The New York Times :As countries rushed their preparations to inoculate citizens against the coronavirus, Brazil, with its world-renowned immunisation programme and a robust pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity, should have been at a significant advantage.But...
Reuters, Tokyo :Japan and South Korea grappled with surging coronavirus cases and growing public frustration on Monday, with Japan suspending a contentious travel subsidy programme and South Korea closing some schools and considering its...
Reuters, Caracas :Fourteen people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American nation’s coast, Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday, hours after Trinidad and...
BBC Online :British espionage writer John le Carré has died aged 89, following a short illness, his literary agent has said.The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy author...
AFP :Two Malaysian ministers who should have been quarantining after being exposed to coronavirus voted in parliament in protective gear Monday, triggering an opposition walkout.The politicians came into contact with Covid-19 patients earlier this...
BBC Online :The government of Eswatini says Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has died, four weeks after he tested positive for coronavirus.A government statement said Dlamini, 52, died on Sunday afternoon in hospital in South...
Al Jazeera News :The Russian army has reported a violation of the November ceasefire that ended the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.“One case of ceasefire violation was reported...
Reuters :The United States hit a record 16 million Covid-19 cases on Saturday afternoon, with deaths closing in on the 300,000 mark, even as millions of doses of a new vaccine were expected to...
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia’s maritime agency said on Sunday it had seized more than two tonnes of crystal methamphetamine worth 105.9 million ringgit ($26.2 million) from a boat off the country’s west coast, its...
India Today :The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was desecrated by members of Khalistani separatists during a protest organised by Sikh-American youths in support of farmers who are protesting against the recently enacted agriculture laws...
BBC Online :The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for a formal inquiry to begin into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Nigeria.It follows a decade-long investigation into violence in the...
Geo News :The statue of Punjab’s former ruler Raja Ranjit Singh, located near his grave at Lahore’s Royal Fort, has again been vandalised, a year after it was first damaged.A young man allegedly broke...
