Trump’s impeachment trial starts
Donald Trump’s historic impeachment second trial, on a charge of inciting last month’s deadly storming of the US Capitol, began on Tuesday, making the Republican...
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‘Dangerous stuff’: Hackers tried to poison water supply of Florida
The New York Times :Hackers remotely accessed the water treatment plant of a small Florida city last week and briefly changed the levels of lye...
N Korea further developed nuclear weapons progs in 2020: UN
AFP, Reuters :North Korea maintained and developed its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions, helping fund its activities with...
Egypt opens Rafah crossing with Gaza until further notice
Reuters :Egypt on Tuesday opened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza strip until further notice, Egyptian and Palestinian sources said, a move described as...
French submarine patrols South China Sea, angering Beijing
AFP :A French nuclear attack submarine was among two navy ships that recently conducted a patrol through the South China Sea, its defence minister announced,...
Jailed Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul expected to be released
Middle East Eye :Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul is expected to be released from prison on Thursday after more than 1,000 days in detention.In...
Myanmar anti-coup protests resume despite bloodshed
Reuters : Protesters returned to the streets of Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday after the most violent day yet in demonstrations against a coup that...
K2 climbers in Pakistan feared dead days after they went missing
Al Jazeera :Pakistani military helicopters continue to search for three missing climbers on the world’s second-highest mountain K2, as hopes for their survival fade rapidly.Muhammad...
China arrests Australian journalist for spying
AFP :Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist who worked as an anchor for Chinese state television, has been formally arrested for “illegally supplying state secrets overseas”,...
Gunmen raid villages in northwest Nigeria, kill 19
AFP :At least 19 people were killed when armed men raided two villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state, the government said.Late on Saturday, bandits riding...
Covid-19: Global cases pass 10.7cr
Online Desk : Total coronavirus cases worldwide have surged to 107,006,667 as of Tuesday. Besides, 2,336,303 people have so far died from the virus infections...