Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Japan expands state of emergency to 4 pr | Tokyo, July 30 (TIWN) The Japanese government on Friday declared the expansion of the Covid-19 state of emergency to the Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures, after the country confirmed over 10,000 cases for the first time. | 30-Jul-2021 |
| US economy grows at annualised 6.5% in Q | Washington, July 30 (TIWN) The US economy grew at a lower-than-anticipated annual rate of 6.5 per cent in the second quarter, marking the return to an above pre-pandemic level of overall economic activity, the Commerce Department reported. | 30-Jul-2021 |
| 1 person killed, 10 trapped in Turkey fo | Ankara, July 30 (TIWN) At least one person was killed, and 10 others were trapped in a forest fire that erupted in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya, officials announced on Thursday. | 30-Jul-2021 |
| Ireland reports highest daily Covid case | Dublin, July 30 (TIWN) The number of overall confirmed coronavirus cases in Ireland has increased to 295,386 after it reported the highest single-day infections since February, according to the latest data from the country's Department of Health. | 30-Jul-2021 |
| Kim Jong-un visits Friendship Tower on K | Seoul, July 30 (TIWN) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang, which was erected to commemorate China's participation in the 1950-53 Korean War, and laid a wreath to mark the 68th anniversary of the armistice that ended the war, state media reported on Thursday. | 30-Jul-2021 |
| NZ provisionally approves AstraZeneca va | Wellington, July 29 (TIWN) New Zealand's regulatory authority Medsafe on Thursday granted provisional approval of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for individuals aged 18 and above. | 29-Jul-2021 |
| US Senate votes to advance bipartisan in | Washington, July 29 (TIWN) The US Senate has voted to proceed with a bipartisan infrastructure deal, clearing the first hurdle towards adopting a long-awaited and hotly debated spending package. | 29-Jul-2021 |
| At a time of democratic recession, its v | New Delhi, July 28 (TIWN) "At a time of rising global threats to democracy and international freedoms -- we talk about a democratic recession -- it's vital that we two world leading democracies continue to stand together in support of these ideals," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said here on Wednesday. | 28-Jul-2021 |
| US and India closely coordinating on Afg | New Delhi, July 28 (TIWN) The US and India are also closely coordinating on regional security issues, such as Afghanistan. | 28-Jul-2021 |
| Typhoon Nepartak makes landfall in Japan | Tokyo, July 28 (TIWN) The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that typhoon Nepartak has turned northward and made landfall on the Pacific coast of the northeastern Miyagi prefecture on Wednesday morning, veering off its primarily expected course toward the Tokyo area, local media reported. | 28-Jul-2021 |
| 19 militants arrested in Bangladesh | Dhaka, July 28 (TIWN) At least 19 militant leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami, and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have been arrested in Bangladesh's Chattogram city, officials said. | 28-Jul-2021 |
| Vatican Cardinal to go on trial for frau | Vatican City, July 28 (TIWN) A Vatican Cardinal, who was once a close adviser to Pope Francis, will face a trial over allegedly misusing Church funds in a London property venture, a media report said on Tuesday. | 28-Jul-2021 |
| Housewife allegedly Burnt to 'Death' by | AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): In Tripura, crime against women are increasing on alarming note. In yet another case, a housewife was allegedly brutally killed by her husband and in-laws at Ambasa. Her in-laws allegedly set her on fire and on Monday the victim succumbed to death. | 27-Jul-2021 |
| Florida condo collapse toll reaches 98 | Miami, July 27 (TIWN) The death toll from the partial collapse of a 12-storey residential building in Surfside, a beachside town in Florida, has increased to 98 following the identification of the last victim, authorities said. | 27-Jul-2021 |
| Tunisian President extends curfew hours | Tunis, July 27 (TIWN) Tunisian President Kais Saied extended the hours of night curfew across the country from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. until August 27, an official statement said. | 27-Jul-2021 |
| Americans' optimism about country's dire | Washington, July 27 (TIWN) Americans' optimism about the direction of the country has dropped nearly 20 points, according to a latest news poll. | 27-Jul-2021 |
| China's Nanjing tightens restrictive mea | Beijing, July 27 (TIWN) Authorities in Nanjing, capital of China's Jiangsu Province, on Tuesday ordered the tightening of restrictive measures in the wake of the recent spike in Covid-19 infections. | 27-Jul-2021 |
| US will not lift travel restrictions, ci | New York, July 26 : The US will keep in place COVID-19 travel restrictions for foreigners due to the rising number of cases caused by the Delta variant, a White House official said Monday. | 26-Jul-2021 |
| 3 people dead in Seattle shootings | Seattle, July 26 (TIWN) In a series of unrelated shooting incidents in the US city of Seattle, three people were killed and five others injured, according to the police. | 26-Jul-2021 |
| Israeli military strikes Hamas base in G | Gaza, July 26 (TIWN) The Israeli military has that Sunday it struck a military base of the Islamic Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, hours after arson balloons were launched into southern Israel. | 26-Jul-2021 |
| Typhoon Nepartak likely to make landfall | Tokyo, July 26 (TIWN) Typhoon Nepartak, currently moving northward from the Pacific, is likely to make landfall on Tuesday on Japan's main island including Tokyo, where the Olympic Games are underway, authorities said on Monday. | 26-Jul-2021 |
| Duterte delivers final State of the Nati | Manila, July 26 (TIWN) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) to a joint session of Congress on Monday. | 26-Jul-2021 |
| Death toll rises to 15 in China warehous | Beijing, July 25 (TIWN) The death toll from a fire accident at a warehouse in China's Jilin rovince has increased to 15, with 25 people injured, local authorities said on Sunday. | 25-Jul-2021 |
| Nearly 70,000 people affected by floods | Beijing, July 25 (TIWN) Nearly 70,000 people from 146 villages in Luonan county in China's Shaanxi province have been affected by floods triggered by torrential rain, authorities said on Sunday. | 25-Jul-2021 |
| Monsoon hits Philippines : Many Dead | Manila, July 25 (TIWN) At least three people have died and five others injured in Philippines after days of intensive monsoon rains, authorities said on Sunday. | 25-Jul-2021 |
| Typhoon In-Fa makes landfall in China | Beijing, July 25 (TIWN) Typhoon In-Fa made landfall in China's Zhejiang province on Sunday, packing winds of up to 38 metres per second at its centre, according to local authorities. | 25-Jul-2021 |
| 3 dead, 5 injured amid monsoon rains in | Manila, July 25 (TIWN) At least three people have died and five others injured in Philippines after days of intensive monsoon rains, authorities said on Sunday. | 25-Jul-2021 |
| Philippines evacuates over 15,000 people | Manila, July 24 (TIWN) Authorities in the Philippines have evacuated more than 15,000 people in Metro Manila and some other parts of the country amid a flood threat, a disaster management official said on Saturday. | 24-Jul-2021 |
| 2 US states see outbreak of drug-resista | Washington, July 24 (TIWN) A drug-resistant "superbug" fungus is spreading rapidly in the US states of Texas and Washington, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. | 24-Jul-2021 |
| S.Korea to extend toughest social-distan | Seoul, July 24 (TIWN) South Korean health authorities on Friday announced a decision to extend the toughest social-distancing rules in the capital area for two more weeks amid the continued Covid-19 resurgence. | 24-Jul-2021 |
| Cuba slams latest US sanctions | Havana, July 24 (TIWN) The Cuban government has denounced the latest sanctions imposed against the island nation by the US administration. | 24-Jul-2021 |
| Covid cases surge 80% in LA | Los Angeles, July 24 (TIWN) Los Angeles County, the most populous in the US, reported Thursday 2,767 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, an alarming 80 per cent increase over the last week amid the Delta variant surge. | 24-Jul-2021 |
| NZ reports 19 new Covid cases in managed | Wellington, July 23 (TIWN) New Zealand on Friday reported 19 new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation, but no fresh community infection, according to the Ministry of Health. | 23-Jul-2021 |
| All allegations, all finger-pointing sho | London, July 22 (TIWN) The maker of the powerful spy software allegedly used to hack the phones of various people around the globe says blaming the company is like "criticising a car manufacturer when a drunk driver crashes", the BBC reported. | 22-Jul-2021 |
| Gorakhpur most favoured industrial desti | Lucknow, July 22 (TIWN) Gorakhpur is now emerging as the most favoured destination in Uttar Pradesh for industrialists after Noida. | 22-Jul-2021 |
| Biden believes kids under 12 will be abl | New Delhi/Washington, July 22 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden said that children under the age of 12 could be eligible to receive a Covid 19 vaccine "soon", predicting that his government could green light the rollout for young Americans in the next few months. | 22-Jul-2021 |
| Death toll from heavy rains in China rea | Beijing, July 22 (TIWN) The death toll from torrential rains in central China's Henan province increased to 33 on Thursday, while eight people still remain missing and more than 3 million others affected, local authorities confirmed. | 22-Jul-2021 |
| Differently-abled people in NZ report hi | Wellington, July 22 (TIWN) A new study from the University of Auckland released on Thursday highlighted the abuse of differently-abled people in New Zealand, showing rates of violence much higher than those experienced by the rest of the population. | 22-Jul-2021 |
| US city declares racism public health cr | Washington, July 22 (TIWN) Erin Mendenhall, Mayor of Salt Lake City in the US state of Utah, has declared racism a public health crisis. | 22-Jul-2021 |
| Pegasus snoopgate raises troubling quest | New Delhi, July 21 (TIWN) The selection of Indian numbers largely commenced around the time of Narendra Modis trip to Israel in 2017, the first visit to the country by an Indian Prime Minister and a marker of the burgeoning relationship between the two nations, including billions of dollars in deals between Delhi and Israeli defence industries, The Guardian reported. | 21-Jul-2021 |
| Indians to benefit from Canada's family | Toronto, July 21 (TIWN) A record number of 40,000 immigrant families will be allowed to sponsor their parents and grandparents to bring them to Canada in 2021. | 21-Jul-2021 |
| Plane crash-lands in Somalia with over 4 | Mogadishu, July 21 (TIWN) A plane carrying over 40 passengers crash-landed into a military base in Gedo region of Somalia on Wednesday, officials said. | 21-Jul-2021 |
| Wuhan : 77.63 per cent of the city's adu | Beijing, July 21 (TIWN) Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei Province once hard hit by Covid-19, has administered over 17.1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the municipal health commission. | 21-Jul-2021 |
| China's Wuhan administers over 17mn Covi | Beijing, July 21 (TIWN) Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei Province once hard hit by Covid-19, has administered over 17.1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the municipal health commission. | 21-Jul-2021 |
| Afghan Prez warns Taliban on links with | Kabul, July 20 (IANS) Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has asked the Taliban whether they want foreign fighters like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al-Qaeda to turn Afghanistan into a battleground for "foreign terrorist", Pajhwok News reported. | 20-Jul-2021 |
| Novel autoantibody sparks inflammation, | New York, July 20 (TIWN) US researchers have discovered a functional autoantibody in Covid-19 patients that contributes to the disease's development and the "firestorm" of blood clots and inflammation it induces. | 20-Jul-2021 |
| Husband arrested in Udupi NRI murder cas | Udupi, (Karnataka) July 20 (TIWN) Police in Udupi have arrested the husband of the Dubai woman, who was murdered on July 12 here in her flat. | 20-Jul-2021 |
| NZ reports 6 new border-related Covid ca | Wellington, July 20 (TIWN) New Zealand on Tuesday reported six new cases of Covid-19 in recent returnees at the border and no infections in the community, according to the Ministry of Health. | 20-Jul-2021 |
| UNRWA official says partnership with US | Gaza, July 19 (TIWN) The partnership between the US and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been fully restored, a senior official said. | 19-Jul-2021 |
| Kuwait starts vaccinating teenagers | Kuwait City, July 19 (TIWN) Kuwait has started vaccinating teenagers aged 12-15 against Covid-19 in preparation for the new school year that begins in September. | 19-Jul-2021 |