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Undoing ‘damage’ Trump has done
US President Joe Biden on Thursday reopened the nation’s online health insurance marketplace for people who cannot obtain coverage through their employers, in a move he said was aimed at undoing “damage” done by his predecessor Donald Trump.
29 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Independence ‘means war’
China toughened its language towards Taiwan yesterday, warning after recent stepped up military activities near the island that “independence means war” and that its armed forces were acting in response to provocation and foreign interference.
29 January 2021, 18:00 PM
UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China
Britain hailed a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China’s crackdown but Beijing said it would no longer recognise special British passports offered to residents of the former colony.
29 January 2021, 12:55 PM
WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early COVID patients
A World Health Organization team on Friday visited a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts’ long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus.
29 January 2021, 10:55 AM
India contains spread of Covid-19
India’s health minister yesterday declared its Covid-19 epidemic contained as, with most of the country’s active patients concentrated in two states, a fifth of districts completed a week with no new cases.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Pak top court upholds acquittal
Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a series of appeals against the acquittal of the British-born militant convicted of masterminding the kidnap and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, paving the way for his release along with three others.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Brazil’s Covid response worst, NZ’s best
Brazil’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been ranked the world’s worst, while New Zealand topped the class, according to research published by a leading Australian think tank yesterday.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia court upholds Navalny’s detention
A Russian court yesterday upheld a decision to detain top opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 30 days after he returned to Moscow this month following a near-fatal poisoning.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia court upholds Navalny’s detention
A Russian court yesterday upheld a decision to detain top opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 30 days after he returned to Moscow this month following a near-fatal poisoning.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Doomsday Clock’ stuck at 100 secs to midnight
The “Doomsday Clock” illustrating the perils facing the planet and mankind will remain at 100 seconds to midnight this year amid the threats of the coronavirus pandemic, nuclear war and climate change.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Army chief’s rhetoric fuels fears of coup
Myanmar’s army chief has raised the prospect of scrapping the country’s constitution as fears swirl about a possible coup by the military over electoral fraud concerns.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Asylum ‘under attack’: UN
The UN yesterday voiced alarm at increasingly frequent pushbacks and expulsions of refugees at Europe’s borders, warning that the very idea of asylum itself was under attack on the continent.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden warns Beijing over expansionism
One week into the job, US President Joe Biden has sent a clear warning to Beijing against any expansionist intentions in East and Southeast Asia.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Russian court rules that Kremlin critic Navalny must stay in jail
A Russian court ordered Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be kept in jail after rejecting an appeal against his detention, a decision that Navalny called predictable.
28 January 2021, 14:03 PM
We want the shots we ordered, UK says, as Europe’s vaccine row escalates
Europe’s fight to secure Covid-19 vaccine supplies sharpened when Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for after the European Union asked AstraZeneca to divert supplies from the UK.
28 January 2021, 13:56 PM
Republican senators signal opposition
US Democrats’ efforts to convict Donald Trump at his impeachment trial suffered a fresh blow Tuesday when almost all Republican senators backed dismissing the case, underlining the former president’s continuing hold over the party.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM
UK vaccine site evacuated over suspect package
British police said yesterday they were called to an industrial estate, after a pharmaceutical company involved in coronavirus vaccine manufacturing received a suspicious package.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Blinken sworn in as Biden’s secretary of state
Antony Blinken said it is the honor of his life to serve as the top US diplomat after being sworn in as the newest secretary of state Tuesday.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia, US extend nuke arms pact
Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, a move that preserves the last major pact of its kind between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Two-thirds of people see ‘climate emergency’
Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM