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UN welcomes life-saving disembarkation of Rohingyas in Indonesian coast
currentnews UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the life-saving disembarkation of approximately 300 Rohingya refugees off the northern coast of Aceh, Indonesia early Monday. Having survived some seven months More...
Brexit back in crisis
currentnews Britain’s tortuous divorce from the European Union veered into fresh crisis on Monday after London threatened to undermine the exit agreement unless free trade terms are agreed by next month. In More...
Female journalist shot dead in Pakistan
currentnews A female journalist has been shot dead at her home in Balochistan of Pakistan. Police said the incident took place in Turbat area of Balochistan’s Kech district on Saturday. Shaheena Shaheen, More...
Kim orders thousands to help typhoon recovery
currentnews North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered 12,000 elite members of his ruling party based in Pyongyang to help with recovery efforts in two rural provinces lashed by a powerful typhoon, state More...
California braces for record-setting heatwave, more fires
currentnews California is bracing for record-breaking temperatures and dangerous fire weather conditions this Labor Day weekend, with the National Weather Service urging people to limit outdoor activity More...
Myanmar seals off capital amid virus surge
currentnews Myanmar has imposed mandatory quarantine and coronavirus tests for visitors to its capital city after the country reported dozens more infections on Wednesday and leader Aung San Suu Kyi warned of a More...
Twitter confirms account of Modi’s personal website hacked
currentnews Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency. The More...
US states told be ready to distribute Covid-19 vaccine by Nov 1
currentnews The Trump administration has urged US states to get ready to distribute a potential Covid-19 vaccine by November 1, in the latest sign of the accelerating race to deliver a vaccine by year’s end. “CDC More...
Russia’s Navalny poisoned with Novichok – German government
currentnews The German government has said toxicological exams at Berlin’s Charité hospital have yielded “unequivocal proof” that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve More...
Pranab Mukherjee’s funeral takes place
currentnews The funeral of former Indian President and veteran politician Pranab Mukherjee was held with full state honour in New Delhi on Tuesday afternoon. The mortal remains of the late President was taken to More...
