Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| 14 injured in Pakistan grenade attack | Islamabad, Dec 30 (TIWN) Fourteen people, including two security personnel, were injured in a grenade attack in Pakistan's Balochistan province. | 30-Dec-2020 |
| Over 2mn kids in US infected with Covid- | Washington, Dec 30 (TIWN) More than two million children in the US have been infected with the novel coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic in the world's hardest-hit country. according to authorities. | 30-Dec-2020 |
| N.Korea to hold Party Congress in early | Seoul, Dec 30 (TIWN) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a politburo meeting after which it was decided that the country's 8th Party Congress will be held in "early January", a state media report said on Wednesday. | 30-Dec-2020 |
| 5.1-magnitude quake strikes Japan | Tokyo, Dec 30 (TIWN) An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Ibaraki prefecture on Wednesday, the weather agency said, adding that no tsunami warning was issued. | 30-Dec-2020 |
| S.Korea reports 1,046 more Covid-19 case | Seoul, Dec 29 (TIWN) South Korea reported 1,046new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, raising the total number of infections to 58,725. | 29-Dec-2020 |
| 7 recent returnees to NZ test Covid-19 p | Wellington, Dec 29 (TIWN) Seven returnees to New Zealand, who were in managed isolation, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday. | 29-Dec-2020 |
| Chile reports 28% jump in new Covid-19 c | Santiago, Dec 29 (TIWN) Chile has registered a 28 per cent increase in the number of new coronavirus cases in the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health said. | 29-Dec-2020 |
| Tropical cyclone destroys over 1,500 hom | Suva, Dec 29 (TIWN) More than 1,500 homes were totally destroyed, while 6,000 others partially damaged in Vanua Levu, the second largest island in Fiji, due to tropical cyclone Yasa. | 29-Dec-2020 |
| Saudi Arabia extends suspension of int'l | Riyadh, Dec 29 (TIWN) Saudi Arabia on Monday announced the extension of the suspension of international commercial flights for an additional week, according to the Interior Ministry. | 29-Dec-2020 |
| Despotic Erdogan regime curbs free speec | New Delhi, Dec 28 (TIWN) The deplorable state of freedom of speech and expression in Turkey has once again been brought to the fore with the shutting down of a Turkish channel, just 26 days after its launch. Olay TV blamed Turkish government for putting intense pressure before darkening its screen during a dramatic live broadcast Friday. | 28-Dec-2020 |
| Trump signs $2.3 trillion relief, spendi | Washington, Dec 28 (TIWN) After much delay, US President Donald Trump has finally signed a massive $2.3 trillion government funding and coronavirus relief package, the White House announced, averting a shutdown of the federal government and delivering a much-needed economic aid amid worsening pandemic situation in the world's hardest hit country. | 28-Dec-2020 |
| Philippines logs lowest daily Covid-19 c | Manila, Dec 28 (TIWN) The total number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines increased to 469,886 as 883 new cases were reported on Sunday, the lowest daily increase in more than five months. | 28-Dec-2020 |
| China's top legislature to convene annua | Beijing, Dec 27 (TIWN) China's 13th National People's Congress (NPC) will hold its fourth annual session in Beijing on March 5, 2021, according to a decision made by the NPC Standing Committee on Saturday. | 27-Dec-2020 |
| UN welcomes prisoner swap between Libyan | Tripoli, Dec 27 (TIWN) The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday welcomed the exchange of prisoners between rival parties in the war-torn country. | 27-Dec-2020 |
| Brazil's Covid-19 death toll tops 190,00 | Brasilia, Dec 27 (TIWN) Brazil's coronavirus death toll has increased to 190,488 after 482 more patients died due to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. | 27-Dec-2020 |
| With eye on China, Japan invites German | New Delhi, Dec 27 (TIWN) Japan wants Germany to send a warship to East Asia in the new year as it drums up support from like-minded nations against Chinas hegemony in the Indo-Pacific region. | 27-Dec-2020 |
| 'Taliban presence in Pak will challenge | Kabul, Dec 26 (TIWN) The presence of Taliban leaders and their fighters in Pakistan is a "clear violation of Afghanistans national sovereignty" and will challenge the war-torn country's peace process, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul said on Friday. | 26-Dec-2020 |
| Trump pardons former aides, Kushner's fa | Washington, Dec 25 (TIWN) Just less than a month before he leaves the White House, US President Donald Trump pardoned two of his former aides, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, as well as his son-in-law Jared Kushner's father, Charles, the media reported. | 25-Dec-2020 |
| Prince Harry, Meghan share Christmas car | Los Angeles, Dec 25 (TIWN) UK's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have shared a Christmas card featuring their 19-month son Archie, the media reported on Thursday. | 25-Dec-2020 |
| K'taka keeping tight vigil on UK returne | Bengaluru, Dec 24 (TIWN) Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister K. Sudhakar said on Wednesday that the health department is keeping a tight vigil on the passengers who returned from the United Kingdom to Bengaluru after November 25. | 23-Dec-2020 |
| China asks Pak for additional guarantees | Islamabad, Dec 24 (TIWN) Pakistan's friendly neighbour China, which has time and again bailed it out of its financial crisis, has in a queer turn of events now demanded guarantees before sanctioning fresh $6 billion in loan to Islamabad. | 24-Dec-2020 |
| Imran's govt braces for opposition's 'Lo | Islamabad, Dec 24 (TIWN) The Imran Khan government in Pakistan appears to be bracing for a taste of its own medicine with outright uproar from those now in opposition that harks back to memories of then long march by Khan and his party which at that time had stayed on for over three months. | 24-Dec-2020 |
| Boeing 737 MAX is safe, says European re | Berlin, Dec 23 (TIWN) The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has said "certain" Boeing 737 MAX planes, which were globally grounded after two fatal crashes involving the model that took place within months, was now safe to fly, the media reported. | 23-Dec-2020 |
| Post-Brexit trade talks to resume on Mon | London, Dec 23 (TIWN) Post-Brexit trade talks between negotiators from the UK and the European Union (EU) will resume on Monday in an effort to reach an agreement on a deal before the transition period expires on December 31. | 23-Dec-2020 |
| Johnson to chair emergency meeting amid | London, Dec 23 (TIWN) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an emergency meeting on Monday to review the situation after several countries across the world have either suspended or temporarily halted flights to and fro from Britain following the discovery of a highly infectious new mutant Covid-19 strain. | 23-Dec-2020 |
| 6.3-magnitude quake jolts Japan, no tsun | Tokyo, Dec 22 (TIWN) An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Aomori prefecture on Monday, but authorities did not issue a tsunami warning. | 22-Dec-2020 |
| Sudan, Ethiopia agree to resume joint bo | Khartoum, Dec 21 (TIWN) Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed to resume meetings of the joint border committee on Tuesday at a time when the border area has been witnessing recent skirmishes. | 21-Dec-2020 |
| Deepa Mehta's 'Funny Boy' rejected for O | Toronto, Dec 20 (TIWN) Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's "Funny Boy" has been rejected for Oscar nomination in the best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards. | 20-Dec-2020 |
| Brazil's Covid-19 deaths exceed 186,000 | Brasilia, Dec 20 (TIWN) Brazil's coronavirus death toll has increased to 186,356 after 706 more infected people died in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health. | 20-Dec-2020 |
| 12 killed in B'desh train-bus collision | Dhaka, Dec 20 (TIWN) At least 12 people were killed when a train collided into a bus on Saturday morning at a rail crossing in Bangladesh's Joypurhat district. | 20-Dec-2020 |
| 'Large US banks have strong capital leve | Washington, Dec 20 (TIWN) The US Federal Reserve Board has released a second round of bank stress test results this year, which showed that large banks had strong capital levels under two separate hypothetical scenarios with severe global recession. | 20-Dec-2020 |
| Airtstrikes kill 30 militants in Afghani | Kabul, Dec 20 (TIWN) At least 30 militants were killed in an airstrike targeting a gathering of Taliban fighters Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Friday, a government official said. | 20-Dec-2020 |
| Ghani invites Taliban to Kandahar to dis | Kabul, Dec 19 (TIWN) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has invited the Taliban to Kandahar province to engage in a discussion for bringing peace to the war-torn country, the media reported. | 19-Dec-2020 |
| Election Commission of Pak announces byp | Islamabad, Dec 19 (TIWN) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to immediately hold bypolls in eight constituencies of national and provincial assemblies, which have been pending in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. | 19-Dec-2020 |
| Cuban President says ready to talk with | Havana, Dec 18 (TIWN) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that he was ready to talk with US President-elect Joe Biden, who will be inaugurated on January 20, 2021, "on any subject". | 18-Dec-2020 |
| French President Macron tests positive f | Paris, Dec 18 (TIWN) French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Elysee Palace confirmed in a statement on Thursday, joining a long list of world leaders to be infected with the disease. | 18-Dec-2020 |
| China prepares to launch Long March-8 Y1 | Wenchang, Dec 17 (TIWN) China's Long March-8 Y1 rocket was vertically transported to the launching area of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Wednesday, according to the China National Space Administration. | 17-Dec-2020 |
| Taliban delegation in Pakistan on Wednes | Islamabad, Dec 17 (TIWN) A delegation from Taliban's Qatar- based political office is reaching Islamabad on Wednesday on a three-day trip for consultations on ongoing Afghan peace process. | 17-Dec-2020 |
| Covid-19: Singapore migrant workers infe | Singapore, Dec 17 (TIWN) New data shows that 152,000 foreign workers - 47 per cent - have been infected. | 17-Dec-2020 |
| Bangladesh celebrates 50th Victory Day | Dhaka, Dec 17 (TIWN) The people of Bangladesh on Wednesday celebrated the 50th Victory Day. On December 16, 1971, Lt. Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, the Chief Martial Law Administrator of East Pakistan and Commander of Pakistan Army forces located in East Pakistan had signed the Instrument of Surrender the led to the formation of Bangladesh. | 17-Dec-2020 |
| China develops new middle-to-low-speed m | Changchun, Dec 16 (TIWN) Chinese train maker CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. on Tuesday rolled out a new type of middle-to-low-speed magnetic-levitation train. | 16-Dec-2020 |
| Biden says election victory 'clearest de | Washington, Dec 15 (TIWN) Hours after the US Electoral College officially certified his victory in the November 3 presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden called his and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's triumph as the "clearest demonstration of the will of the American people". | 15-Dec-2020 |
| Dasda Incident : Biplab Deb’s hoo | AGARTALA, Dec 16 (TIWN): BJP's rise has changed the political culture in Tripura. After Biplab Deb escaped from public questions in Dasda on December 13 and was trolled in various news channels, his hooligan brigade threatened the woman who stepped forward to question him on his “Fake†promises, to apologize infront of the camera.It clearly reflects that the state people have lost their freedom of speech during Deb’s Gunda Raj. It is unrealistic to envisage that people who are suffering from lack of development, poverty, hunger, and poor health could fully enjoy their human rights but unfortunately, our egoistic Chief Minister, is still keeping hope on his “foul talks†and “fake promises†ignoring common people’s problems in a hateful manner. | 15-Dec-2020 |
| Students missing after attack on school | Abuja, Dec 15 (TIWN) Following an attack on the Government Science Secondary School in Katsina here, hundreds of students are feared missing. | 15-Dec-2020 |
| China, Pak fighter planes play war games | New Delhi, Dec 15 (TIWN) China is carrying out joint air force exercises with Pakistan in Sindh as part of the sabre-rattling in response to the Indo-Pacific Quad exercises in which the Indian Navy participated recently. | 15-Dec-2020 |
| Brazil's Covid-19 death toll tops 181,00 | Brasilia, Dec 15 (TIWN) Brazil's coronavirus death toll has increased to 181,123 after 686 more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said. | 15-Dec-2020 |
| 2 killed in Kabul blast targeting lawmak | Kabul, Dec 14 (TIWN) At least two people were killed and two others injured in a bomb blast that targeted the vehicle of an Afghan MP in Kabul on Sunday, police in the capital city confirmed. | 13-Dec-2020 |
| Trump signs 1-week govt funding bill | Washington, Dec 13 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has signed a one-week stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government open through December 18, providing more time for lawmakers to negotiate a much-awaited coronavirus relief package. | 13-Dec-2020 |
| India's tough stand forced Trudeau to so | New Delhi, Dec 12 (TIWN) The Narendra Modi-led government's tough stand against foreign interference in India's domestic affairs forced Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to mellow his rhetoric and support to the ongoing farmers' agitation. | 12-Dec-2020 |
| HK media mogul charged under security la | Hong Kong, Dec 12 (TIWN) Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was on Friday charged with foreign collusion under the controversial national security law imposed by China on the city. | 12-Dec-2020 |