her step brother

The Abbasi family is more of a maze than a tree especially since Shamoon's father had married Javeria's mother

Technology

Starlink satellite internet service gets 500,000 preorders, says Musk

SpaceX plans to deploy 12,000 satellites in total, the Starlink constellation will cost it roughly $10 billion

Film

Deepika Padukone tests positive for Covid-19

The actor is currently in Bangalore with her family who have also contracted the virus

World

Netanyahu's deadline to form government expires, rivals eyed

Netanyahu, 71, has been in office since 2009 and also served for three years in the 1990s

Technology

Verizon sells media assets including Yahoo, AOL for $5B

Verizon had bought AOL for $4.4 billion in 2015 and Yahoo for $4.5 billion in 2017

World

Australia's most populous state reports first COVID-19 case in more than a month

The person is considered to have been infectious since April 30

Pakistan

Single-day Covid vaccinations exceed 200,000: Asad Umar

NCOC chief says total number of people to have registered for vaccinations has crossed five million

World

Philippines approves emergency use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

Expects delivery of 194,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine this month