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Turkey’s Erdogan quits European treaty on violence against women
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, the country’s official gazette said, despite calls from campaigners who see the pact as key to combating rising domestic violence.
20 March 2021, 01:55 AM
Austin visits India with China high on agenda
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin yesterday arrived in India for the first face-to-face meetings between New Delhi and the Biden administration, with shared alarm about China set to figure highly.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
US House passes bill to protect ‘Dreamers’
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed bills providing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants nicknamed “Dreamers,” who are living illegally in the United States after entering as children, as well as for a large number of immigrant farmworkers.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghan govt, Taliban agree to accelerate peace talks
The Afghan government and the Taliban yesterday agreed to try to accelerate peace talks, at a meeting in Moscow that followed an international conference there on the peace process, Afghanistan’s top peace official and a Taliban spokesman said.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Crucial UN biodiversity summit set for October
The United Nations’ biodiversity summit, COP15, will take place in October in the Chinese city of Kunming after being delayed a year due to the pandemic, the UN said yesterday.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
ICC gives Israel month to ask for war crimes probe delay
The International Criminal Court has given Israel and the Palestinians one month to ask the tribunal to postpone its war crimes investigation, provided they can prove they are carrying out their own probes.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Finland: world’s happiest country
Covid-19 has done little to alter the ranking of the world’s happiest countries, with Finland at the top for a fourth year running, an annual UN-sponsored report said yesterday.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘It is time to bury the past’ with India: Pak army chief
Pakistan’s powerful army chief has called on arch rivals India and Pakistan to “bury the past” and move towards cooperation, an overture towards New Delhi that follows an unexpected joint ceasefire announcement last month between the two countries’ militaries.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
US, Chinese diplomats clash in Alaska meet
The first high-level US-China meeting of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare public display that underscored the level of bilateral tension.
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Kremlin, on possible new Cold War, says: we always hope for best but prepare for worst
The Kremlin said today that Moscow always hoped for the best but prepared for the worst when it was asked about the possibility of a new Cold War between the United States and Russia.
19 March 2021, 11:08 AM
Gunmen kill 13 policemen in ambush in central Mexico
Armed gunmen killed at least 13 Mexican police in an ambush in the central State of Mexico, local authorities have said, one of the worst mass slayings of security forces to rock the country in recent years.
19 March 2021, 01:55 AM
Top American, Chinese diplomats clash publicly at start of first talks of Biden presidency
The United States and China leveled sharp rebukes of each others’ policies in the first high-level, in-person talks of the Biden administration, with deeply strained relations of the two global rivals on rare public display during the meeting’s opening session in Alaska.
19 March 2021, 01:22 AM
North Korea to ignore US while ‘hostile policy’ in place
North Korea accused the new US administration of adopting “lunatic theory” yesterday, ruling out any engagement with Washington unless it changed course.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Indian passenger train ‘rolls backwards for 35 km’
An Indian passenger train rolled backwards for 35 kilometres, reports said yesterday, in an alarming but injury-free incident caught in a video that went viral on social media.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
4 hurricane names retired after deadly destruction
The Atlantic hurricane names Dorian, Laura, Eta and Iota are being retired due to the trail of death and destruction left in their wake, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Dutch PM claims win in Covid-dominated vote
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte claimed an “overwhelming” victory in elections on Wednesday, vowing to use his fourth term in office to rebuild the country after the coronavirus pandemic.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Takes one to know one’
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday mocked US President Joe Biden over his “killer” comment but said that Moscow would not sever ties with Washington over the spat.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Pandemic pushed 32m Indians out of middle class
Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed yesterday, while job losses pushed millions into poverty.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
For the love of sushi!
A top Taiwanese official yesterday issued a plea for people to stop changing their name to “salmon” after dozens made the unusual move to take advantage of a restaurant promotion.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 may become ‘seasonal’: UN
Covid-19 appears likely to develop into a seasonal disease, the United Nations said yesterday, cautioning though against relaxing pandemic-related measures simply based on meteorological factors.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM