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India gang rape victim’s death sparks outrage
A Dalit teenager allegedly raped by four upper-caste men died of her injuries yesterday, sparking outrage from Indian activists, politicians and Bollywood stars.
29 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Putin slams ‘external pressure’
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday promised to help with mediation in the political crisis in Belarus, but Russian Vladimir Putin lashed out at “unprecedented external pressure”.
29 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Heavy losses as fighting rages
Azerbaijani and Armenian forces claimed to have inflicted heavy losses as fighting raged for a third day yesterday over Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh.
29 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka to ban cattle slaughter
The slaughter of cattle will soon be banned in Sri Lanka, the government said yesterday, in a move widely viewed as a concession to increasingly influential Buddhists in the ruling party.
29 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Pak to buy ancestral homes of Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar
The provincial government in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has decided to purchase the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar to conserve the historic buildings which are in dilapidated condition and facing demolition threat.
29 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Armenia's defence ministry says warplane shot down by Turkish F-16; Turkey denies
A Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down an Armenian SU-25 warplane over Armenian territory, killing the pilot, an Armenian defence ministry spokeswoman said.
29 September 2020, 15:30 PM
PM chalks out six-point global financial plan to tackle Covid-19 crisis
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today underscored the need for a well-coordinated global roadmap to face the Covid-19 crisis and urged the United Nations to continue to play its catalytic role in this regard.
29 September 2020, 15:30 PM
Kuwait's ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah dies
Kuwait's ruling Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has died, his office said in a statement read out on state television on Tuesday.
29 September 2020, 14:42 PM
Pakistan opposition leader arrested after protest vow
Pakistani anti-corruption officials arrested the country’s opposition leader yesterday, days after he vowed to help lead efforts to dislodge Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Japan warns on suicide after death of actress
Japan’s government yesterday urged people to seek help if they were struggling to cope, following the death at the weekend of a popular actress.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Moon calls for return of inter-Korean army hotlines
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in yesterday said military hotlines with Pyongyang should be restored to prevent unexpected incidents after it was revealed that North Korean troops had shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who had gone missing.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Ai Weiwei supports Assange with silent protest
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei held a silent protest yesterday outside a London court to demand the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces extradition to the United States.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Macron accuses Lebanon leaders of ‘betrayal’
French President Emmanuel Macron has upped the pressure on Lebanon’s leaders to form a government in the wake of the Beirut port blast, saying their lack of progress represented a “collective betrayal”.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Armenia-Azerbaijan Dispute: Fighting escalates on second day
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated sharply yesterday in and around the mountain territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and at least 30 people were killed in a second day of heavy clashes.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Poorer countries to get 120 million $5 coronavirus tests, WHO says
Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $5 per unit, the World Health Organization has said.
28 September 2020, 17:07 PM
Trump refutes tax claims from New York Times as ‘fake news’
President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, after years of reporting heavy losses from his business enterprises to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing tax-return data.
28 September 2020, 11:55 AM
At least 39 killed as Karabakh fighting enters second day
Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh said Monday 15 more of its fighters have been killed in a flare-up of a territorial dispute, bringing the total death toll to 39 as the fighting entered a second day.
28 September 2020, 11:37 AM
The people who cared for him: How a single COVID 19 case moved through the system
Since the pandemic began, more than 50,000 people in Canada have tested positive for the new coronavirus, and federal government figures say at least 2,900 people have been hospitalized. This is the story of those who cared for a single case at St. Paul’s.
28 September 2020, 09:23 AM
End of the road for ‘The King’?
The Pinoy jeepney, fondly known as the “king of the road,” is about to step into the pages of history, pushed by the uncompromising situation created by the pandemic.
28 September 2020, 09:19 AM
How a BJP leader’s name vanished between testimony & charge sheet
Delhi Police cited Nisar Ahmed’s testimony in 3 charge sheets. Details are same, but a BJP councillor is left out.
28 September 2020, 08:42 AM