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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
Bird flu spreads across India
An outbreak of avian influenza or bird flu is rapidly spreading across India, with at least nine states confirming cases and others awaiting test results as they put containment measures in place, officials and media reports said.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
India hands back Chinese soldier caught in Ladakh
The Indian military yesterday said it had handed back a Chinese soldier held near a remote Himalayan border where thousands of troops from the two nuclear-armed neighbours have been facing off for months after a deadly clash.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden taps career diplomat William Burns as CIA chief
US President-elect Joe Biden yesterday announced William Burns as his pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, tapping a retired veteran diplomat who helped lead secret talks with Iran.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Guterres seeks to stay on for second term: report
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the five permanent members of the Security Council that he would like to stay on for a second term, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday citing two diplomats familiar with the matter.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Kim assumes late father’s mantle
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has had his official party title changed, state media reported yesterday, assuming a position previously held by his late father in what analysts said was a move to bolster his authority.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Public enemy number one’
Since Vice President Mike Pence led the Congress session that ceremonially confirmed his boss Donald Trump had lost the November election, relations between the two top Republicans have plummeted to an Arctic chill.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘No one cares. At all.’
President Donald Trump has lost the support of many former loyalists in his administration after a riot at the US Capitol that he helped provoke, and his White House is in “meltdown” as it lurches through his final days, current and former officials said.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
‘No one cares. At all.’
President Donald Trump has lost the support of many former loyalists in his administration after a riot at the US Capitol that he helped provoke, and his White House is in “meltdown” as it lurches through his final days, current and former officials said.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO Covid origins probe team to arrive Jan 14: China
Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of Covid-19, authorities said yesterday, more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the investigation.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Netanyahu orders new settlement in West Bank
Israel’s prime minister yesterday directed authorities to approve construction of 800 new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank days before President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel administration leaves office.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM
UK helps to raise $1 billion
The UK has helped to raise $1 billion for the coronavirus COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) through match-funding other donors, which will help distribute one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to 92 developing countries, including Bangladesh, this year.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Pence to attend Biden inauguration: reports
Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said Saturday, the vice president becoming the latest longtime loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
US lifts curbs on communications
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was lifting restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing and Washington in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s presidency.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran may expel UN nuclear inspectors: lawmaker
Iran will expel United Nations nuclear watchdog inspectors unless US sanctions are lifted by a Feb 21 deadline set by the hardline-dominated parliament, a lawmaker said on Saturday.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Blast kills three in Kabul
An Afghan journalist-turned spokesman for the country’s public protection force was killed along with two colleagues yesterday by a bomb targeting their vehicle, officials said.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
SNP demands billions in ‘Brexit compensation’
The pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) demanded on Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson pay billions of pounds in compensation to Scotland for the mounting costs and disruption of Brexit.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Pakistan hit by nationwide power blackout
Power was gradually being restored to major cities across Pakistan yesterday after it was hit by a massive electricity blackout, officials said. The
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM