Britons critical of govt’s pandemic response
Reuters :The British public’s view of the government’s management of the coronavirus crisis has turned negative for the first time since February and they are...
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‘Undefeated’ Panjshir valley in Afghanistan
BBC :Several thousand anti-Taliban fighters are reported to be holding out against the Taliban in a remote valley with a narrow entrance – little more...
Kathy Hochul becomes New York’s first female governor
AP :Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight Tuesday, taking control of a state government desperate to...
Pandemic threatens Asia-Pacific’s progress on global dev goals: ADB
Reuters :The coronavirus pandemic may have pushed as many as 80 million people in developing Asia into extreme poverty last year, threatening to derail progress...
Afghanistan media braces for uncertainty under Taliban rule
AFP :Scores of journalists are among the tens of thousands of people trying to flee Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, fearful of violent reprisals from...
India logs 25,467 new COVID-19 cases
PTI, NEWDELHI : India added 25,467 new COVID-19 cases, while the active cases declined to 3,19,551, comprising 0.98 per cent of the total infections, the...
Booster Covid-19 shots should be delayed : WHO
Reuters :WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that Covid-19 booster shots should be delayed as priority should be given to raising vaccination rates...
Tensions flare up again at Assam-Mizoram border
Scroll.in :Tensions along the Assam-Mizoram border arose again on Sunday over the construction of a bridge, PTI reported. The Mizoram police filed a case against...
Vietnam deploys troops to enforce lockdown in largest city
Reuters :Vietnam deployed soldiers to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday to help enforce a strict lockdown in the country’s biggest urban...
China reports no new local Covid-19 cases for first time since July
Reuters :China’s health authority reported on Monday that there were no new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 for the first time since July, offering more...
People evacuated as new wildfire hits Greek island
AFP :Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early Monday on the southern part of Greece’s Evia island,...