Vietnam to free 2,500 prisoners in independence amnesty
BSS : Vietnam announced Wednesday it would free almost 2,500 prisoners ahead of the country’s independence anniversary, but the amnesty will be smaller than recent...
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Hong Kong leader cancels China trip over virus flare up
BSS : Hong Kong leader John Lee on Wednesday cancelled a trip to the Chinese mainland to discuss reopening travel as the coronavirus situation worsened...
Russia records 39,658 daily Covid-19 cases, 77 deaths – crisis center
BSS :Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 39,658 over the past day to 19,445,581, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Monday. A day earlier, 46,857...
Ukraine launches offensive in south, IAEA team head to nuclear plant
BSS :Ukrainian forces pressed their counter-offensive to retake the Russian-occupied southern region of Kherson, while a team of UN experts were en route to inspect...
Hong Kong court orders search of media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s phones
BSS :Two phones owned by jailed pro- democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic...
Malaysia reports 1,946 new COVID-19 infections, 8 more deaths
BSS :Malaysia reported 1,946 new COVID- 19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 4,778,140, according to the health ministry.There is one...
Arrest me if you can’: Mamata’s challenge to BJP as corruption claims fly
Hindustan Times :Amid corruption charges against the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led government in West Bengal, chief minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday challenged the...
Six dead as truck hits Dutch village barbecue
Al Jazeera :Dutch police said six people were killed and seven other people hurt on Sunday after a truck ran off the top of a...
Ukraine on edge after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, region’s towns shelled
Reuters :Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officials said on Sunday, adding to residents’...
Moqtada al-Sadr, dominant Iraqi political leader, retires from politics
BBC :One of Iraq’s most powerful figures, who has been at the centre of a long crisis over forming a government, says he is retiring...
Guinea opposition calls off protests
BSS :A political coalition in Guinea on Saturday said that it was calling off planned protests against the country’s ruling junta, at the request of...
Libya clashes kill 23, spark fears of new war
BSS :Clashes between backers of Libya’s rival governments killed at least 23 people and damaged six hospitals in Tripoli on Saturday, sparking fears that a...