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Birth rates in China's 10 provincial-level regions fall below 1 per cent, showing demographic crisis

Beijing, January 5 (PTI): Birth rates in 10 of China's provincial-level regions fell below one per cent in 2020, accentuating the world's most populous country's dilemma in addressing the deepening

World / 5th January 2022

Hong Kong's Lam: Media closures unrelated to press freedom

Hong Kong, January 4 (AP): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said that the recent closure of two media outlets in the city does not reflect the state of press freedom in Hong Kong as the decisions were mad

World / 4th January 2022

WHO: Omicron surge could differ per country

Geneva, January 4 (AP): A top World Health Organisation official says low hospitalisation and death rates in South Africa due to the omicron variant cannot be considered a template for how the variant will fare

World / 4th January 2022

30 injured after 5.5-magnitude quake hits China's Yunnan

Beijing, January 4 (IANS): At least 30 people were injured after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Ninglang County in China's Yunnan province two days, local authorities said on Tuesday. All the injured

World / 4th January 2022

'Taliban didn't plan to assassinate Ashraf Ghani after takeover'

Kabul, January 4 (IANS): After the fall of Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban did not have plans to assassinate former President Ashraf Ghani, a top official of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said here on Tu

World / 4th January 2022

Imran Khan's ex-wife escapes gun attack in Islamabad

New Delhi, January 3 (IANS): Reham Khan, the ex-wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, narrowly escaped a gun attack in late Sunday night, Samaa TV reported. In a tweet, she revealed that on the way bac

World / 3rd January 2022

Taliban shut down women's baths in Afghan province

New Delhi, January 3 (IANS): Taliban officials in northern Balkh province, bordering Uzbekistan, have announced the closure of all general baths for women, Khaama Press reported. As the Islamic Emirate of Af

World / 3rd January 2022

3 feared dead in devastating Colorado wildfire

Denver, January 3 (IANS): Three people were reported missing and "feared dead" due to a devastating wildfire that swept through two suburban communities in the US state of Colorado, officials sai

World / 3rd January 2022

US could be under right-wing dictator by 2030: Canadian Prof

New Delhi, January 3 (IANS): The US could be under a right-wing dictator by 2030, a Canadian political science professor has warned, urging his country to protect itself against the "collapse of American d

World / 3rd January 2022

S. African Parliament 'extensively destroyed' by fire

Cape Town, January 3 (IANS): The interior of South Africa's National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, was "extensively destroyed" by a fire, a local official said on Monday. As of 6.50

World / 3rd January 2022

Long Covid still a risk with Omicron despite mild illness: Fauci

Washington, January 2 (IANS) Even after causing mild illness, people infected with Omicron are likely to suffer from long Covid, top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has said. Data emerging from s

World / 2nd January 2022

Kim Jong-un visits mausoleum of grandfather, father to mark new year

Seoul, January 2 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum of his late grandfather and father in his first reported public activity this year, Pyongyang's state media said on Sunday. K

World / 2nd January 2022

US warns Russia of large-scale sanctions over Ukraine, Putin tells Biden it will be a 'grave mistake'

New Delhi, December 31(IANS): Even as they announced a series of joint discussions, which will take place from Geneva to Brussels and Vienna in the next two weeks, Russia and the United States today warned each

World / 31st December 2021

Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine

Wilmington, December 31 (AP) President Joe Biden warned Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the U.S. could impose new sanctions against Russia if it takes further military action against Ukraine, while

World / 31st December 2021

New Year's Eve muted by omicron; many hoping for better 2022

Wellington, December 31 (AP) Good riddance to 2021. Let 2022 bring fresh hope. That was a common sentiment Friday as people around the world got ready to welcome in the new year. In many places, plans for Ne

Featured News / 31st December 2021

Ex-Afghan president says had no choice but to flee Kabul

Islamabad, December 30 (AP): Afghanistan's former president said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied an agreement was in the works for a peaceful takeover, dispu

World / 30th December 2021

Hong Kong editors charged with sedition, US criticises raid

Hong Kong, December 30 (AP): Two former editors from a Hong Kong online pro-democracy news outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail Thursday, a day after one of the last openly critical voices in the c

World / 30th December 2021

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings

BANGKOK, December 30 (AP): When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. The Myanmar military

World / 30th December 2021

Omicron will soon replace Delta as dominant global variant: Experts

Singapore, December 30 (PTI): Experts in Singapore, which is seeing a surge in Omicron cases, have warned that the new and supposedly more contagious variant is likely to replace Delta over the coming weeks as

World / 30th December 2021

The hunger story of every household in Afghanistan

Bamiyan (Afghanistan), December 30 (IANS): Chilling winters bring new challenges for Afghans, and life continues to go from bad to worse for many families who are unsure about their next meal. Kubra,

World / 30th December 2021

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