Trump discussed pre-emptive pardons for family
Al Jazeera News :US President Donald Trump is looking into granting pardons to his three eldest children, his son-in-law and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the...
International
Former French president Giscard d’Estaing dies
Reuters, Paris :Former president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernise French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of...
Last foreign Red Cross workers leave North Korea amid coronavirus curbs
Reuters, Seoul :The last remaining foreign staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have left North Korea, the aid organisation said on...
Liberian ex-commander faces war crimes trial
BBC Online :A former Liberian warlord has gone on trial in Switzerland over alleged atrocities committed during the country’s long-running civil war.Alieu Kosiah, 45, is...
New Zealand symbolically declares climate emergency
AP, Wellington :Joining more than 30 countries, New Zealand on Wednesday took the symbolic step of declaring a climate emergency.Lawmakers voted 76-43 in favor of...
Tens of thousands evacuated as Cyclone Burevi nears: Sri Lanka
Al Jazeera News :Sri Lanka has evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80-90 kph (50-56...
Putin says opposing forces in Belarus need to resolve crisis via talks
Reuters, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Belarus was facing unprecedented meddling by external forces and he called on opposing political forces...
Bushfires threaten tourist areas on Australia’s Fraser Island
Reuters, Sydney :Australian fire crews are battling massive bushfires on Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island, which have been burning for six weeks, forcing...
Around 37,000 Americans die of Covid-19 in Nov
AP :Nearly 37,000 Americans died of Covid-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in...
Australia, US to develop hypersonic missiles to counter China
Al Jazeera News :Australia and the United States will jointly develop hypersonic cruise missiles, the Australian defence minister announced on Tuesday, pledging to invest in...
13 dead in Pakistan road crash
AFP :At least 13 people were killed when a passenger van and a bus collided and caught fire in Pakistan’s central Punjab province on Monday,...
Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle Covid crisis
Reuters, Kathmandu :Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and hand it...