Indonesia hunts for survivors as quake death toll hits 73
Reuters :At least 73 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on...
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Gunmen assassinate two Afghan women judges in Kabul
AFP :Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court in an early morning ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said,...
Trump signs Malala education act into law
Dawn.com :In his last week in office, US President Donald Trump signed into law an act that would award at least 50 per cent of...
Guatemala cracks down on US-bound migrant caravan from Honduras
Reuters :Guatemalan authorities on Saturday escalated efforts to stop thousands of Hondurans, many of them families with children, traveling in a migrant caravan bound for...
Amid vaccine rollout, Global Covid-19 death toll tops 2 m
Reuters :The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure...
UN rights body picks Fiji’s first ever vote
AFP :The UN Human Rights Council elected Fiji’s ambassador as its 2021 president in an unprecedented secret ballot after a diplomatic stand-off blocked the usual...
South African scientists discover new chemicals that kill malaria parasite
Reuters :South African scientists have discovered chemical compounds that could potentially be used for a new line of drugs to treat malaria and even kill...
US troop levels cut to 2,500 each in Afghanistan and Iraq, lowest mark in two decades
AFP :The US military has cut troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 each, their lowest levels in the nearly two decades since the...
Museveni heads for election win, rival alleges fraud
Reuters :Long-time leader Yoweri Museveni was heading for a resounding win in Uganda’s presidential election with nearly all votes counted on Saturday, but his main...
Scientists warn climate change is harming children’s diets
Reuters :Climate change could undo decades of work reducing malnutrition, scientists said on Thursday in a study finding that children in developing countries with rising...
Australia: US pigeon to ‘face consequences’ of illegal entry
Reuters :A pigeon that survived the long journey to Australia from the United States could be put down due to the strict biosecurity rules in...
Abortion becomes legal in Argentina as Chile starts a debate
AFP :Argentina on Thursday became one of just a handful of Latin American countries to allow elective abortion, as neighbouring Chile initiated its own debate...