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Tamil Nadu: DMK unseats AIADMK
The opposition DMK-Congress alliance was heading for a big win in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly, according to polls results.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden policy shows hostile US intent
North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea yesterdayin a series of statements saying recent comments from
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
India says receives 150,000 Sputnik-V vaccine doses from Russia
India has received 150,000 Sputnik-V vaccine doses from Russia, a spokesman for India's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
1 May 2021, 14:38 PM
India discusses cooperation in medical supplies with China, US
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed cooperation in emergency medical supplies with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday.
1 May 2021, 06:46 AM
Iran welcomes Saudi prince’s olive branch
Iran welcomed a “change of tone” from Saudi Arabia that could clear the way to a new era of cooperation between the rival regional powers.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
25m face poverty: UN
Half of Myanmar’s population could be living in poverty next year, driven by the combination of the pandemic and the political crisis sparked by the military coup, the UN said yesterday.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Navalny network added to Russian extremist list
Russia yesterday added Alexei Navalny’s political network to its database of terrorist and extremist organisations, as Moscow moves closer to shutting down the jailed opposition politician’s movement against President Vladimir Putin.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Three-quarters of female journos face online abuse
Nearly three-quarters of female journalists say they have been victims of harassment online and for 20 percent this has transferred into offline attacks, according to a UNESCO study published yesterday.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Palestinian elections delayed
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday postponed planned parliamentary elections amid a dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and splits in his Fatah party.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Stampede kills 44 pilgrims
A massive stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site killed at least 44 people in Israel yesterday, blackening the country’s largest Covid-era gathering.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Your vote changed the world’
President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office Thursday with a trip to the crucial electoral state of Georgia to promote multi-trillion dollar spending plans that he says can transform the United States.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Glacier melt is speeding up, raising seas: study
Nearly all of the world’s glaciers are losing mass at an ever increasing pace, contributing to more than a fifth of global sea level rise this century, according to unprecedented research released Wednesday.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Experts back Brazil
Scientists have backed Brazil’s drug regulator’s decision to stop the import of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on the basis that batches they tested carried a live version of a common cold-causing virus.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
America ‘on the move again’
President Joe Biden triumphantly declared that the United States is “on the move again” in a rousing speech to Congress yesterday, calling for trillions of dollars to rebuild the post-pandemic US middle class and give new life to “forgotten” workers.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Navalny in court as his network disbands
Alexei Navalny’s political network yesterday said it is disbanding, as the jailed Kremlin critic appeared in court, gaunt and shaven headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar air bases hit by rockets
Two Myanmar air force bases came under rocket attack yesterday, the military said, as the country grapples with violence in the wake of the February 1 coup.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Don’t force ‘democracy’ on others
China yesterday warned the United States against imposing its democratic ideals, while criticising trade sanctions and military moves in Beijing’s backyard just hours after President Biden’s speech on American geopolitical priorities.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
21 dead, more than 30 injured after road collision in Haiti
A minibus collided with a bus in Haiti, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 30 others, authorities said.
29 April 2021, 11:25 AM
US orders staff to leave Kabul due to threats
The United States has ordered non-essential staff to leave its Kabul embassy, citing increased threats as Washington prepares to end its 20-year war in Afghanistan.
28 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Panic as strong quake hits Assam
A strong earthquake and nerve jangling aftershocks cracked walls and sent inhabitants pouring onto the streets in several towns across northeastern India yesterday.
28 April 2021, 18:00 PM