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Pak PM survives confidence vote boycotted by opposition
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan survived a vote of confidence by the country’s parliament yesterday, days after his party lost a key Senate seat to an opposition candidate.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Hating in the name of God is ‘greatest blasphemy’
Pope Francis entered a narrow alleyway in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf to hold a historic meeting with the county’s top Shia cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham yesterday to condemn violence in the name of God as “the greatest blasphemy”.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Grave of slain ‘Everything will be OK’ protester disturbed
Guarded by police and soldiers, authorities in Myanmar disturbed the grave of a 19-year-old woman who became an icon of the anti-coup protest movement after she was shot dead wearing a T-shirt that read “Everything will be OK”, a witness and local media said.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Xi pushes Mandarin to ‘solve ethnic problems’
Authorities in Inner Mongolia must “solve ethnic problems” and push the use of the Mandarin language, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said, months after the region was rocked by protests over a new rule that would reduce the use of the local language.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Defiant protesters block highway outside Delhi
Indian farmers yesterday blocked a six-lane expressway outside New Delhi to mark the 100th day of protests against deregulation of agriculture markets, to add pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Pope Francis holds historic meeting with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric
Pope Francis held a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a country torn by sectarianism and violence.
6 March 2021, 09:00 AM
20 killed after thrown into sea off Djibouti
At least 20 people drowned after smugglers threw dozens of migrants overboard during a crossing between Djibouti and Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Nepal, Maoists sign peace deal
An outlawed Maoist group accused of staging several attacks signed a peace deal with Nepal’s communist government yesterday, bringing an end to the country’s only active insurgency.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Easiest’ polls for TMC!
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday termed the coming high-stakes assembly elections in the state as the “easiest” election her party has ever faced and announced she would contest from Nandigram constituency.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Pope, in Iraq, urges all to shun violence
Pope Francis, beginning the first trip by a pontiff to Iraq, made an impassioned call yesterday for an end to the militant violence and religious strife
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Study: AstraZeneca vaccine effective against Brazil variant
Preliminary data from a study conducted at the University of Oxford indicates that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC is effective
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
UN still waiting for proof Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa alive
The UN yesterday said it was yet to see evidence from the United Arab Emirates that Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa was still alive, a fortnight after seeking
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘National shame’ for armed forces
Singapore’s foreign minister yesterday said it was a “national shame” for the armed forces of a country to use weapons against their own people as he called on Myanmar’s military rulers to seek a peaceful solution to the unrest in the country.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
China moves to eliminate Hong Kong opposition
China yesterday moved to grant itself veto powers over selecting Hong Kong’s lawmakers, part of a campaign to eliminate dissent and ensure a “patriotic” government in the city following huge democracy rallies in 2019.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
'Freedom lies in being bold': Women around the world voice their hopes for 2021
Monday marks 110 years since a designated annual International Women’s Day was first commemorated.
5 March 2021, 06:50 AM
Rare 15th century Chinese bowl found at US yard sale
How about this for bargain-hunting? A small bowl bought for $35 in a yard sale in the US turned out to be a rare 15th century Chinese artifact possibly worth $500,000.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Are they showing pornography?
India’s top court yesterday said it favoured a screening mechanism for online video streaming services, dominated in the country by Amazon and Netflix and which currently are aired freely.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Buckingham Palace ‘perpetuating falsehoods’
Meghan Markle says Buckingham Palace is “perpetuating falsehoods” about her and her husband Prince Harry, according to part of an interview she has done with Oprah Winfrey.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
US ready to confront China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States was ready to confront China wherever necessary, calling Washington’s ties with the Asian power the “biggest geopolitical test” of the century.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
71kg of waste found in stray cow’s stomach
Indian vets have extracted 71 kilograms (156.5 pounds) of plastic, nails and other garbage from a pregnant cow, but both the animal and her baby died.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM