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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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EU to unveil measures to rein in tech giants
The European Union was scheduled to unveil tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, whose power Brussels sees as a threat to competition and even democracy.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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
Bomb blast kills deputy governor of Afghanistan's capital
The deputy governor of the Afghan capital of Kabul was killed on Tuesday in a bomb attack on his car as he went to work, security officials said.
15 December 2020, 10:49 AM
Record number of journalists imprisoned in 2020: report
A record number of journalists were imprisoned during 2020, as governments cracked down on coverage of the coronavirus pandemic or tried to suppress reporting of civil unrest, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tuesday.
15 December 2020, 10:44 AM
Consortium predicts 168,000 children will die hungry during pandemic
Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition, and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery takes hold, according to a study released Monday by 30 international organisations.
15 December 2020, 07:19 AM
Migrants earn nearly 13% less than native workers: ILO report
Migrants earn nearly 13 percent less on average than native workers in high-income countries, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.
15 December 2020, 06:22 AM
Explosion hits oil tanker off Saudi port city
An explosion struck a tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah, maritime sources said yesterday, without elaborating on the cause.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Protesters demand apology for Bangladesh genocide
A US-based Bangladeshi organisation along with other South Asian minorities held a protest outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, demanding an apology for the 1971 ‘genocide’ named Operation Searchlight.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
EU watchdog warns of pitfalls in use of AI
The European Union’s rights watchdog has warned of the risks of using artificial intelligence in predictive policing, medical diagnoses and targeted advertising as the bloc mulls rules next year to address the challenges posed by the technology.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
CureVac launches final trials for Covid vaccine
German biotech firm CureVac has enrolled the first participant for a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, it said yesterday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Massive outage hits Google services worldwide
A massive outage knocked Google services including Gmail and video sharing platform YouTube offline across much of the globe yesterday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
British spy thriller author John le Carre dies aged 89
John le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold”, has died aged 89, his agent and family said Sunday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Chinese dams under scrutiny
A US-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river was announced yesterday, adding to the superpowers’ rivalry in Southeast Asia.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Next few days critical
European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said yesterday that sealing a trade pact with Britain was still possible before the country’s final break with the 27-nation bloc on Decembr 31 but the next few days of negotiations would be critical.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM
New York nurse given Covid-19 vaccine as US rollout begins
An intensive care unit nurse has become the first person in New York state to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, marking a pivotal turn in the US effort to control the deadly virus.
14 December 2020, 17:11 PM
Explosion rocks Singapore-flagged tanker off Saudi port
An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah Monday, the vessel's owner said, in the latest apparent strike on energy sector targets in the kingdom.
14 December 2020, 10:54 AM
French extremist caught trying to enter Turkey from Syria
A French extremist wanted on an Interpol “red notice” has been caught by Turkish security forces trying to enter Turkey from Syria, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday.
14 December 2020, 10:30 AM
China fines Alibaba, Tencent-backed China Literature for not reporting deals to anti-trust regulators
China’s market regulator said on Monday it fined Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings-backed China Literature and Shenzhen Hive Box 500,000 yuan ($76,464.29) each for not reporting deals properly for anti-trust reviews.
14 December 2020, 07:10 AM
China gives Pakistan $1.5 billion loan to repay $2 billion Saudi Arabia debt
China has agreed to immediately provide $1.5 billion financing line to Pakistan to help the country repay a $2 billion Saudi Arabia debt, according to India Today.
14 December 2020, 06:48 AM