Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| US to continue to pursue diplomacy with | Jakarta/Seoul, Sep 30 (TIWN) North Korea's latest missile launches will not affect the U.S.' determination to seek diplomacy with the North for the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, the US nuclear envoy for Pyongyang said on Wednesday. | 30-Sep-2021 |
| S.Korea to launch 1st homegrown space ro | Seoul, Sep 30 (TIWN) South Korea will launch its first homegrown space rocket next month as it is in the final stages of preparations, the science ministry said on Wednesday. | 30-Sep-2021 |
| Invest for net zero emission future: UN | New Delhi, Sep 29 (TIWN) Investing in job-rich growth, social protection and a just transition to a net-zero emissions future, particularly in low -and middle-income countries, could prevent a further deepening of the inequalities between developed and developing economies that have been exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic, said UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. | 29-Sep-2021 |
| Chinese projects worth $843bn reveal maj | New Delhi, Sep 29 (TIWN) Forty-two countries now have levels of public debt exposure to China in excess of 10 per cent of GDP. | 29-Sep-2021 |
| Volcano in Spain's La Palma erupts again | Madrid, Sep 28 (TIWN) Seismic activity at the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma, part of the Spanish Canary Islands archipelago, has reactivated strongly after a brief lull. | 28-Sep-2021 |
| China electricity crunch forces blackout | New Delhi, Sep 28 (TIWN) A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country's vast economy and place even more strain on global supply chains, CNN reported. | 28-Sep-2021 |
| WHO launches first global roadmap to eli | Geneva, Sep 28 (TIWN): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday launched the first-ever global strategy to defeat meningitis -- a debilitating disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. | 28-Sep-2021 |
| Afghan banking system close to collapse | New Delhi, Sep 28 (TIWN) Afghanistan's banking system is close to collapse. Syed Moosa Kaleem Al-Falahi, the Chief Executive of the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan, said the country's financial industry is in the grip of an "existential crisis" as customers panic, BBC reported. | 28-Sep-2021 |
| 'East Asia & Pacific's recovery undermin | Washington, Sep 28 (TIWN) The East Asia and Pacific region's recovery has been undermined by the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant, the World Bank said, calling for a comprehensive strategy to contain the virus spread and boost inclusive growth. | 28-Sep-2021 |
| 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Manila | Manila, Sep 27 (TIWN) An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Manila on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. | 27-Sep-2021 |
| It is time to consider ban on dogs as fo | Seoul, Sep 27 (TIWN) South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday raised the need for the government to consider imposing a formal ban on dog meat consumption in the country. | 27-Sep-2021 |
| Pregnant women, kids in S.Korea to get j | Seoul, Sep 27 (TIWN) South Korea will begin administering Covid-19 vaccines to pregnant women and younger children starting from October 18 as part of its efforts to inoculate more people amid little signs of letup in the fourth wave of the pandemic, health authorities said on Monday. | 27-Sep-2021 |
| Modi at UNGA: 10 highlights of India's s | New York, Sep 25 (TIWN) In a 22-minute address to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi framed the idea of India's power in the context of science, technology, culture and problem-solving capability at an "unparalleled" scale. | 25-Sep-2021 |
| Biden loses ground with the American pub | New Delhi, Sep 25 (TIWN) With his administration facing multiple challenges at home and abroad, US President Joe Biden's job approval rating has fallen sharply in the past two months, says a research by Pew Research Center. | 25-Sep-2021 |
| Over 1,600 firefighters battle new blaze | Los Angeles, Sep 25 (TIWN) Over 1,600 firefighters are battling a new fast-moving wildfire that has grown to over 6,800 acres in northern California, authorities said on Saturday. | 25-Sep-2021 |
| Thailand starts rollout of Covid booster | Bangkok, Sep 25 (TIWN) Thailand has started administering Covid-19 booster shots to people who have been fully vaccinated, according to a statement by the Ministry of Public Health. | 25-Sep-2021 |
| US power utility charged over 2020 wildf | Los Angeles, Sep 25 (TIWN) The US' major power utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has been charged with multiple crimes, including manslaughter, over last year's Zogg Fire that killed four people, prosecutors said. | 25-Sep-2021 |
| Modi, Biden to discuss Afghanistan, 'fro | New York, Sep 24 (TIWN) President Joe Biden is looking forward to his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and they will discuss Afghanistan and priority areas that India is "front and centre of", according to a senior administration official. | 24-Sep-2021 |
| On eve of Biden-Modi summit; a primer on | Washington, Sep 23 (TIWN): When US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sit down for their first-ever personal meeting, and bilateral, at the White House on Friday, the meeting will be historic in true meaning of the word "historic". This is Year Zero of the Post-Covid Era, and a new world order is in throes of taking birth. | 23-Sep-2021 |
| Biden's spending package faces hurdles i | Washington, Sep 23 (TIWN) Democrats are facing hurdles as they try to pass a $3.5 trillion spending package, experts said. | 23-Sep-2021 |
| Biden plays down chances of UK-US trade | New York, Sep 23 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden has played down the chances of a post-Brexit free trade deal between his government and the UK, as he held talks with Boris Johnson at the White House. | 23-Sep-2021 |
| Nepal recalls its ambassador to India | Kathmandu, Sep 23 (TIWN) Nepal's Sher Bahadur Deuba government has decided to recall 12 ambassadors previously appointed by the K.P. Sharma Oli government, including Ambassador Nilamber Acharya from India. | 23-Sep-2021 |
| Shooting at Virginia high school injures | Washington, Sep 23 (TIWN) A shooting incident that occurred at a high school in the US state of Virginia resulted in two injuries, local police said. | 23-Sep-2021 |
| Non-essential services resume in Hanoi | Hanoi, Sep 22 (TIWN) Non-essential services, including hair salons and restaurants, across the Vietnamese capital Hanoi have resumed on Tuesday as the city has eased restrictions over Covid-19. | 22-Sep-2021 |
| Taliban names remaining Ministers in car | Kabul, Sep 21 (TIWN) The newly-established Taliban caretaker government in Afghanistan has named the remaining Ministers and members, the group's spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday. | 21-Sep-2021 |
| Japan to provide booster shots to elderl | Tokyo, Sep 21 (TIWN) Japan will begin to inoculate the elderly with the third dose of a Covid-19 jab early next year, as the country seeks to better deal with the spread of more infectious variants, Vaccination Minister Taro Kono said on Tuesday. | 21-Sep-2021 |
| 8 killed in Russia university shooting | Mowscow, Sep 20 (TIWN): At least eight people were confirmed dead, with several others injured after a gunman opened fire in one of the buildings of Russia's Perm State University, authorities said, adding that the perpetrator is a student and has been apprehended. | 20-Sep-2021 |
| Pak Hindu family held hostage, tortured | New Delhi, Sep 20 (TIWN) Farm workers from a Hindu family in Pakistan's Rahim Yar Khan, city have landed in trouble for taking water from a mosque tap, according to a media report. | 20-Sep-2021 |
| Daily Covid cases in Australia's epicent | Sydney, Sep 20 (TIWN) As the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) saw another drop in the single-day acquired Covid-19 cases, authorities in the country's epicentre of the pandemic have cautiously pointed at a downward trend in the current Delta outbreak. | 20-Sep-2021 |
| N.Korea slams US' move to transfer nuke- | Seoul, Sep 20 (TIWN) The North Korean Foreign Ministry on Monday slammed the US for transferring the technology of building nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, Pyongyang's state-run media reported. | 20-Sep-2021 |
| 9 killed after passenger boat overturns | Beijing, Sep 20 (TIWN) At least nine people were killed and six others missing after a passenger boat overturned in a river in China's Guizhou province, local authorities confirmed on Sunday. | 20-Sep-2021 |
| Thailand daily Covid deaths hit 7-week l | Bangkok, Sep 19 (TIWN) Thailand reported 122 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily rise of fatalities in seven weeks, according to the figures released by the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). | 19-Sep-2021 |
| After Taliban takeover, fanatics threate | New Delhi, Sep 19 (TIWN) Taliban taking over Afghanistan has led to tens of thousands of women fleeing the country to escape the atrocities of the new regime. | 19-Sep-2021 |
| 'Ending Australian lockdowns at 70% vax | Canberra, Sep 19 (TIWN) Andrew Barr, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), said on Saturday that the region's coronavirus lockdown may not necessarily end when 70 per cent of adults are fully vaccinated as the country continues to battle the third wave of the pandemic. | 19-Sep-2021 |
| 217 Palestinian protesters injured in W. | Ramallah, Sep 19 (TIWN) At least 217 Palestinian protesters were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in a protest against Jewish settlement in the West Bank, authorities said on Saturday. | 19-Sep-2021 |
| UN working to get more relief convoys in | United Nations, Sep 18 (TIWN) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said they were working not only to get more relief convoys into Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region but also to get empty delivery trucks out. | 18-Sep-2021 |
| 217 Palestinian protesters injured in W. | Ramallah, Sep 18 (TIWN) At least 217 Palestinian protesters were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in a protest against Jewish settlement in the West Bank, authorities said on Saturday. | 18-Sep-2021 |
| Venezuela rejects US accusation against | Caracas, Sep 17 (TIWN) The Venezuelan government has rejected a US government report alleging it failed to make substantial efforts to fight drug trafficking. | 17-Sep-2021 |
| Texas to close points of entry amid soar | Houston, Sep 17 (TIWN) Texas is going to shut down six points of entry along the US-Mexico border amid a massive surge of migration, Governor Greg Abbott announced. | 17-Sep-2021 |
| Australians moving away from cities to r | Canberra, Sep 17 (TIWN) A survey released on Friday showed that an ever-growing number of Australians are moving away from the nation's biggest cities in favour of rural living. | 17-Sep-2021 |
| Lockdown rules slightly eased in Austral | Sydney, Sep 17 (TIWN) The Covid-19 lockdown rules were slightly eased on Friday in Australia's New South Wales (NSW), the current epicentre of the pandemic, as the state capital Sydney entered the 12th week of restrictions. | 17-Sep-2021 |
| Some 5mn people in US under flash flood | Washington, Sep 17 (TIWN) Some five million peoples in parts of the southern US are under flash flood watches as Post-Tropical Cyclone Nicholas lingers over the central Gulf Coast, local media reported. | 17-Sep-2021 |
| California has nation's highest poverty | San Francisco, Sep 16 (TIWN) In a new report, the US Census Bureau said that the state of California has the highest poverty level in the country. | 16-Sep-2021 |
| Afghan women protest Taliban's hijab dik | New Delhi, Sep 16 (TIWN) Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban's new hijab diktat in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social media, CNN reported. | 16-Sep-2021 |
| Majority of Australians support Covid va | Canberra, Sep 16 (TIWN) A new poll revealed on Tuesday that a majority of Australians are in favour of Covid-19 vaccine mandates. | 16-Sep-2021 |
| Turkey tightens control on refugees | Ankara, Sep 16 (TIWN) The Turkish government has decided to put new plans in place which will tighten control on millions of refugees in the country. | 16-Sep-2021 |
| 'US Central Command still assessing dead | Washington, Sep 16 (TIWN) The US Central Command is "still assessing" the results of the deadly August 29 drone strike in Kabul which was alleged to have killed multiple Afghan civilians, the Pentagon said. | 16-Sep-2021 |
| Over 50% of Japan's population fully vac | Tokyo, Sep 15 (TIWN) Over 50 per cent of Japan's population have been fully inoculated against Covid-19, Minister in charge of the coronavirus response Yasutoshi Nishimura said. | 15-Sep-2021 |
| Qatar FM in Kabul, meets Taliban leaders | New Delhi, Sep 13 (TIWN) Visiting Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met the Taliban leadership team and cabinet members, including acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, upon his arrival in Kabul. | 13-Sep-2021 |
| NATO blames Afghanistan's leadership for | New Delhi, Sep 13 (TIWN) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has blamed Afghanistan's political and military leadership for the quick collapse of the former government. | 13-Sep-2021 |