Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| B'desh educational institutions to stay | Dhaka, May 16 (TIWN) Bangladesh has again extended the closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions until May 29 following an ongoing Covid-19 resurgence across the country. | 16-May-2021 |
| FB continues ban on Myanmar anti-coup gr | Nay Pyi Taw, May 16 (TIWN) Facebook has reportedly upheld a ban on many organisations in Myanmar that have joined forces to resist the military coup that took place on February 1. | 16-May-2021 |
| US embassy in Kabul warns of increase in | Kabul, May 15 (TIWN) The US embassy in Kabul on Saturday warned American citizens to exercise caution in places where people are known to congregate, saying that "historically, violence has increased in Afghanistan following the Eid holiday". | 15-May-2021 |
| Climate protection depends on political | Berlin, May 15 (TIWN) German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed on Saturday that far-reaching climate protection measures could be implemented only with the corresponding political majorities. | 15-May-2021 |
| Democracies needed in fight against onli | Paris, May 15 (TIWN) French President Emmanuel Macron said the murder of teacher Samuel Paty will not be forgotten as he called for democracies to find solutions against online terrorist videos. | 15-May-2021 |
| 9 wounded in US shooting( | Washington, May 15 (TIWN) Nine people were injured, with three in critical condition, in a shooting incident in the US state of Rhode Island, local media reported. | 15-May-2021 |
| Taiwan residents urged to download app a | Taipei, May 15 (TIWN) Taiwan residents were urged on Friday to download a social-distancing app after the island reported 29 locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases, a record increase in single-day infections since the beginning of the pandemic. | 15-May-2021 |
| S'pore again tightens Covid curbs | Singapore, May 14 (TIWN) The Singapore's government on Friday tightened Covid-19 pandemic-related restrictions to a level not seen since mid-2020, banning dining at restaurants and capping events at 100 people. | 14-May-2021 |
| 6.7-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesi | Jakarta, May 14 (TIWN) An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scaled rocked Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Friday, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here. | 14-May-2021 |
| 9 killed in Afghanistan on 1st day of Ei | Kabul, May 14 (TIWN) At least nine people were killed and 17 others injured during explosions in Afghanistan's Kandahar and Kunduz provinces on the first day of an Eid ceasefire declared by the Taliban and the Kabul government, according to authorities. | 14-May-2021 |
| Senate Republicans to make infrastructur | Washington, May 14 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden said that Senate Republicans will give him a revised infrastructure offer next week as the two sides seek compromise on the issue. | 14-May-2021 |
| Aus secures 25mn doses of Moderna Covid | Canberra, May 13 (TIWN) Australia has secured 25 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine produced by US pharmaceuticals manufacturer Moderna, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday. | 13-May-2021 |
| Israel int'l airport closed for landings | Tel Aviv, May 13 (TIWN) Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, located outside Tel Aviv, has been closed for landings amid rising tensions between the Jewish state and militants in the Gaza Strip, the country's airport authority said on Thursday. | 13-May-2021 |
| NZ mulls more quarantine-free bubbles fo | Wellington, May 13 (TIWN) New Zealand is considering more quarantine-free travel opportunities for people vaccinated against Covid-19 after the country reopened its borders to Australia and will soon to the Cook Islands, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday. | 13-May-2021 |
| Australian farmers to get relief package | Sydney, May 13 (TIWN) The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday announced a relief package for farmers dealing with a catastrophic mouse plague that has destroyed crops and caused havoc in communities. | 13-May-2021 |
| Tension between Israel, Gaza militants t | Gaza, May 12 (TIWN) The tit-for-tat trade of fire between militant groups in the Gaza Strip and Israel has been mounting on Tuesday, leaving 28 Palestinians and three Israelis killed and dozens of others wounded from both sides. | 12-May-2021 |
| Russia's Covid-19 cases surpass 4.9mn | Moscow, May 12 (TIWN) Russia registered 8,217 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 4,905,059, the country's Covid-19 response centre said in a statement Wednesday. | 12-May-2021 |
| B'desh plane carrying China-donated vacc | Dhaka, May 12 (TIWN) A special plane of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) carrying the China-donated Covid-19 vaccines and AD syringes landed in capital Dhaka early on Wednesday. | 12-May-2021 |
| Hindu Sect Is Accused of Using Forced La | NEW YORK, May 12 (The New York Times) : Federal law enforcement agents descended on a massive temple in New Jersey on Tuesday after workers accused a prominent Hindu sect of luring them from India, confining them to the temple grounds and paying them the equivalent of about $1 an hour to perform grueling labor in near servitude. | 12-May-2021 |
| Covid-19 claims over 425,500 lives in Br | Rio De Janeiro, May 12 (TIWN) Brazil's Covid-19 death toll reached 425,540 on Tuesday, after the Ministry of Health reported 2,311 more deaths from the pandemic in one day. | 12-May-2021 |
| Globally over 1300 journalists died of C | Geneva/Guwahati, May 12 : The Covid-19 pandemic continues to kill working journalists around the world, where the global tally reaches at least 1302 victims in 76 countries till 11 May 2021. Brazil with 191 journo-casualties because of novel corona virus infection aggravated ailments still tops the list of victims among journalists narrowly followed by India (171 dead). In the south Asian country, at least 40 journalists died of Covid-19 complications in the last 10 days. | 12-May-2021 |
| Policeman killed in California shooting | Los Angeles, May 11 (TIWN) One policeman was killed and another was injured in a shooting incident in California's San Luis Obispo city, authorities have confirmed. | 11-May-2021 |
| 11 killed in Russia school shooting | Moscow, May 11 (TIWN) At least 11 people were killed and 32 others injured on Tuesday in a shooting incident at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, authorities said, adding that a suspect has been arrested. | 11-May-2021 |
| Philippines detects 2 cases with Indian | Manila, May 11 (TIWN) The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday its first two cases of the new Covid-19 variant first detected in India. | 11-May-2021 |
| Iraqi labs don't have ability to identif | Baghdad, May 11 (TIWN) Iraqi health authorities have said that the country's laboratories don't have the ability to identify the double mutant coronavirus variant detected in India until a new testing lab is erected. | 11-May-2021 |
| Give India resources to make vaccines, s | New York, May 11 (TIWN) Anthony Fauci, the top US expert on Covid-19, has called on countries to provide India with resources to make its own vaccines or donate vaccines. | 11-May-2021 |
| Nepal PM Oli loses vote of confidence in | Kathmandu, May 10 (TIWN) Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Monday lost the vote of confidence in the Parliament with 93 lawmakers voting in favour of the motion, 124 against it, while 15 remained neutral. | 10-May-2021 |
| 15 dead in Afghanistan as Taliban announ | Kabul, May 10 (TIWN) At least 15 people, mainly civilians, were killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the same day Taliban militants announced a nationwide three-day ceasefire for the upcoming Eid-al0Fitr holidays. | 10-May-2021 |
| J&J vax set for widespread use in German | Berlin, May 10 (TIWN) Germany on Monday said it would administer the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine primarily to those aged 60 and above, but decided it could also be offered to younger people as long as their individual health risks had been considered. | 10-May-2021 |
| Dozens injured in fresh clashes in Jerus | Jerusalem, May 10 (TIWN) Fresh fighting between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters left dozens injured on Monday as a clash about access to parts of the Old City and attempts to evict a Palestinian family from their home reached one of Jerusalem's holiest sites. | 10-May-2021 |
| Over 2,000 migrants reach Mediterranean | Rome, May 10 (TIWN) More than 2,000 migrants have reached the Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean Sea by boat within the past 24 hours, state media reported on Monday, sparking concerns in Rome. | 10-May-2021 |
| India's Covid situation nothing short of | Washington, May 9 (TIWN) In an address to the Indian diaspora in the US, Vice President Kamala Harris lamented over the deteriorating Covidd-19 situation India, saying it was "nothing short of heartbreaking". | 09-May-2021 |
| 'US to join fight against extremist cont | Paris, May 9 (TIWN) The US is joining the fight to eliminate terrorist and extremist content online, French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have announced. | 09-May-2021 |
| Sadiq Khan wins 2nd term as London Mayor | London, May 9 (TIWN) Incumbent London Mayor Sadiq Khan has won a second term in office, beating his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, following the local elections held last week, the media reported on Sunday. | 09-May-2021 |
| Fire erupts in Syrian refinery facility | Damascus, May 9 (TIWN) A fire erupted in a major oil refinery in war-torn Syria due to a leak, the country's state news agency SANA reported on Sunday. | 09-May-2021 |
| German churches plan to bless same-sex c | Berlin, May 9 (TIWN) Churches across Germany are planning services to bless same-sex couples this week, in defiance of a Vatican decree clarifying that such blessings are banned in the Catholic Church. | 09-May-2021 |
| Kabul: 25 killed, 52 injured in explosio | Kabul, May 8 (TIWN) At least 25 people were killed after an explosion near a school in the western part of Kabul, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said on Saturday. | 08-May-2021 |
| WH posts 1st visitor logs since Obama ad | Washington, May 8 (TIWN) The White House has posted visitor logs for the first time since the administration of former President Barack Obama, a media report said. | 08-May-2021 |
| Islamist militants occupy part of Philip | Manila, May 8 (TIWN) Islamist militants on Saturday occupied a part of a public market in a southern Philippine town as they fled an offensive by government troops, the military said. | 08-May-2021 |
| Pak receives 1st consignment of AstraZen | Islamabad, May 8 (TIWN) Pakistan on Saturday received its first consignment of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as the country of 220 million scrambles to secure more supplies amid a third wave of the pandemic. | 08-May-2021 |
| WHO validates China's Sinopharm Covid va | Geneva, May 8 (TIWN) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm for emergency use. | 08-May-2021 |
| UK Conservatives win oppn-held seat | London, May 7 (TIWN) The UK's ruling Conservative Party has snatched a historically left-wing seat from the opposition Labour in a tense by-election in England. | 07-May-2021 |
| S.African city warns visitors, residents | Johannesburg, May 7 (TIWN) The South African City of Tshwane warned visitors to the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in Pretoria and residents nearby to be vigilant as a cheetah who escaped from the reserve is still at large. | 07-May-2021 |
| S Korea's homegrown space rocket set for | Seoul, May 7 (TIWN) South Korea's first fully homegrown space rocket is on track for its scheduled launch later this year, the chief of the country's space research institute said on Thursday. | 07-May-2021 |
| Canada sending medical supplies to India | Ottawa, May 7 (TIWN) With the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic having devastating impacts in India, Canada has announced that it is sending up to 25,000 vials of Remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its National Emergency Strategic Stockpile to help respond to the critical situation across India. | 07-May-2021 |
| China sharply rejects criticism by G7 FM | Beijing, May 6 (TIWN) China on Thursday sharply rejected criticism by the G7 Foreign Ministers as "groundless accusations". | 06-May-2021 |
| S.Carolina to add firing squad to execut | Washington, May 6 (TIWN) South Carolina was one step closer to introducing firing squads to the US state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs. | 06-May-2021 |
| US-based foundation to ship oxygen conce | Washington, May 6 (TIWN) The Indian-American Sehgal Foundation, based in Des Moines, Iowa, announced that it will ship 200 oxygen concentrators to seven Indian states on Thursday. | 06-May-2021 |
| US 'doing a lot for India' to meet COVID | New York, May 5 (TIWN) President Joe Biden has said that the US was "doing a lot for India" by sending it oxygen and materials to make anti-COVID-19 vaccines. | 05-May-2021 |
| Highest Covid deaths of 3,780 in India, | New Delhi, May 5 (TIWN) India on Wednesday recorded 3,780 deaths, maximum in a day and 3,82,315 fresh cases of Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload in the country to 2,06,65,148, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. | 05-May-2021 |