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...
International
Myanmar general defends coup amid mass protests
The leader of the coup in Myanmar has made his first TV address, seeking to justify the action amid mass protests. Min Aung Hlaing said...
Flood kills 28 people in illegal factory in Morocco
Online Desk : A flood killed at least 28 people in an illegal textile factory in a villa basement in the Moroccan city of Tangier,...
New Zealand suspends ties with Myanmar; to ban visits from military leaders
New Zealand is suspending all high-level contact with Myanmar and imposing a travel ban on its military leaders following last week’s coup, Prime Minister Jacinda...
Hundreds join third day of anti-coup protests in Myanmar
Reuters : Hundreds of anti-coup protesters marched in Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon on Monday on the third day of street demonstrations against a coup...
6.0-magnitude quake hits southern Philippines
AFP :A strong earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Sunday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the US Geological Survey and...
Pope appoints first woman in senior synod post
AFP :Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first to hold the...
Tiger captured alive after Indonesia zoo escape
AFP :An escaped tiger that killed a keeper at a zoo on Borneo island has been captured alive after a day on the loose, police...
AstraZeneca COVID jab ‘less effective against S Africa variant’
Al Jazeera :The COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the...
UAE spies monitored Michelle Obama, Sheikha Moza emails: Report
New York Times :UAE spies hacked devices belonging to Qatar’s royal family and intercepted private communications between then-US First Lady Michelle Obama and Her Highness...
Palestinian rivals Fatah, Hamas to discuss elections
AFP :The key Palestinian factions – Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and Gaza’s Hamas Islamists – plan to meet in Cairo this week to...
US warship sails near Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands
Reuters :A US warship has sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea in a freedom of navigation operation, the US...