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US accident victim gets first double hand, face transplant
A 22-year-old man from New Jersey who suffered horrific injuries in a car accident has become the world’s first person to undergo a successful face and double hand transplant, his medical team announced Wednesday.
4 February 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Driving evil out’
Clanging cymbals and banging pots, Yangon residents unhappy with a putsch that ousted Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi have begun kicking up a nightly fracas to chase out “evil spirits” -- in this case, the military.
4 February 2021, 18:00 PM
US ‘deeply disturbed’
The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region and there must be serious consequences for atrocities committed there, the US State Department said on Wednesday.
4 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden sets up task force to reunite families
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a review of asylum processing at the US-Mexico border and the immigration system as he seeks to undo some of former President Donald Trump’s hardline policies.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
71 homes destroyed in Australia bushfire
At least 71 homes have been destroyed in a bushfire raging out of control near Australia’s fourth-biggest city Perth, authorities said yesterday, as they told residents to ignore a coronavirus lockdown and leave threatened areas.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
India warns Twitter to comply with orders to block accounts
India has written to Twitter warning it to comply with orders to block accounts and content related to a protest by farmers, a technology ministry source said yesterday.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghan judge shot dead in ambush
An Afghan judge was shot dead in an ambush in the eastern city of Jalalabad yesterday, police said, the third court official killed in less than a month.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
New TB treatment to cut pill intake by two-thirds: study
A new tuberculosis treatment that slashes costs and the pill burden for patients will be rolled out in five high-incidence countries this year, international medical research body the Aurum Institute said yesterday.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Junta plans probe of last year’s polls
Myanmar’s new leader said the military government installed after Monday’s coup plans an investigation into alleged fraud in last year’s elections and will also prioritize the COVID-19 outbreak and the economy, a state newspaper reported yesterday.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Ukraine’s Zelensky bans three pro-Russia TV channels
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has banned three pro-Russian television channels in a move the presidency said was aimed to stave off Kremlin propaganda.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Over 10,000 detained at Navalny rallies in Russia
More than 10,000 people were detained at recent rallies in Russia in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with many subjected to mistreatment in police custody, monitors said yesterday.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Another ‘Hong Kong 12’ lawyer has license revoked
A second Chinese lawyer involved in defending a Hong Kong democracy activist charged with illegally leaving the territory said Tuesday he had lost his license.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran’s Rouhani rules out changes
President Hassan Rouhani yesterday ruled out changes to Iran’s nuclear accord with world powers and dismissed calls to broaden the terms of the deal and include regional countries.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Russian court jails Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, West demands his release
A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to three and a half years in jail after ruling he had violated the terms of his parole, but said that his prison term would be shortened for time he had served earlier under house arrest.
2 February 2021, 18:27 PM
What are Biden’s options?
US President Joe Biden, facing his first major international crisis after Myanmar’s military seized power, could impose a new program of sanctions, cut aid or target generals and the companies they run to pressure for a return to democracy.
2 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Twitter blocks accounts, tweets on gov’t order
Twitter on Monday temporarily blocked scores of accounts and tweets in India at the government’s request, including those of a prominent news magazine and farmers staging mass protests in the capital.
2 February 2021, 18:00 PM
The Lady vanishes
The Myanmar military’s detention of Aung San Suu Kyi during this week’s coup has revived memories of her more than 15 years of house arrest at a lakeside villa in Yangon during the country’s last period of junta rule.
2 February 2021, 18:00 PM
N Ireland halts post-Brexit checks
The British government yesterday condemned threats to port workers implementing controversial post-Brexit trade checks in Northern Ireland, calling for clear heads to ease fears of an upsurge in sectarian tensions.
2 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump aimed mob ‘like a loaded cannon’ at Capitol
The US House of Representatives Democrats who will prosecute former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial said in a brief filed yesterday he pointed a mob “like a loaded cannon” at the Capitol shortly before a deadly January 6 rampage.
2 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Mediate US return to nuke deal
Iran’s foreign minister asked the European Union to coordinate a synchronized return of both Washington and Tehran into a nuclear deal, after a diplomatic standoff on who will act first.
2 February 2021, 18:00 PM