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Singapore reports highest daily Covid cases in a year!
Singapore has reported its highest one-day Covid case total in more than a year, with 837 cases recorded on Tuesday. In response to the growing...
Kerala still in Covid high alert as second wave persists!
As Covid-19 swept through India last year, there was one state that was always seen to stand out in its handling of the pandemic. The...
Antony Blinken stresses Pakistan should deny Taliban legitimacy!
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday on Pakistan to deny legitimacy to the Taliban unless they meet international demands, acknowledging concerns that Islamabad...
Biden opposes Texas abortion law!
The Biden administration has formally asked a federal judge to block enforcement of a new Texas law that effectively bans almost all abortions in the...
Featured Boris Johnson’s maskless cabinet meeting garners backlash!
Boris Johnson has been criticised for leading a maskless cabinet meeting of 27 ministers on the same day he urged people to wear masks in...
Coalition government underway in Norway!
Norway’s left-leaning opposition parties have begun talks to form a new coalition government after winning a landslide victory in elections dominated by the climate crisis...
The 76th session of the UN General Assembly started at UN!
The 76th session of the UN General Assembly started at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday evening. Newly sworn in General Assembly President, Abdulla...
Delta variant puts New Zealand in a strict lockdown
New Zealand extended a strict lockdown in its largest city on Monday, requiring 1.7 million people living in Auckland to remain indoors for at least...
Boris Johnson “dead set” against another lockdown
Boris Johnson is expected to address a news conference on Tuesday when he will outline how vaccinations will provide Britain’s main defence over the colder...
Canadian charged with assault for throwing stones at PM Justin Trudeau!
A 25-year-old Canadian man has been charged with assault with a weapon for allegedly throwing stones at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he was leaving...
Education declines in Philippines due to online learning
Classrooms in the Philippines were silent Monday as millions of school children hunkered down at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts...
Vietnam continues lockdown in largest city!
Vietnam’s coronavirus outbreak epicenter Ho Chi Minh City will extend its restrictions, state media reported on Monday, as the capital Hanoi and several provinces sought...
Women return to airport in Kabul amidst fear
Less than a month after the Taliban rolled into the Afghan capital, Rabia Jamal made a tough decision — she would brave the hard-liners and...
Saudi auto loans fall in second quarter!
Saudi banks made fewer auto loans in the second quarter as the sector struggled with a lack of supply due to a global shortage of...
Saudi company to import oil to Sudan
Sudan expects to reach a long-term agreement with Saudi Aramco to supply oil derivatives at preferential prices, while shipments of some products have already begun,...
Featured Billionaire Akhannouch to head Moroccan government
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his liberal RNI party thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary...
First transgender to enroll in M. Phil in Pakistan
Pakistan’s first transgender Nisha Rao, a lawyer and activist, has become Pakistan’s first transgender student to have been granted admission into an M.Phil program to...
Featured Altercation between UK and France over migrant boats
Home Secretary Priti Patel told French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin that stopping people making their way from France on small boats was her “number one...
Trudeau against O’Toole in key leaders’ debate
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces potential defeat in September 20 elections as the polls show his opponent Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party has a chance...
Taliban use Violence against Journalists
In a string of violent attacks, Taliban have been reported to flog journalists, confiscate their equipment and cameras, and lock them up in cells. This...
