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India cuts Internet as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike

India cuts Internet as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike

-- 2021-01-31 11:40:57

India has blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundred...

China firm providing worldwide Covid tests worked with military: Reuters' review

China firm providing worldwide Covid tests worked with military: Reuters' review

Reuters 2021-01-30 19:23:26

BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reuters review o...

UAE amends laws to grant citizenship to expatriates with special skills

UAE amends laws to grant citizenship to expatriates with special skills

Hindustan Times 2021-01-30 18:16:32

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Saturday that the country’s laws had been amended to grant citizenship to investors and expatriates for the first time. UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Moh...

Vietnam approves AstraZeneca vaccine

Vietnam approves AstraZeneca vaccine

Reuters 2021-01-30 17:35:23

Vietnam approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and cut short an important ruling Communist Party meeting, state media reported on Saturday, as the country battled its biggest coronavirus outbreak since t...

India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency

India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency

-- 2021-01-30 17:24:29

India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislativ...

UAE to offer citizenship to select group of foreigners in a bid to boost economy

UAE to offer citizenship to select group of foreigners in a bid to boost economy

AP 2021-01-30 17:22:59

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced plans to grant some foreigners citizenship to this oil-rich nation home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, part of efforts to stimulate its economy amid the coronav...

India cuts internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike

India cuts internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike

Reuters 2021-01-30 17:09:56

India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and...

Myanmar military allays coup fears, says it will protect constitution

Myanmar military allays coup fears, says it will protect constitution

-- 2021-01-30 16:58:59

Myanmar's military on Saturday said it would protect and abide by the constitution and act according to law, in a move that could allay concerns in the country that the armed forces might attempt to s...

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 102 million

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 102 million

-- 2021-01-30 15:29:29

The pandemic continues to grow even as nations race ahead with mass vaccination programmes. In fact, the global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past 102 million. The total case count reached 102,007...

Iran won't reverse nuclear steps before US sanctions are lifted

Iran won't reverse nuclear steps before US sanctions are lifted

Reuters 2021-01-30 13:43:18

Tehran will not accept the US demands that it reverse an acceleration of its nuclear programme before Washington lifts sanctions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. The demand &ldq...

UN, western countries voice alarm fearing military coup in Myanmar

UN, western countries voice alarm fearing military coup in Myanmar

-- 2021-01-29 18:28:17

The United Nations and Western governments voiced alarm on Friday over threats by Myanmar's military that have stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent. Un...

Vietnam claims areas worse-hit by new COVID-19 outbreak 'basically under control'

Vietnam claims areas worse-hit by new COVID-19 outbreak 'basically under control'

Reuters 2021-01-29 17:09:41

Vietnam’s health minister said on Friday a new COVID-19 outbreak was 'basically under control' in the areas most affected, as cases spread to Hanoi, the capital, where the ruling Communist party...

Fortune or fresh starts: Thais seek change with mock funerals

Fortune or fresh starts: Thais seek change with mock funerals

-- 2021-01-29 13:06:40

In a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, participants at a daily ritual clutch a bunch of flowers and lie down in a coffin with a sheet pulled over them as monks chant. The Wat Bangna Nai temple in t...

US journalist Daniel Pearl murder convict to go free

US journalist Daniel Pearl murder convict to go free

-- 2021-01-29 10:24:45

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers sa...

Pak Supreme Court orders release of man who beheaded US journalist

Pak Supreme Court orders release of man who beheaded US journalist

Reuters 2021-01-28 21:29:29

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in "complete shock", lawyers said. Ahmed...

Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes

Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes

-- 2021-01-28 14:32:28

A line of tractors stood ready at dawn on Tuesday to move out of a protest site near New Delhi where thousands of farmers had been camping for the last two months and rallying against farm reforms the...

Google revives Australia news platform launch despite content payment fight

Google revives Australia news platform launch despite content payment fight

-- 2021-01-28 14:22:18

Google is reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia within weeks, according to a local media outlet contracted to provide articles for the venture, as the search giant fights world-fi...

UN rights chief calls for sanctions on Sri Lanka's civil war commanders

UN rights chief calls for sanctions on Sri Lanka's civil war commanders

-- 2021-01-28 13:38:03

The UN human rights chief has urged states to impose “targeted sanctions” on former Sri Lankan military commanders, including the current army chief, linked to alleged atrocities during th...

Pakistan plans mortgaging biggest park to overcome ailing economy

Pakistan plans mortgaging biggest park to overcome ailing economy

-- 2021-01-27 19:12:25

Pakistan is considering mortgaging a biggest park in its capital, Islamabad, for getting a loan of around Rs500 billion to overcome ailing economy. According to the Dawn, the government of Pakistan h...

Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava

Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava

AP 2021-01-27 18:35:03

Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) down its slopes. It was Mount Merapi’s biggest lava flow si...

Myanmar launches COVID-19 vaccination drive

Myanmar launches COVID-19 vaccination drive

-- 2021-01-27 18:22:27

Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine donated...

China says India's ban on apps violates WTO rules

China says India's ban on apps violates WTO rules

Reuters 2021-01-27 14:59:45

China said on Wednesday that the Indian government’s decision to keep a ban on 59 Chinese apps was a violation of the World Trade Organization’s fair rules of business and would hurt Chine...

Israel military refreshing operational plans against Iran: General

Israel military refreshing operational plans against Iran: General

Reuters 2021-01-27 10:35:04

Israel’s top general said on Tuesday that its military was refreshing its operational plans against Iran and that any US return to a 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran would be “wrong.”...

Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort

Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort

Reuters 2021-01-26 22:00:26

Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police, who...

New Zealand’s borders may stay shut for most of 2021

New Zealand’s borders may stay shut for most of 2021

-- 2021-01-26 21:06:39

New Zealand's borders will remain closed for most of this year as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, but the country will pursue travel arrangements with neighbouring Australia and other Pacific nations,...

China faces renewed trade pressure under Biden, economists say

China faces renewed trade pressure under Biden, economists say

-- 2021-01-26 20:43:23

The US-Chinese trade war isn’t going away under US President Joe Biden. Biden won’t confront Beijing right away, economists say, because he wants to focus on the coronavirus and the econo...

Pakistan to ‘review’ controversial internet censorship rules

Pakistan to ‘review’ controversial internet censorship rules

Aljazeera 2021-01-26 18:29:57

Pakistan’s government says it will review new internet regulations that rights groups have decried as a draconian measure to limit freedom of speech and increase internet surveillance. During a...

China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with US

China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with US

-- 2021-01-26 18:18:24

China said on Tuesday it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a US aircraft carrier group’s entry into the disputed waters. A no...

Top-down mobilisation saved Wuhan from lockdown turmoil

Top-down mobilisation saved Wuhan from lockdown turmoil

Global Times 2021-01-26 17:56:55

When residents in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, look back to the first one or two weeks after the city entered an unprecedented lockdown on January 23, 2020, some remember those days as a str...

Indian police clash with farmers on Republic Day

Indian police clash with farmers on Republic Day

Reuters 2021-01-26 13:27:09

Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades and clashed on Tuesday with police in the capital, who fired tear gas to restrain them, shortly after a convoy of tractors tr...