Trump slams US govt for ‘unjustified’ pursuit of classifed documents
BSS :Former US president Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday dismissed the government’s “unjustified” pursuit of classified documents at his home and said the raid...
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Chinese city of 16 million to shut down over new Covid outbreak
BSS :Around 16 million people in the Chinese city of Chengdu will be effectively under lockdown from Thursday as authorities race to snuff out a...
Another tanker briefly blocks Egypt’s Suez canal
BSS :An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that last year’s major blockage of the...
Moscow approves Japan stakes in Sakhalin energy project
BSS :Two Japanese trading houses will maintain stakes in a Russian energy project despite Tokyo joining sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, as...
Cambodian opposition figure faces French defamation trial
BSS :Longstanding Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy will face a French court on Thursday in defamation cases brought against him by top officials in his...
‘World’s first case of bird flu in porpoise’
BSS : A porpoise found stranded on a Swedish beach in June died of bird flu, the first time the virus has been detected in...
IAEA team reaches Zaporizhzhia en route to Russia-held nuclear plant
BSS/AFP : IAEA inspectors arrived in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday ahead of a visit to a Russian-held nuclear power plant, after...
36 killed, 1,941 injured in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours
BSS/Xinhua : At least 36 people were killed and 1,941 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related incidents in the last...
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...
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...
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...