Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Death rate among German Covid-19 patient | Berlin, March 28 (TIWN) The death rate among Covid-19 patients in German university hospitals fell significantly over the course of 2020, according to a new study. | 28-Mar-2021 |
| Musk deletes Tesla could be biggest firm | San Francisco, March 28 (TIWN) Tesla CEO Elon Musk has now deleted a tweet in which he claimed that electric car maker Tesla could be the biggest company "in a few months". | 28-Mar-2021 |
| 'US ban on Xinjiang cotton cranks-up Ind | New Delhi, March 28 (TIWN) The US move to ban use of China's Xinjiang cotton has cranked up India's yarn exports, ratings agency Crisil said. | 28-Mar-2021 |
| Bangladesh's Twitter-FB war with Pak ahe | Dhaka, March 24 (TIWN) A fierce social media 'war' has erupted between pro-Liberation Bangladeshis and the Pakistanis resenting Bangladesh's much vaunted progress and growing relations with India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country. | 24-Mar-2021 |
| Macron highlights importance of Covid va | Paris, March 24 (TIWN) French President Emmanuel Macron has stressed on the importance of vaccination as the country's Covid-19 cases kept rising. | 24-Mar-2021 |
| Netanyahu short of majority amid vote co | Jerusalem, March 24 (TIWN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may struggle to secure enough seats in Parliament to stay in power, incomplete results of Tuesday's election suggested, even as he claimed victory in the country's fourth elections in two years. | 24-Mar-2021 |
| N.Korea fires missiles, US calls it 'nor | Washington/Pyongyang, March 24 (TIWN) The US has said that the multiple short-range missiles fired by North Korea over the weekend was a part of "normal testing", and not in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. | 24-Mar-2021 |
| 10 killed in US mass shooting highlighti | New York, March 24 (TIWN) Ten people have been killed in a mass shooting in Boulder in Colorado state putting the focus on gun violence, the intractable scourge of the US that is deeply rooted in ideology. | 23-Mar-2021 |
| UK to fine people going abroad without v | London, March 23 (TIWN) Staring from March 29, the UK will impose a 5,000 pound fine on anyone from England travelling abroad without a valid reason, such as a medical emergency, as part of the government's new Covid-19 laws, the media reported on Tuesday. | 23-Mar-2021 |
| Mexico deploys 8,700 soldiers at borders | Mexico City, March 23 (TIWN) Mexico has deployed more than 8,700 soldiers along its borders to combat illegal migration to the US amid a surge in the number of crossings, Defence Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said here. | 23-Mar-2021 |
| China sanctions European individuals, en | Beijing, March 23 (TIWN) In a retaliatory move, China has imposed sanctions against 10 individuals and four entities of the European Union (EU), saying they had severely harmed Beijing's "sovereignty and interests and maliciously spread lies and disinformation". | 23-Mar-2021 |
| 10 killed in US grocery store shooting | Denver, March 23 (TIWN) At least 10 people, including a police officer, were killed when a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in the US state of Colorado, authorities said, adding that a suspect was in custody. | 23-Mar-2021 |
| UAE mediates secret peace roadmap betwee | New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN) The India-Pakistan ceasefire marked a milestone in secret talks brokered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that began months earlier, according to a Bloomberg news report. | 22-Mar-2021 |
| 40 killed in Niger border attack | Niamey, March 22 (TIWN) At least 40 people were killed when a group of armed assailants attacked several villages in Niger's Tahoua region near the border with Mali, a government spokesperson said on Monday. | 22-Mar-2021 |
| Indonesia's Mt. Merapi volcano erupts tw | Jakarta, March 22 (TIWN) Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted twice on Monday, spewing hot clouds as far as 1,500 metres, according to the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center. | 22-Mar-2021 |
| 'Trump could be culpable for role in Cap | Washington, March 22 (TIWN) A US federal prosecutor, who previously led the criminal probe into the January 6 Capitol riots, said former President Donald Trump could be held culpable for his role in inciting the violence which was staged by his supporters. | 22-Mar-2021 |
| UK PM to call EU leaders over vax export | London, March 22 (TIWN) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to leaders of the European Union (EU) over the phone to discuss a ban on the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine exports to the country, a media report said. | 22-Mar-2021 |
| Trump sticking to unproven claims of ele | Washington, March 21 (TIWN) Former US President Donald Trump is still sticking to his unproven claims of election fraud more than four months after he was defeated by Joe Biden. | 21-Mar-2021 |
| 5 dead in Syria rocket attack | Damascus, March 21 (TIWN) At least five civilians were killed after more than six rockets hit a hospital in Syria's Aleppo on Sunday, a war monitor said. | 21-Mar-2021 |
| Russia reports 9,632 new Covid-19 cases | Moscow, March 21 (TIWN) Russia registered a total of 9,632 Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, roughly the same as a day earlier, the country's Covid-19 response centre said. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| 36 dead in Afghan clashes | Kabul, March 21 (TIWN) At least 36 people were killed in clashes in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, according to a local war monitoring group. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| Pak journalist Ajay Lalwani shot dead wh | New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) Pakistani journalist Ajay Kumar Lalwani, who had exposed Islamic clerics and raised his voice against the atrocities on the Hindu community in Pakistan, has been shot dead while getting a haircut. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| Paris begins month-long lockdown | Paris, March 20 (TIWN) A month-long coronavirus lockdown went into effect in Paris and other French regions on Saturday as the country is struggling to contain a third wave of the pandemic. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| B'desh police arrest accused in Hindu ho | Dhaka, March 20 (TIWN) Police in Bangladesh's Sylhet on Saturday arrested the prime accused in connection to vandalising the houses of 87 Hindu families earlier this week. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| Massive quake rocks Japan, tsunami warni | Tokyo, March 20 (TIWN) An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck north-eastern Japan on Saturday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning for Miyagi prefecture. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| Pak PM Imran Khan isolates after testing | New Delhi, March 20 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| Syamala second Indian woman to conquer P | Hyderabad, March 20 (TIWN) The famous Palk Strait that separates India and Sri Lanka, saw a record of sorts on Friday as Hyderabad-based entrepreneur Goli Syamala swam the 30km stretch in under 14 hours, making it to the record books as only the second Indian woman behind Bula Choudhury to achieve the feat. | 20-Mar-2021 |
| US House passes bills granting 'Dreamers | Washington, March 19 (TIWN) The US House of Representatives voted to pass two bills that will grant a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country when they were children and for some migrant farmers. | 19-Mar-2021 |
| Suu Kyi's party spokesperson detained | Nay Pyi Taw, March 19 (TIWN) The main spokesperson for Myanmar's former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy (NLD) has been detained, a party member said on Friday. | 19-Mar-2021 |
| Thailand to cut quarantine period for ar | Bangkok, March 19 (TIWN) Thai authorities announced on Friday that the mandatory quarantine period for people entering the country will now be reduced to 10 days from two weeks in its latest effort to support the ailing tourism sector and economic recovery. | 19-Mar-2021 |
| New corruption charges levelled against | Yangon, March 19 (TIWN) New corruption allegations against Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the detained former de-facto leader of Myanmar, were aired on national television on Thursday, as the military seemed to seek to strengthen the case for its February 1 coup against her government. | 19-Mar-2021 |
| World Bank approves $200mn for B'desh yo | Dhaka, March 19 (TIWN) The World Bank on Thursday has approved a loan of $200 million to help the low-income urban youths in Bangladesh impacted heavily by the Covid-19 pandemic and the involuntary returnee migrants to improve earning opportunities and resiliency. | 19-Mar-2021 |
| German military ready to open vax centre | Berlin, March 18 (TIWN) German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Thursday said that the military is ready to open its own coronavirus vaccination centres that will operate around the clock. | 18-Mar-2021 |
| EU regulator to unveil Astrazeneca vax a | Brussels, March 18 (TIWN) The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due to provide an assessment on Thursday of the safety of Astrazeneca's vaccine against Covid-19 after several countries temporarily suspended use of the jab over fears about side effects. | 18-Mar-2021 |
| Indian-American to run for US highway co | Washington, March 18 TIWN) Indian-American Republican Jitendra Diganvker, who ran for Congress in 2016, announced that he was contesting for the post of Highway Commissioner in a suburb of Chicago, according to a media report. | 18-Mar-2021 |
| As border crisis intensifies, Biden says | New York, March 17 (TIWN) As a border crisis is building, President Joe Biden is appealing to people to not come to the US, dispelling the impression for some from the campaign rhetoric that immigration restrictions would be dismantled. | 17-Mar-2021 |
| Philippines to reimpose entry curbs as C | Manila, March 17 (TIWN) The Philippines has announced that it will temporarily suspend the entry of foreigners and some citizens as the Southeast Asian country battles a renewed spike in Covid-19 cases. | 17-Mar-2021 |
| SL opens 1st automated mask manufacturin | Colombo, March 17 (TIWN) Sri Lanka has opened its first accredited and fully automated masks manufacturing facility in Kotugoda in the western part of the island country, with an investment of an estimated $830,000, local media reported on Wednesday. | 17-Mar-2021 |
| Tripura govt red-faced after lookout cir | NEW DELHI, March 17 (TIWN): Tripura’s BJP government has been left red-faced by an Agartala High Court order this week quashing a lookout circular intended to prevent the entry of an NRI hailing from the state into India. | 17-Mar-2021 |
| Will Cong's Dharmajan make impact in Lef | Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 (TIWN) By choosing comedian Dharmajan Bolgatty the Congress wants to ensure a comfortable position at the Balusseri assembly constituency that has always been a Left stronghold. | 16-Mar-2021 |
| FB joins News Corp to license news from | New York/Sydney, March 16 (TIWN) Facebook and News Corp have announced a three-year agreement to provide access to trusted news and information to millions of the social network users in Australia through its Facebook News product. | 16-Mar-2021 |
| Japan mulls Tokyo's exit from emergency | Tokyo, March 17 (TIWN) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was too early to determine if the Covid-19 state of emergency in place for the Tokyo region could be lifted on March 21 as planned, although according to a senior administration official, an exit "looked likely". | 17-Mar-2021 |
| Germany continues to advise against trav | Berlin, March 16 (TIWN) The German government continued to call for "refraining from any travel that is not absolutely necessary", spokesman Steffen Seibert said. | 16-Mar-2021 |
| Work-related illnesses nearly doubled in | Stockholm, March 16 (TIWN) The number of work-related illnesses nearly doubled in Sweden last year, with many of the cases related to Covid-19, according to official figures. | 16-Mar-2021 |
| 'Public should wait for outcome of Cuomo | Washington, March 15 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden has said that an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual harassment against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was underway and the public should wait for its outcome. | 15-Mar-2021 |
| Popularity of Aus govt dips to 12-month | Canberra, March 15 (TIWN) Australia's opposition Labor Party has taken an electoral lead over the ruling government for the first time after the latter's popularity plunged to a 12-month low, according to a poll. | 15-Mar-2021 |
| Major lockdown imposed in 7 Pak cities | Lahore, March 15 (TIWN) Amid the ongoing third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan, a major lockdown will be imposed in seven cities in Punjab province starting from Monday onwards. | 15-Mar-2021 |
| China renews alert for heavy fog | Beijing, March 15 (TIWN) China's national observatory on Sunday renewed a yellow alert for heavy fog in many parts of the country. | 15-Mar-2021 |
| US air travel at highest level in nearly | Washington, March 15 (TIWN) Air travel in the US has reached its highest level in nearly a year since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to transport authorities. | 15-Mar-2021 |
| Western groups plan disinformation campa | Moscow, March 13 (TIWN) Russian media outlets have said that the US and its allies were plotting a "disinformation campaign" to hurt the credibility of the country's Sputnik V vaccine against the novel coronavirus. | 13-Mar-2021 |