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Singapore court orders blogger to pay PM $99,000 in defamation case

Singapore court orders blogger to pay PM $99,000 in defamation case

-- 2021-03-24 15:17:02

The Singapore high court has ordered a blogger to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong S$133,000 ($98,825) in damages in a defamation case filed by the city-state's leader, according to a judgment relea...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 124 million

Global coronavirus cases surpass 124 million

-- 2021-03-24 13:48:36

With the Covid-19 situation worsening around the world, the global caseload crossed 124 million on Wednesday. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the global Covid-19 tally and fatalities now...

Myanmar anti-coup protesters plan silent strike

Myanmar anti-coup protesters plan silent strike

-- 2021-03-24 12:10:19

Myanmar activists plan more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old girl was killed...

Sri Lanka faces UN scrutiny over civil war crimes

Sri Lanka faces UN scrutiny over civil war crimes

Reuters 2021-03-23 22:36:19

UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet received a mandate on Tuesday to collect evidence of crimes during Sri Lanka's long civil war, which ended in 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers...

Myanmar army airs on TV allegations of bribery against Suu Kyi

Myanmar army airs on TV allegations of bribery against Suu Kyi

-- 2021-03-23 14:54:24

Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday showed video testimony at a televised news conference of a former top Yangon official alleging corruption by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, including receiv...

Myanmar military spokesman 'sorry' for loss of lives of protesters

Myanmar military spokesman 'sorry' for loss of lives of protesters

Reuters 2021-03-23 14:12:17

Myanmar’s military on Tuesday expressed sadness for the deaths of what it said were 164 demonstrators during violence in the country, but accused anti-coup protesters of widespread destruction o...

'Vaccination Nation' or 'Crime Minister'?

'Vaccination Nation' or 'Crime Minister'?

REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:25:57

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory over Covid-19 by making Israel a “vaccination nation”. Even that may not be enough when voters wearing mandatory masks cast their ball...

Saudis propose ceasefire in Yemen, Houthis skeptical

Saudis propose ceasefire in Yemen, Houthis skeptical

REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:12:26

Saudi Arabia presented a new peace initiative on Monday to end the war in Yemen, including a nationwide ceasefire and the reopening of air and sea links, but its Houthi enemies said the offer did not...

EU, US sanctions step up pressure on Myanmar military

EU, US sanctions step up pressure on Myanmar military

REUTERS 2021-03-23 08:52:21

The European Union and the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by se...

West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses

West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses

REUTERS 2021-03-23 08:39:04

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the such coordinated Western action against Beijing unde...

EU imposes sanctions on Myanmar military, targets generals

EU imposes sanctions on Myanmar military, targets generals

Reuters   2021-03-22 21:45:55

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 11 people linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by security forces reached what Germany&...

Gap between two Covishield doses will be six to eight weeks, India says

Gap between two Covishield doses will be six to eight weeks, India says

-- 2021-03-22 19:55:17

The gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine should be increased from 28 days to six-to-eight weeks for better results, the Indian central government has asked state governments of the country....

Global coronavirus cases top 123 million

Global coronavirus cases top 123 million

-- 2021-03-22 15:01:33

Despite rapid vaccine rollout in different countries, more than 123 million people have been infected with Covid-19 on Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload reac...

Myanmar releases detained BBC journalist Aung Thura

Myanmar releases detained BBC journalist Aung Thura

-- 2021-03-22 13:38:52

Detained BBC journalist Aung Thura has been released in Myanmar, days after he was detained. The BBC Burmese service reporter had been taken away by men in plain clothes on 19 March while reporting o...

Asia accelerates AstraZeneca vaccine rollouts

Asia accelerates AstraZeneca vaccine rollouts

Reuters 2021-03-22 12:40:05

Many Asian countries are accelerating the rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after confidence in its safety was hit, following reports that the shot was linked to rare blood clots in Euro...

Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air strikes

Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air strikes

REUTERS 2021-03-22 12:19:11

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen unleashed dozens of air strikes against what it called Houthi military targets in the country’s north, including the capital Sanaa and the port of Salif...

Heavy rains in Sydney cause worst floods in 60 years

Heavy rains in Sydney cause worst floods in 60 years

REUTERS 2021-03-22 11:41:45

Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain...

US promises have no credibility for Iran: Khamenei

US promises have no credibility for Iran: Khamenei

Reuters 2021-03-22 10:44:00

Iran does not trust US promises on lifting sanctions and will only return to its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal once Washington fully removes the measures, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

Israel seizes Palestinian minister's VIP pass over ICC meeting

Israel seizes Palestinian minister's VIP pass over ICC meeting

-- 2021-03-22 10:01:00

Israeli authorities confiscated the VIP border pass of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki upon his return to the West Bank from a meeting at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a Palesti...

Myanmar protesters defiant despite more killings, pressure on junta grows

Myanmar protesters defiant despite more killings, pressure on junta grows

REUTERS 2021-03-22 09:35:00

Demonstrators in Myanmar maintained their dogged opposition to military rule on Sunday despite a rising death toll, with two more people killed as the junta appeared equally determined to resist growi...

India's massive religious gathering causes worries amid surge in Covid-19 cases

India's massive religious gathering causes worries amid surge in Covid-19 cases

REUTERS 2021-03-22 09:20:50

India’s health ministry warned on Sunday that a huge gathering of devotees for a Hindu festival could send coronavirus cases surging, as the country recorded the most new infections in nearly fo...

Indian factory making 6,000 syringes a minute

Indian factory making 6,000 syringes a minute

BBC 2021-03-21 21:38:24

Rajiv Nath, who heads India's largest syringe factory, says he is turning down as many as 40 requests for syringes from across the world. Mr Nath's Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices (HMD) is i...

UAE approves new system to attract remote workers

UAE approves new system to attract remote workers

-- 2021-03-21 18:03:11

The federal cabinet of the United Arab Emirates approved a new system allowing professionals to reside in the Gulf state while working remotely for employers abroad, a scheme that the emirate of Dubai...

China steps up COVID-19 vaccination

China steps up COVID-19 vaccination

Reuters   2021-03-21 17:31:36

China has accelerated its vaccinations against COVID-19, administering 10 million doses in around a week, and is considering varied visa policies based on vaccination and virus conditions in different...

Serum Institute to delay further vaccine shipments to Brazil, Morocco, Saudi

Serum Institute to delay further vaccine shipments to Brazil, Morocco, Saudi

Reuters   2021-03-21 17:04:56

The Serum Institute of India (SII) has told Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Morocco that further supplies of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be delayed due to surging demand at home and as it works thr...

China, US agree to enhance cooperation on climate change

China, US agree to enhance cooperation on climate change

-- 2021-03-21 16:24:24

China and the United States will set up a joint working group on climate change in a potentially positive takeaway from what was an unusually rancorous high-level meeting. The top Chinese and US dipl...

Thousands of Israelis hold anti-Netanyahu protests against ahead of election

Thousands of Israelis hold anti-Netanyahu protests against ahead of election

-- 2021-03-21 11:24:28

Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Saturday, calling for an end to his leadership just three days before the country’s...

Thai army denies supplying rice to Myanmar forces

Thai army denies supplying rice to Myanmar forces

-- 2021-03-21 11:07:25

Thailand’s army has denied supplying rice to units of Myanmar’s armed forces and said on Saturday any food being sent over the border was part of normal trade. Myanmar’s military is...

Heavy rain, flash flooding batter Australia's east coast

Heavy rain, flash flooding batter Australia's east coast

-- 2021-03-21 10:47:57

Australia’s east coast was smashed by heavy rains on Saturday, sparking dangerous flash flooding that forced the evacuation of multiple regions as the fast-moving waters unmoored houses, engulfe...

Police in Bangkok clash with protesters

Police in Bangkok clash with protesters

REUTERS 2021-03-20 21:53:21

Thai police used water cannon and charged toward protesters who had gathered near the King’s Palace in Bangkok on Saturday to call for the release of protest leaders and demand reform of the mon...