HUALIEN COUNTY, Taiwan, April 2 (AP) — A train collided with an unmanned vehicle that had rolled down a hill Friday in eastern Taiwan, leaving at least 48 people dead and dozens injured in the island&rsqu
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UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (AP) — The U.N. Security Council late Thursday strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and the deaths of hundreds of civilians, but dropped th
YANGON, Myanmar, April 2 (AP) — Protesters in Myanmar on Thursday marked two months since the military seized power by again defying the threat of lethal violence and demonstrating against its toppling of
Geneva, April 1 (AP): The head of the World Trade Organization called Thursday for expanded capability in developing countries to manufacture vaccines, saying the gaping imbalance in access to coronavirus vacci
LONDON, APRIL 1 (IANS): A research team of international space scientists has found new evidence of an asteroid impact in Antarctica 430,000 years ago. Extra-terrestrial particles recovered on the summit of
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 1 (IANS): The slow vaccination campaigns in many European countries are protracting the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Europe office of the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO regi
SEOUL, APRIL 1 (IANS): South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Thursday that the country will adopt a "vaccine passport" this month to verify people's Covid-19 vaccination status via sm
Dakar (Senegal), April 1 (AP): Africa is unlikely to meet its targets for vaccinating the continent against COVID-19 if supply delays from a key Indian manufacturer continue, the director of the Africa Centers
London, April 1 (PTI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior-most black adviser, Samuel Kasumu, has stepped down from his post as Special Adviser for Civil Society and Communities, it emerged on Thursday
DHARAMSALA, APRIL 1 (IANS): In a first, a US State Department report does not describe Tibet as an "inalienable part of China". Reacting to the crucial development, the Central Tibetan Administrati
Pittsburgh, April 1 (AP): President Joe Biden has outlined a USD 2.3 trillion plan to reengineer the nation's infrastructure over the next eight years in what he billed as "a once in a generation inves
Orange (California), April 1 (AP): A shooting at a Southern California office building on Wednesday killed four people, including a child, and injured a fifth person before police shot the suspect, police said.
Yangon, April 1 (AP): Protesters in Myanmar on Thursday marked two months since the military seized power by once more defying the threat of lethal violence and publicly demonstrating against the toppling
Vatican City, April 1 (AP): Pope Francis opened the solemn final days of Holy Week with a morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica but planned to skip the traditional Thursday afternoon service that commemorate
Yangon, April 1 (AP) Opponents of Myanmar's military government declared the country's 2008 constitution void and put forward an interim replacement charter late Wednesday in a major political challenge
Hong Kong, April 1 (AP) Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates were convicted Thursday on charges of organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that tr
Kathmandu, March 31 (IANS): Nepal has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to provide Covid-19 jabs to refugees through its national vaccination rollout. According to the UN refugee agency in
Kiev, March 31 (IANS): Ukraine's Health Ministry received 689 reports of side effects after vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine during the first month of the vaccination program, authorities have said
Suva, March 31 (IANS): China on Tuesday donated 1 million Fijian dollars (about $490,000) to Fiji to support the island nation's reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the tropical cyclones Yasa and Ana
Seoul, March 31 (IANS): South Korea's corporate watchdog said on Wednesday that it has decided to refer the local unit of Apple and one of its executives to the prosecution for impeding the regulator's
