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  • Japan trying to contain dinner party scandal
    Tokyo, March 30 (IANS): Japan's Health Ministry is trying to contain a scandal that irked the country after it came to light that its officials violated coronavirus regulations with an extended dinner in To
  • 3 polio vaccination team members killed in Afghanistan
    Kabul, March 30 (IANS): Three members of a polio vaccination team were killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistans Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. Provincial police chief Jumagul Hemat to
  • World leaders call for new int'l pandemic treaty
    Brussels, March 30 (IANS): Twenty-five world leaders have supported a proposal from European Council President Charles Michel to draw up a new international treaty on pandemic preparedness in the wake of the Co
  • Mozambique clashes continue for 7th day
    Maputo, March 30 (IANS): Ongoing clashes in Mozambique between members of the Islamic State (IS) terror group and security forces continued for the seventh day on Tuesday after the insurgents took a strategic c
  • IS remains a threat, says US envoy
    Washington, March 30 (IANS): A US envoy warned that the Islamic State (IS) terror group still remains a significant security threat in Syria, Iraq and beyond, including Europe and North America. In a stateme
  • France reopens Embassy in Libya after 7 yrs
    Paris, March 30 (IANS): France has reopened its embassy in Libya after seven years, with the diplomatic representation tweeting "back to work". Monday's reopening comes a week after President E
  • Stepping up Myanmar coup penalties, US suspends trade deal
    Washington, March 30 (AP) The United States on Monday suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is restored in the Southeast Asian country after a February 1 coup followed by a violent c
  • Reacting to bloody coup, US suspends trade deal with Myanmar
    Washington, Mar 29 (AP): The United States on Monday suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is brought back to the Southeast Asian country after a bloody February 1 coup. The milit
  • 5 killed in US helicopter crash
    Washington, March 29 (IANS): A helicopter crash in the area of Knik Glacier in the US state of Alaska, has left five dead and one seriously injured, Alaska State Troopers said. A team from Alaska Rescue Coor
  • China's tech firms explore building zero-carbon internet
    BEIJING, MARCH 29 (IANS): China's internet industry has seen robust growth in recent decades, but its data centres, large-scale servers and cellular base stations are consuming energy at a faster pace. Henc
  • Nepal shuts all educational institutions as air pollution worsens
    KATHMANDU, MARCH 29 (IANS): The Nepal government on Monday announced it was shutting all educational institutions for the next four days owing to the severe deterioration of air quality in the recent period.
  • Japan, Indonesia seek to improve Myanmar situation
    Tokyo, March 29 (AP): Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi denounced Myanmar's escalating crackdown on pro-democracy protests in talks Monday with his Indonesian counterpart, who is visiting Tokyo fo
  • Hundred-year-old Hindu temple in Pakistan's Rawalpindi attacked by unidentified people
    Islamabad, March 29 (PTI): An over 100-year-old Hindu temple undergoing renovation in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi has been attacked by a group of unidentified people, according to a complaint reg
  • Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99
    Nairobi, March 29 (AP): Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former US President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday but did not disclose the cause of death. She was at
  • Happy Monday: England embarks on major easing of lockdown
    London, March 29 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday called on people to remain cautious as he officially lifted the stay-at-home order to allow the first phase of easing the strict COVID-19 l
  • WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
    Beijing, March 29 (AP): A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is extre
  • Pak starts 5-day anti-polio campaign
    Islamabad, March 29 (IANS): Pakistan on Monday launched a new door-to-door campaign to vaccinate millions of children against polio despite the risks posed by increasing coronavirus infections, an official said
  • Hundreds of migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya
    Cairo, March 29 (AP): At least 480 migrants were intercepted off Libya by local coast guard forces over the weekend, according to the United Nations'' migration agency. They are among the 4,500 peopl
  • Pak bans public gatherings to counter 3rd wave
    Islamabad, March 29 (IANS): Pakistan has imposed a complete ban on public gatherings in strengthened efforts to counter the ongoing third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement from the Nati
  • Massive container ship freed from Suez Canal
    Cairo, March 29 (IANS): A massive container ship which had blocked the Suez Canal since March 23 has been freed and re-floated, maritime service provider Inchcape Shipping said on Monday. The Panama-flagged
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