Paris, March 2 (AP): Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose slightly in December compared with the same month of 2019, indicating the sharp drop seen due to the pandemic was short-lived.
Figures
Lahore, March 2 (PTI): A Pakistani court has granted bail to a Christian man, who was arrested about five years ago on charges of sharing an alleged blasphemous content on a social media platform.
The Lahore
Gusau (Nigeria), March 2 (AP): Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state's governor said Tuesday.
Zamfara
Yangon, March 2 (AP): Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets again on Tuesday to protest last month's seizure of power by the military, as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian countries prepared to
Geneva, March 2 (AP): A senior World Health Organisation official has said it was "premature" and "unrealistic" to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the re
Hong Kong, March 2 (AP): A court hearing for 47 democracy activists charged under Hong Kong's national security law resumed on Tuesday, following a marathon session that was adjourned well past midnight aft
Geneva, March 1 (AP): The new head of the World Trade Organization threw her support behind long-fruitless efforts among member countries to agree on fisheries subsidies that could reduce overfishing, calling t
Paris, March 1 (AP): A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.
Rome, March 1 (AP): Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has marked the eighth anniversary of his historic resignation by insisting in an interview published Monday that he stepped down knowingly and that "there is
Berlin, March 1 (AP): A temporary agreement with Iran to allow United Nations inspectors continued access to the country's atomic facilities lays the groundwork for the return to full verification measures
MOSCOW, MARCH 1 (IANS): Russia has successfully launched its first satellite to monitor the Arctic's climate and environment, the country's space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement.
A Soyuz-2.
ISTANBUL, MARCH 1 (IANS): The Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Monday demanded that Saudi Crown Prince Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud be "punished without delay"
BEIJING, MARCH 1 (IANS): The Yangtze River conservation law took effect on Monday amid China's intensified efforts to protect its "mother river".
With 96 provisions in nine chapters, it is the
Manila, March 1 (AP): The Philippines launched a vaccination campaign Monday to contain one of Southeast Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks but faces supply problems and public resistance, which it hopes to
Islamabad, March 1 (AP): The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report released Monday by a US gov
Jerusalem, March 1 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week.
Netanyahu spoke to Israeli public broadcaster Kan a
KOLKATA, MARCH 1 (IANS): Myanmar's tallest leader Aung San Suu Kyi, denied a second tenure in power by a military takeover on February 1, faced court on Monday through a video link, her lawyer Khin Maung Za
Washington, March 1 (PTI): In his first public speech since leaving the White House, former US president Donald Trump has raised the climate issue while criticising his successor Joe Biden for rejoining the &qu
Moscow, March 1 (IANS): Russia has successfully launched its first satellite to monitor the Arctic's climate and environment, the country's space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement.
A Soyuz-2.
New York, March 1 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump has roared back into the political arena with a hint that he may run for office in 2024 and a jet of vitriol against members of his Republican Party no