Iran starts enriching uranium at 60%, its highest level ever
Al jazeera :Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran has started 60 percent uranium enrichment at Natanz nuclear facility, days after an explosion at...
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India’s vaccinations fall from peak as infections hit record
Reuters :India’s daily Covid-19 vaccinations have slowed from their record high early this month while new infections have set a record in eight of the...
Myanmar security forces arrest prominent leader of anti-coup campaign
Reuters :Myanmar security forces on Thursday arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after ramming him with a car as...
Duterte urged to confront Chinese ‘bullying’ in South China Sea
Al Jazeera :Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte must end his “policy of subservience” towards Beijing, lawmakers and foreign policy experts have said, warning that the Filipino...
Jimmy Lai among 5 Hong Kong democracy activists jailed
AFP :Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was jailed for 12 months on Friday along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping to lead...
City of London : Brexit hits worse than expected
Reuters :Over 400 financial firms in Britain have shifted activities, staff and a combined trillion pounds ($1.4 trillion) in assets to hubs in the European...
Turkey’s Erdogan, Pakistani PM talk before Afghan peace summit
Al Jazeera :The leaders of Pakistan and Turkey have conferred on the continuing Afghan peace process, with Prime Minister Imran Khan reaffirming Pakistan’s commitment to...
Minneapolis under curfew after officer shoots Black motorist dead
AFP :Fresh protests broke out on Monday in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man, fueling tensions...
Reuters names first woman as next editor-in-chief
Reuters :Reuters News has named one of its top editors, Alessandra Galloni, as its next editor-in-chief, the first woman to lead the globe-spanning news agency...
Philippines, US launch military drills amid South China Sea tensions
Reuters :Philippine and US soldiers started two weeks of military exercises on Monday against a backdrop of rising tensions in the South China Sea, though...
Pakistani transgender woman finds a niche in tailoring
Reuters :As Pakistani transgender woman Jiya measures customers at her tailoring shop in a brand new Karachi market, her eyes gleam with the prospect of...
32 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti: IOM
Al Jazeera :Thirty-four migrants drowned on Monday after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, the second...