- Friday, 15 November 2024 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
REUTERS 2021-02-12 18:08:34
Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the junta's call to halt mass...
Reuters 2021-02-12 16:51:28
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday said it is immediately redirecting $42.2 million of assistance away from work that would have benefited Myanmar's government after condu...
REUTERS 2021-02-11 20:13:07
As Lebanon grapples with surging coronavirus infections and a financial crisis that has crushed its economy, migrant workers often cannot find the care they need if they test positive. Desperate work...
REUTERS 2021-02-11 19:48:55
Authorities in India warned on Thursday of rising water levels in a Himalayan river valley hit by a major avalanche as they scaled back a search for 35 construction workers trapped in a flooded tunnel...
Reuters 2021-02-11 18:09:42
An opposition-ruled Indian state said on Thursday it had asked the federal government to halt the supply of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine until its efficacy could be proven in an ongoing late-stage tri...
Reuters 2021-02-11 12:42:01
Malaysia will extend its free Covid-19 vaccination programme to all foreigners residing in the country, including students, refugees and undocumented migrants, the government said on Thursday. The So...
-- 2021-02-11 12:33:15
India and China have agreed to pull back troops from a bitterly contested lake area high in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said on Thursday, in a breakthrough after a months-long s...
Reuters 2021-02-11 11:33:04
Parked in rows with many gathering dust and cobwebs, hundreds of “tuk tuk” motorised rickshaws, tour buses and boats lie silent across the Thai capital of Bangkok, after suffering a twin b...
REUTERS 2021-02-11 11:11:57
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar and he repeated demands for the generals to give up...
-- 2021-02-11 10:21:42
Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from a Saudi prison after nearly three years behind bars, her family said on Wednesday, a case that has drawn international con...
-- 2021-02-11 09:18:22
US President Joe Biden is expected on Wednesday to announce an executive order on Myanmar, where the army staged a Feb. 1 coup and overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, two sources fam...
Reuters 2021-02-10 23:13:16
Rescuers in northern India made a vain attempt on Wednesday to find signs of life using a drone to search for 35 construction workers missing inside a tunnel days after a flash flood swept down a moun...
-- 2021-02-10 11:54:17
Coronavirus is still spreading around the world, despite the high vaccination rate. In fact, the total number of Covid-19 cases has now topped 106.8 million. According to the latest data released by...
Reuters 2021-02-09 20:28:55
India said on Tuesday it had no concerns over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite South Africa putting it on hold, and ordered 10 million more doses of the shot for its own huge i...
-- 2021-02-09 19:48:10
The number of newborns in China plummeted 15 per cent in 2020 from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Public Security, with the onset of the novel coronavirus disrupting the economy and weig...
-- 2021-02-09 17:59:27
Police fired gunshots into the air and used water cannon and rubber bullets on Tuesday as protesters across Myanmar defied bans on big gatherings to oppose a military coup that halted a tentative tran...
REUTERS 2021-02-09 17:52:28
Rescuers raced to free around 35 Indian construction workers trapped in a tunnel, two days after the hydroelectric dam they were helping to build was swept away by a wall of water from a collapsed gla...
REUTERS 2021-02-09 15:19:01
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen wished China a happy Lunar New Year on Tuesday, but said she will not yield to Chinese pressure and reiterated a call for dialogue to resume with Beijing. China, which c...
Reuters 2021-02-09 13:51:33
Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup defied bans on big gatherings to extend the largest demonstrations in more than a decade on Tuesday, chanting and confronting police who fired water...
-- 2021-02-09 11:05:35
Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup vowed to continue non-violent action on Tuesday in the face of bans on big gatherings, night curfews and road closures after the biggest demonstrations in mo...
Reuters 2021-02-09 10:45:26
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 Ardern said on Tuesday. New Ze...
REUTERS 2021-02-08 22:42:15
Myanmar's military leader said on Monday his junta would hold a new election and hand power to the winner as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for a third day to protest against the coup...
-- 2021-02-08 20:45:17
Myanmar police on Monday warned protesters to disperse or face force shortly after state television signalled impending action to stifle mass demonstrations against a military coup and the arrest of e...
-- 2021-02-08 20:00:36
Congress leader of India's Assam state Gaurav Gogoi has said Bangladesh is better than India in terms of economy due to the misgovernance of ruling BJP. Gogoi, son of former Assam Chief Minister and...
Reuters 2021-02-08 18:20:51
An international coalition of lawmakers has written to HSBC Holdings Chairman Mark Tucker, calling on the bank to unfreeze Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui’s accounts. In a letter, the...
-- 2021-02-08 18:18:37
Myanmar authorities should immediately release Sean Turnell, an economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, following his weekend arrest, Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said o...
REUTERS 2021-02-08 15:36:59
Rescuers were looking for an estimated 170 people missing in the Indian Himalayas on Monday, including some trapped in a tunnel, after a part of a glacier broke away, sending a torrent of water, rock...
-- 2021-02-08 14:05:52
The global Covid-19 cases have surpassed 106 million on Monday. The total case count reached 106,056,229 while the deaths from the virus infection touched 2,315,156 Monday morning, according to Johns...
-- 2021-02-08 13:43:51
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged farmers to end their over two-month long protest against agricultural reforms, assuring them that a mechanism of floor prices for key crops would re...
REUTERS 2021-02-08 11:59:55
Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, ro...
© 2024 - All Rights with The Financial Express
