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‘We didn’t have anything to eat’
Oscar is 12 years old and has just crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico to Texas in a small, inflatable boat piloted by human traffickers. He is tearful, hungry and afraid after a dangerous month-long journey from Guatemala.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Global rainforest loss ‘relentless’ in 2020
Tropical forest losses hit their third-highest level in almost two decades last year, despite improved conservation in parts of Southeast Asia, researchers said yesterday, warning of rising deforestation risks as nations restart pandemic-hit economies.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Forced labour: US to seize gloves made by Malaysia firm
The United States will seize products made by Malaysia’s Top Glove after concluding the firm uses forced labour, officials said, dealing a fresh blow to the world’s biggest surgical glove maker.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Three women polio workers shot dead in Afghanistan
Gunmen killed three Afghan women involved in a nationwide polio immunisation programme yesterday, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new drive against the crippling disease.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Risking lives for a better future
The number of US-bound migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien jungle in Panama on foot has increased more than 15-fold in recent years and is likely to rise further during the pandemic, the UN children’s agency has warned.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Benefits of ‘drastic’ climate action outweigh costs
The cost of global warming will far outweigh the cost of rapidly cutting greenhouse gas emissions, more than 700 economists from around the world said yesterday in an unprecedented call to climate action.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Asian countries seek alternative sources
Several Asian countries sought alternative sources for Covid-19 inoculations after export restrictions by manufacturer India left a World Health Organization-backed global vaccine sharing programme short of supplies.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
West doubts virus origin report
The United States led a chorus of concern from a group of nations yesterday over a WHO-backed report into the origins of the coronavirus in China, with accusations swirling that Beijing failed to give proper access to the investigators.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Kim’s sister slams South’s Moon as US ‘parrot’
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, slammed South Korea’s president as “a parrot raised by America” for calling the North’s recent missile test “concerning”, state media KCNA reported yesterday.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Nepal’s schools close as air pollution hits alarming levels
Nepal has ordered schools to close for four days after air pollution climbed to hazardous levels, forcing millions of students to stay home across the country.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Thai billionaire charged with royal insult over vaccine video
A billionaire Thai opposition figure was charged yesterday with defaming the monarchy after he questioned the government’s alleged over-reliance on coronavirus vaccines from a company linked to the royal family.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
China passes new ‘patriot’ polls law
Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system yesterday, creating powers to vet anyone standing for public office and slashing the number of directly elected politicians.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
US suspends all trade engagement with Myanmar until elected government returns
The United States is immediately suspending all engagement with Myanmar under a 2013 trade and investment agreement until the return of a democratically elected government, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Monday.
29 March 2021, 16:53 PM
Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated
Shipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumes after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, the canal authority said.
29 March 2021, 14:49 PM
Australia’s prime minister announces Cabinet reshuffle
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a Cabinet reshuffle following a series of damaging allegations.
29 March 2021, 03:42 AM
Indian President Kovind to undergo bypass procedure
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will undergo a planned bypass procedure at AIIMS tomorrow, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, adding that his health is
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
US condemns China’s tit-for-tat sanctions
The United States on Saturday condemned China’s sanctions against two American religious-rights officials and a Canadian lawmaker in a dispute over Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims and other minorities.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea: Manila sends fighter jets
The Philippine military is sending light fighter aircraft to fly over hundreds of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea, its defence
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Covax expects full vaccine supplies from Serum in May
A World Health Organization (WHO)-backed programme to supply coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries expects that the Serum Institute of India (SII) will resume full deliveries of the AstraZeneca shot to it in May, UNICEF said on Saturday.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Kerala: A state where lotus fails to bloom
Krishnan Pillai leapt off the motorbike he had parked absently beside a wall adorned with the painting of a saffron lotus, the symbol of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM