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New Zealand leader Ardern offers virus know-how to Joe Biden
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday became the latest world leader to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she offered to share her nation’s expertise on dealing with the coronavirus.
23 November 2020, 10:07 AM
Imran-govt must go by January
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari yesterday declared that the incumbent government will “have to go home by January” and called upon the masses to hold the rulers as well as their “selectors” accountable.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
France to punish ‘eco-cide’ with prison up to 10 yrs
France will make serious intentional damage to the environment punishable by up to 10 years in prison as part of planned “eco-cide” law, government ministers said in remarks published yesterday.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
China seeks to bring first lunar rocks since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump defends withdrawal from Paris climate accord
US President Trump yesterday defended his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, calling it “unfair and one-sided” even as President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the landmark agreement.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Save yourselves’
Advancing Ethiopian troops plan to surround the Tigray region’s rebel-held capital with tanks and may shell the city to force surrender, a military spokesman said yesterday, urging civilians to save themselves.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Saudi Arabia confident Biden will pursue regional stability
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Saturday he was confident that Democrat Joe Biden’s incoming US
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
14 pro-Iran fighters in Syria killed in ‘Israeli airstrikes’
At least 14 pro-Iran militia fighters from Iraq and Afghanistan were killed in air strikes in war-torn eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Pope Francis presses for just global economic model
Pope Francis urged young entrepreneurs Saturday to develop a new, more just economic model that could save a mistreated planet while helping the
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Turkey sees itself a part of Europe
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said that his country, an official candidate for European Union membership, sees itself as an inseparable part of Europe but will not give in to attacks and double standards.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Putin says ready to work with any US leader, wants formalities settled
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to work with any US leader and would congratulate whoever emerges the winner of the US presidential election once all the legal formalities are settled, Russian news agencies reported.
22 November 2020, 15:34 PM
‘Save yourselves’, Ethiopia tells Tigrayans as it moves on rebel-held capital
Ethiopia’s army plans to surround the rebel-held capital of Tigray region with tanks and may use artillery on the city to try to end a nearly three-week war, a military spokesman has said urging civilians to save themselves.
22 November 2020, 12:35 PM
Protesters set fire to Guatemala's Congress in protests over 2021 budget
Thousands of people on Saturday staged the biggest protest yet against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, with some setting fire to Congress, fuelled by anger over cuts in the 2021 budget just as the country reels from back to back storms.
22 November 2020, 05:34 AM
India summons Pak diplomat
India yesterday summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat over what New Delhi said was a foiled attack this week in the frontier territory of Jammu and Kashmir by a Pakistan-based militant group, a charge the neighbouring country denied.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Rocket attack on Kabul kills eight
At least eight people were killed yesterday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘A century of medical progress’ at stake: WHO
The World Health Organization has warned that growing antimicrobial resistance is every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic -- and threatens to reverse a century of medical progress.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Erdogan, Saudi king agree to enhance ties
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways of enhancing ties with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, in a rare phone call since the killing of
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Man arrested in Berlin on suspicion of cannibalism
German police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found human bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Twitter to hand @POTUS account to Biden on Jan 20
Twitter will hand control of the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn in on inauguration day, even if President Donald Trump
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Yemen faces world’s worst famine in decades: UN chief
War-torn Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen in decades, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Friday.
21 November 2020, 18:00 PM