UNB: Researchers of the UN on Wednesday said the trend of making money exploiting the prevailing coronavirus situation increased across the globe, putting human lives in danger. While reveal... Read more
AFP: The death toll from demonstrations and ethnic violence that erupted in Ethiopia last week following the murder of a popular singer from the Oromo ethnic group has risen to 239, accordin... Read more
AP: Heavy rains that already caused deadly floods in southern Japan was moving northeast Wednesday, battering large areas of Japan’s main island, swelling more rivers, triggering mudsl... Read more
UNB: Coronavirus cases across the globe reached 11,592,259 and the death toll from the deceased crossed 537,487 on Tuesday, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of John... Read more
BBC: China has warned the UK not to interfere with Hong Kong following the imposition by Beijing of a sweeping new national security law. Ambassador Liu Xiaoming said the UK’s offer of... Read more
UNB:The confirmed coronavirus cases reached 11,409,805 globally with 533,684 deaths and more than 6.1 million recoveries as of Monday morning. According to the latest tally from Johns Hopkin... Read more
DAWN: India and China said on Monday that they had made progress disengaging frontline troops from a months-long standoff along a disputed part of their border where a brawl in June left 20... Read more
Days after nine individuals linked to Khalistani outfits were declared as terrorists, the government on Sunday announced that 40 websites belonging to Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an outlawed or... Read more
The Straits Times/NY Times: The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that inc... Read more
AP: Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left about 20 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations on Sunday in southern Japan. Large areas along... Read more
A group of former world leaders urged European leaders on Friday to keep pressuring Israel against the annexation of parts of the West Bank, warning against complacency after Israel made no... Read more
A recent United Nations report on the private business sector shows that the majority of companies are not doing enough to help bring about the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development G... Read more
AFP:A round of intensified Brexit talks ended on Thursday with both sides warning of big remaining differences but committing to more negotiations next week in London. The four days of meeti... Read more
AP: Germany lawmakers of the lower house of parliament on Friday voted to finalise the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source by 2038. Two bills, which are expected to... Read more
AP: The Paris appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. The pr... Read more
AP: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named Jean Castex as the country’s new prime minister. Castex, who coordinated France’s virus reopening strategy, will replace Edou... Read more
In a signal of serious intent to Beinjing, India’s Defence Ministry on Thursday gave the green signal for procurement of 33 fighter jets, missile systems and other military hardware at... Read more
XINHUA:The death toll of a massive jade mine landslide in Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin state has risen to 146, the Information Ministry said. The number of injured people reached 31, said a... Read more
New Zealand’s health minister has resigned after criticism of the government’s response to coronavirus and his own breaches of lockdown rules. David Clark had already been demote... Read more
Xinhua: Armed assailants attacked a rehabilitation center in the central Mexican town of Irapuato on Wednesday, killing 24 people and injuring another seven, local media reported. The aftern... Read more
