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White supremacy a 'transnational threat', UN chief warns
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that white supremacy and neo-Nazi movements are becoming a “transnational threat” and have exploited the coronavirus pandemic to boost their support.
22 February 2021, 10:33 AM
China calls for reset in Sino-US relations
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on issues like climate change and the coronavirus pandemic if they repaired their damaged bilateral relationship.
22 February 2021, 09:31 AM
Rivals complete troops pullback from key lake
India yesterday said that its troops, along with their Chinese counterparts, had completed a pullback from a disputed part of their 3,500-kilometre-long Himalayan border after months of heightened tensions.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
CBI summons wife of W Bengal CM’s nephew for questioning
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday summoned the wife of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress leader and lawmaker Abhishek Banerjee, who is the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a case relating to coal smuggling, officials of the probe agency said.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Thought we were going to die’
A United Airlines plane suffered a fiery engine failure yesterday shortly after taking off from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residential area before a safe emergency landing, officials said.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Dozens killed as US counts cost of ‘polar plunge’
Frustrated Texans queued for hours for safe drinking water, after an unprecedented and deadly “polar plunge” burst pipes and left millions in the US state shivering without power or clean water for days.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Ebola death toll hits 4 in DRC
Four people have died from the hemorrhagic Ebola virus during a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said yesterday,
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
India-Maldives sign $50 million defence deal
India and the Maldives yesterday signed a $50 million defence Line of Credit (LoC) agreement to boost maritime capabilities of the strategically-located Indian Ocean island nation.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Nothing has changed’
Tehran yesterday retreated its stance that the United States must first lift sanctions on Iran if it wants to talk about salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javaf Zarif saying “nothing has changed” since President Joe Biden took power from his predecessor Donald Trump.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar grieves for slain young anti-coup protester
A sombre Buddhist funeral song rung out in Myanmar’s capital as the body of a young woman, struck down during a rally against this month’s military coup, was carried to a ceremony marking the end of her short life.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Globally 40% don’t have access to education in language they speak: Unesco
The UN educational and cultural agency, Unesco, has encouraged people everywhere to celebrate world’s diversity by supporting multilingualism at school and in everyday life -- the theme for International Mother Language Day, observed today.
21 February 2021, 12:15 PM
‘Something we’ve never seen’
Nasa scientists on Friday presented striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, including a selfie of the six-wheeled vehicle dangling just above the surface of the Red Planet moments before touchdown.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE in Thailand
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Thailand’s parliament after Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and nine ministers survived a parliamentary no-confidence motion yesterday after a four-day censure debate.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Princess ‘being cared for at home’
Dubai’s royal family insisted that Sheikha Latifa was being “cared for at home” after the United Nations demanded proof that she was still alive following “disturbing” footage aired this week.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Farmers’ protest in India: Thunberg lends support for jailed activist Ravi
Greta Thunberg has tweeted her support for an Indian activist jailed over a guide for anti-government farmers protests, which the Swedish climate campaigner had earlier shared to social media.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Transatlantic alliance is ‘back’
President Joe Biden declared the “transatlantic alliance is back” in a powerful speech seeking to reestablish the United States as leader of the West against what he called a global assault on democracy.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Facebook ‘friended’ us again: Australia
Facebook Inc is back at the negotiating table, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday after the tech giant this week blocked news on its site in the country.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Argentina health minister out over vaccine line-jumping
Argentina’s health minister resigned late Friday after it emerged that friends of his had been able to skip the line for a Covid-19 vaccination.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Floods cripple Jakarta
Whole neighbourhoods of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and dozens of major roads were flooded yesterday after torrential rains pounded the
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Navalny remains in jail
A Moscow court yesterday upheld a ruling to jail the Kremlin’s most prominent opponent Alexei Navalny, sealing his first lengthy prison sentence
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM