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Pakistan okays chemical castration of sex offenders
Pakistan has approved the chemical castration of rapists as part of sweeping new legislation sparked by outcry over the gang rape of a mother on a motorway.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Millions pushed to ‘breaking point’
Asia-Pacific has faced a record number of climate-related disasters in 2020, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people already hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Cross said yesterday.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Wearing someone else’s face
A year into the coronavirus epidemic, a Japanese retailer has come up with a new take on the theme of facial camouflage - a hyper-realistic mask that models a stranger’s features in three dimensions.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Move attack on Turkey’s sovereignty: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday called US sanctions against Ankara over its purchase of a Russian missile defence system an “open attack” on the Nato member state’s sovereignty.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
French court finds 14 accomplices to Charlie Hebdo attackers guilty
A French court has found guilty 14 accomplices of the French Islamist militants behind the January 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.
16 December 2020, 16:33 PM
Biden will keep using US sanctions weapon but with sharper aim: sources
Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trump’s weapon of choice - sanctions - as he seeks to reshape America’s foreign policy, according to people familiar with his thinking.
16 December 2020, 14:40 PM
Republicans acknowledge Biden’s victory
More than a month after the election, top Republicans finally acknowledged Joe Biden as the next US president, a collapse in GOP resistance to the millions of voters who decisively chose the Democrat. Foreign leaders joined the parade, too, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
16 December 2020, 10:57 AM
Coronavirus: Germany sees record death toll on first day of lockdown
Germany registered a record number of deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, the first day of a new partial lockdown to try and curb a surge in infections.
16 December 2020, 07:53 AM
Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing US antitrust case
An Australian regulator sued Facebook Inc today accusing it of collecting user data without permission, building on government efforts around the world to rein in the social network.
16 December 2020, 07:41 AM
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard indicted in US on sex trafficking charges
The Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was charged yesterday with sex trafficking, racketeering and other crimes targeting dozens of women and underage girls over a quarter century in three countries, US authorities said.
16 December 2020, 07:35 AM
$28 billion project needed to tackle pandemic: WHO
An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday.
16 December 2020, 06:38 AM
Biden to pick former Michigan governor Granholm to be energy secretary
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to be secretary of energy in his administration, two people familiar with the decision said on Tuesday.
16 December 2020, 05:00 AM
ICC rejects complaint against China
International Criminal Court prosecutors have rejected calls by exiled Uighurs to investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, the chief prosecutor’s office said in a report on Monday.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US vaccination drive gathers pace
The United States kicked off a mass vaccination drive Monday hoping to turn the tide on the world’s biggest coronavirus outbreak, as the nation’s death toll passed a staggering 300,000.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Boko Haram claims responsibility
Boko Haram yesterday claimed it was behind the abduction of hundreds of students in northwestern Nigeria, in what appears to be a major expansion of the jihadist group’s activities into new areas.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
UN calls for urgent shift to planet-friendly development
Under huge pressure from Covid-19, climate change and natural destruction, warning lights for the planet and societies are “flashing red” - and now is the time to choose a safer, fairer path for human development, the United Nations said yesterday.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Record number of journos jailed
A record number of journalists were behind bars this year, a US-based watchdog said yesterday, accusing governments worldwide of suppressing the media and fueling misinformation amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Russia nursing fire kills 11
A fire ripped through an overcrowded retirement home in central Russia overnight, killing 11 vulnerable people as the blaze swept through the small wooden building, investigators said yesterday.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Kabul deputy governor killed
A deputy governor of Kabul province and his aide were killed yesterday by a bomb in the Afghan capital, officials said, the latest in a wave of targeted killings in the country.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US takes Sudan off sponsors of terror blacklist
The United States on Monday removed Sudan from its state sponsors of terrorism blacklist and declared a “fundamental change” in relations, less than two months after the Arab nation pledged to normalise ties with Israel.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM