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Snapchat permanently bans Trump from site
Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it has permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet stage.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
South Korea’s SC upholds ex-president’s 20-yr jail term
South Korea’s top court yesterday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for former President Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to her downfall, bringing an end to the legal process and for the first time raising the possibility of a pardon.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
10 states receiving 95pc vaccines
The World Health Organization’s European branch yesterday said 95 percent of vaccine doses so far administered worldwide were limited to 10 countries and called for a more equitable distribution.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Thousands arrested in South Africa for not wearing masks
South African police have arrested more than 7,000 people caught without face masks in public since the end of December, the government said yesterday.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Dynasty politics major cause of social corruption: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the youth of the country to contribute selflessly and constructively in politics.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran new ‘home base’ of al-Qaeda
Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged Tuesday that arch-enemy Iran has become a new “home base” for al-Qaeda, surpassing Afghanistan or Pakistan, an assertion mocked by Tehran and questioned by experts.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
We must strengthen our nuclear arsenal
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to strengthen his country’s nuclear arsenal as he delivered his closing address to a top ruling party meeting, state television showed yesterday, days before Joe Biden takes office as US president.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
US suffers worst day of pandemic
The United States has endured its worst day of the pandemic, with three Americans dying every minute, as China took decisive steps yesterday to stamp out a tiny coronavirus outbreak.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Israel kills 57 in Syria in deadliest attack since 2018
Israeli raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least 57 pro-regime fighters, in the deadliest such strikes since 2018, a war monitor said yesterday.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Hunt for cockpit tapes after Indonesia jet crash
Bad weather forced scores of divers to temporarily suspend their hunt for a crashed Indonesian jet’s cockpit voice recorder yesterday, as investigators worked to read critical details on a flight data device that had already been salvaged.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Forest loss ‘hotspots’ bigger than Germany: WWF
More than 43 million hectares of forest -- an area bigger than Germany -- have been lost in a little over a decade in just a handful of deforestation hotspots, conservation organisation WWF said yesterday.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 vaccine: New Brazil data finds 50.4% efficacy for China’s Sinovac
A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech was just 50.4% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in a Brazilian trial, researchers said on Tuesday, barely enough for regulatory approval and well below the rate announced last week.
13 January 2021, 12:15 PM
US rebrands Cuba as terror sponsor state
President Donald Trump’s outgoing administration on Monday returned Cuba to the US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, the latest in a slew of last-minute actions to hinder President-elect Joe Biden’s diplomacy.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Save biodiversity to save planet
A UN-backed summit of political leaders and CEOs pledging to reverse the accelerating destruction of the natural world was long on promises and short on cash.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Yemen’s Huthis defiant as US labels rebels ‘terrorists’
Yemen’s Huthis were defiant Monday after Washington said it will designate the Iran-backed rebels as terrorists, a last-ditch move under President Donald Trump that the UN and US lawmakers warned would worsen the humanitarian crisis.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
State Dept prematurely announces Trump departure
The US State Department’s website prematurely announced that President Donald Trump had left office Monday, sending social media into a tailspin on what happened.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
China will give Myanmar some free Covid vaccines
China will give Myanmar a batch of coronavirus vaccines for free, the Chinese foreign ministry announced yesterday, as the government’s top diplomat wrapped up a two-day visit to Myanmar.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
China ties ‘disturbed’, US ties on upswing
India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday said that trust with China had been deeply impaired after last summer’s border clash which resulted in the first combat deaths in 45 years.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Gorillas at San Diego zoo test positive for Covid-19
At least two gorillas at California’s San Diego Zoo have caught the coronavirus, the first known instance of natural transmission to great apes, officials said Monday.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
SC orders stay on new farm laws
India’s Supreme Court yesterday ordered an indefinite stay on the implementation of new agricultural laws that have triggered widespread protest from farmers, saying it wanted to protect farmers and would hear their objections.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM