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Stop students from calling for monarchy reform
Thai authorities have summoned the heads of universities to tell them to stop students demanding reform of the monarchy, warning that such calls could lead to violence, a member of the military-appointed Senate said yesterday.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Positive first step’
The Turkish research ship at the centre of a row between Greece and Turkey over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean returned to a port in southern Turkey, local media reported yesterday.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Clashes in Afghanistan amid Doha peace talks
Taliban and Afghan government forces clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha on Saturday, officials said, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Ninety Lebanon peacekeepers contract coronavirus: UNIFIL
Ninety UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a spokesman for the UNIFIL force said yesterday, the
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Russians vote in local polls
Russians yesterday voted in dozens of local elections that will be scrutinised for signs of discontent with the ruling United Russia party following
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Amit Shah admitted to hospital
Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who fought back coronavirus last month, has been admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS on Saturday night again
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Afghan forces, Taliban continue to clash even as peace talks start
Taliban and Afghan government forces have clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.
13 September 2020, 13:33 PM
PM to virtually inaugurate Bangladesh Chancery Complex in Ankara tomorrow
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to virtually inaugurate the newly-constructed Bangladesh Chancery Complex in Ankara tomorrow.
13 September 2020, 08:23 AM
Japan's Suga says no limit to bonds government can issue
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who is set to become prime minister this week, said on Sunday there was no limit to the amount of bonds the government can issue to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
13 September 2020, 05:55 AM
Facebook removes posts linking Oregon wildfires to activist groups
Facebook has started removing false claims that the deadly wildfires in Oregon were started by various left-wing and right-wing groups, a spokesman for the social media company said on Saturday, after the rumors left state officials inundated with queries for information.
13 September 2020, 05:31 AM
‘It’s exhausting’: American families stumble through first weeks of virtual school
The new school year had held promise of some return to normalcy for American families since the pandemic upended daily life and made much of the spring semester unproductive. But the spread of the coronavirus over the summer set off a national debate over whether to resume in-classroom instruction.
12 September 2020, 19:48 PM
Attenborough warns against species extinction
Renowned TV naturalist David Attenborough, in a new documentary, gives his starkest warning yet for humanity to safeguard species from mass extinction for the sake of our own survival.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
UN adopts Covid-19 response resolution
The United States was supported only by Israel Friday in a vote against a UN resolution for a “comprehensive and coordinated response” to the Covid-19 pandemic, a text that included recognition of the WHO’s leadership role.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Momentous’ breakthrough!
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government opened in Qatar yesterday, marking what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heralded as a “truly momentous” breakthrough in nearly two decades of relentless conflict.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Isolated Palestinians in search of new allies
The Palestinian cause has long cemented ties between Middle East nations with divergent interests, but amid shifting regional alliances they are increasingly isolated and in need of new friends, analysts say.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Delhi summons top Indian Facebook official over content
Delhi summoned Facebook’s India chief yesterday to answer allegations that the social media giant failed to remove dangerous content in its biggest
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Liberia declares rape a national emergency
Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
India sees record jump in coronavirus cases
Oxygen supply has grown scarce in some parts of India hard hit by coronavirus, hospital and local government officials said, as India reported a record
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
EU plotting to tear apart UK with food ‘blockade’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused the European Union of threatening to tear the UK apart by imposing a food “blockade” between Britain and Northern Ireland, throwing new fuel on the fire of simmering Brexit talks.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
50 feared dead in DR Congo mine collapse
About 50 people are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following torrential rain, local authorities said yesterday.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM