Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Modi meets Pope, extends invitation to v | New Delhi/Rome, Oct 30 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis on Saturday at the Vatican and invited the head of the Catholic Church to visit India. | 30-Oct-2021 |
| Biden meets Macron, seeks to rebuild tru | Rome, Oct 30 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden met his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron seeking to rebuild the trust between the two countries eroded by a nuclear-powered submarine deal. | 30-Oct-2021 |
| Lebanese PM regrets Saudi decision to ex | Beirut, Oct 30 (TIWN) Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has expressed his regret at Saudi Arabia's decision to expel the country's Ambassador and ban imports after a Minister in Beirut criticised the Riyadh-led coalition's war in Yemen. | 30-Oct-2021 |
| Sri Lanka to provide free tea plants to | Colombo, Oct 30 (TIWN) The Sri Lankan government said that it will provide free tea plants to any grower who wishes to engage in tea plantation from next year aimed at boosting growth of the sector. | 30-Oct-2021 |
| N.Korean outlet calls S.Korean rocket la | Seoul, Oct 30 (TIWN) A North Korean propaganda outlet on Saturday described South Korea's "half-success" launch of its first homegrown rocket as "a definite failure", saying the South has a long way to go before proving its launch capabilities. | 30-Oct-2021 |
| S.Korea to fully resume in-person school | Seoul, Oct 29 (TIWN) South Korea will fully resume in-person school classes next month in line with the government's "living with Covid-19" scheme, the Education Ministry said on Friday. | 29-Oct-2021 |
| Nepal recommends new envoy to India | Kathmandu, Oct 29 (TIWN) The Sher Bahadur Deuba government on Thursday recommended veteran diplomat Shanker Sharma as the next ambassador to India. | 29-Oct-2021 |
| S.Korean Def Min holds talks with US Nav | Seoul, Oct 29 (TIWN) South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook held talks with the visiting US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro here on Thursday during which they discussed security on the Korean Peninsula, the bilateral alliance and other issues. | 29-Oct-2021 |
| EU top court fines Poland amid legal row | Brussels, Oct 29 (TIWN) The top court of the European Union (EU) has fined Poland 1 million euros ($1.16 million) per day for ignoring a ruling of the bloc that called for the suspension of the country's Supreme Court disciplinary chamber. | 29-Oct-2021 |
| Kim Jong-un loses 20 kg, has no health i | Seoul, Oct 29 (TIWN) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lost around 20 kg after previously weighing about 140 kg, but he appears to have no health issues, South Korea's spy agency said on Thursday. | 29-Oct-2021 |
| NZ air transport industry hardest hit by | Wellington, Oct 28 (TIWN) The air transport industry in New Zealand employed 35 per cent fewer people in February 2021 compared with February 2020, when the Covid-related travel restrictions were not yet in place, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Thursday. | 28-Oct-2021 |
| China's Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches sate | Jiuquan, Oct 27 (TIWN) China sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gansu Province on Wednesday. | 27-Oct-2021 |
| US Senators urge Biden administration to | New Delhi, Oct 27 (TIWN) US Senators and India Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Warner and John Cornyn sent a letter to President Biden encouraging him to waive Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) sanctions against India for buying military arms from Russia. | 27-Oct-2021 |
| 4 Pak policemen killed in attack | Islamabad, Oct 27 (TIWN): Four policemen, including an officer, were killed in an attack on a police vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an official said on Wednesday. | 27-Oct-2021 |
| 10 killed, 12 wounded in IS attack in Ir | Baghdad, Oct 27 (TIWN) Up to 10 civilians were killed and 12 others were wounded in an attack by militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial police source said. | 27-Oct-2021 |
| US revokes licence of China Telecom on n | New Delhi, Oct 27 (TIWN) Washington has revoked the US licence of one of China's biggest telecoms companies citing "national security" concerns, BBC reported. | 27-Oct-2021 |
| Queensland plans to welcome int'l studen | Brisbane, Oct 26 (TIWN) Australia's Queensland state said on Tuesday that it plans to welcome international students from 2022 and a relevant plan has been sent to the federal government. | 26-Oct-2021 |
| Covid exposed unequal, unaccountable, di | Berlin, Oct 26 (TIWN) Covid-19 "has exposed a broken world that is inequitable, unaccountable, and divided", resulting in its failure to put an end to the pandemic that has so far killed 4.95 million globally, according to a report by a World Health Organisation (WHO) panel on Tuesday. | 26-Oct-2021 |
| Aus PM announces plan for net zero emiss | Canberra, Oct 26 (TIWN) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday revealed the government's "uniquely Australian" plan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. | 26-Oct-2021 |
| ASEAN kicks off series of virtual summit | Bandar Seri Begawan, Oct 26 (TIWN) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday kicked off its 38th and 39th summits under the chairmanship of Brunei virtually, with the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and promoting economic recovery high on the agenda. | 26-Oct-2021 |
| Moon meets ruling party's presidential n | Seoul, Oct 26 (TIWN) South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a meeting Lee Jae-myung, presidential nominee of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), on Tuesday in a move that could help solidify the latter's position after a bitter primary. | 26-Oct-2021 |
| Moon, Biden expected to meet next week | Seoul, Oct 25 (TIWN) South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart Joe Biden are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Italy or the UN climate summit in Glasgow a senior official said on Monday. | 25-Oct-2021 |
| S.Korea ranks 4th in relative poverty am | Seoul, Oct 25 (TIWN) South Korea ranks fourth in relative poverty among major economies in the world, data showed on Monday, in a sign of its high income inequality. | 25-Oct-2021 |
| Russia says UN Charter 'irreplaceable' | Moscow, Oct 25 (TIWN) The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the goals and principles enshrined in the Charter of the UN are "enduring, universal and irreplaceable". | 25-Oct-2021 |
| Yellen expects US inflation to fall to a | Washington, Oct 25 (TIWN) US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she expected the country's inflation rates to fall to acceptable levels in the second half of next year. | 25-Oct-2021 |
| 300K Swedish people suffer from impaired | Stockholm, Oct 25 (TIWN) An estimated 300,000 people in Sweden suffer from an impaired sense of smell due to Covid-19, the country's national TT News Agency reported. | 25-Oct-2021 |
| 2 cargo ships collide in Turkey's Marmar | Ankara, Oct 24 (TIWN) Two foreign-flagged cargo ships collided on Sunday in the Marmara Sea off Turkey's northwestern Canakkale province, causing damage but no injuries, local media reported. | 24-Oct-2021 |
| Australia launches 'spread freedom' Covi | Canberra, Oct 24 (TIWN) The Australian government on Sunday launched the next phase of its coronavirus vaccination campaign as the country continues to battle the third wave of the pandemic. | 24-Oct-2021 |
| 'Media reports of Kim Jong-un's sister s | Seoul, Oct 24 (TIWN) South Korea's spy agency said on Sunday that media reports of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister staging a coup against her brother are not true at all. | 24-Oct-2021 |
| Anti-Asian hate crimes in LA County incr | Los Angeles, Oct 24 (TIWN) A new report has revealed anti-Asian hate crimes in the Los Angeles County, the most populous county of the US, increased by 76 per cent in 2020, the largest spike since 2001. | 24-Oct-2021 |
| Covid killed more people in US than HIV/ | Washington, Oct 24 (TIWN) Covid-19 has become the deadliest pandemic in the US history, claiming more lives than HIV/AIDS claimed in 40 years, according to a news website. | 24-Oct-2021 |
| Senior Al Qaeda leader killed in Syria d | Washington, Oct 23 (TIWN) The US military said that a drone strike in Syria killed a senior Al Qaeda leader. | 23-Oct-2021 |
| 7 killed in attack on madrasa in B'desh | Dhaka, Oct 23 (TIWN) Seven persons have been killed and several others injured in an attack on a madrasa at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar district, officials said. | 22-Oct-2021 |
| China warns US to be cautious on Taiwan | New Delhi, Oct 22 (TIWN) China's Foreign Ministry on Friday warned the US that China has no room for compromise when it comes to safeguarding sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, Global Times reported. | 22-Oct-2021 |
| 7 killed in clashes between rival Rohing | Dhaka, Oct 22 (TIWN) At least seven people were killed and seven others injured in clashes between two rival factions of Rohingya refugees at a camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district on Friday. | 22-Oct-2021 |
| Scandal hits German media giant Axel Spr | New Delhi, Oct 22 (TIWN) German media giant Axel Springer SE has suspended the editor-in-chief of Europes highest-selling tabloid, Bild, after articles in the New York Times and Der Spiegel revealed unknown details of a compliance investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and bullying, The Guardian reported. | 22-Oct-2021 |
| US initial jobless claims drop for 3rd s | Washington, Oct 22 (TIWN) Initial jobless claims in the US fell for the third straight week to reach 290,000, the Labour Department reported. | 22-Oct-2021 |
| Trump to launch new social media platfor | Washington, Oct 21 (TIWN) Former US President Donald Trump has announced plans to launch a new social media network, called TRUTH Social, media reports said. | 21-Oct-2021 |
| US bill moved to sanction China on marit | New Delhi, Oct 21 (TIWN) US politicians have pushed another anti-China act to sanction entities and individuals who safeguard China's sovereignty in the South China Sea and East China Sea, Global Times reported. | 21-Oct-2021 |
| Spain busts Dutch-Turkish gang smuggling | New Delhi, Oct 21 (TIWN) Spanish police on October 17, detained a Dutch gang of cocaine smugglers, mostly of Turkish descent, as they were smuggling cocaine from Latin American countries to Europe by sailboats. | 21-Oct-2021 |
| UN official urges using aid to leverage | United Nations, Oct 21 (TIWN) A UN official has urged the international community to use aid as leverage to promote women's rights in Afghanistan, which have further deteriorated following the fall of the country to the Taliban in August. | 21-Oct-2021 |
| 'US remains consistently open to dialogu | Seoul/Washington, Oct 21 (TIWN) The US remains open to dialogue with North Korea, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a briefing. | 21-Oct-2021 |
| Russian fighters escort US bombers above | Moscow, Oct 20 (TIWN) Russian fighter jets on Wednesday escorted two US strategic bombers over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, said the Russian Defence Ministry. | 20-Oct-2021 |
| Former German troops arrested over alleg | Berlin, Oct 20 (TIWN) Two former German soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of trying to form a terrorist mercenary force to fight in Yemen's civil war, officials said. | 20-Oct-2021 |
| Putin not to attend COP26 climate summit | Moscow, Oct 20 (TIWN) Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the COP26 climate summit at Glasgow in Scotland, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. | 20-Oct-2021 |
| 13 killed in Damascus army bus explosion | Damascus, Oct 20 (TIWN) At least 13 people were killed and three others wounded in a bomb attack on an army bus in central Damascus on Wednesday, state news agency SANA reported. | 20-Oct-2021 |
| N.Korea fires what seems to be SLBM: Seo | Seoul, Oct 19 (TIWN) North Korea fired what appears to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) toward the East Sea on Tuesday, the South Korean military said, in yet another setback to Seoul's efforts for peace with Pyongyang. | 19-Oct-2021 |
| Malala Yousafzai asks Afghan Taliban to | Islamabad, Oct 19 (TIWN) Pakistani Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has called on the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan to re-open secondary schools for girls with immediate affect. She put forward this demand in an open letter addressed to the new rulers of the war-torn nation. | 19-Oct-2021 |
| Afghanistan is worthy of Chinese investm | New Delhi, Oct 19 (TIWN) For Beijing, Afghanistan still has strong development potential and is worthy of investment despite its decades of political turmoil, a Chinese mouthpiece said. | 19-Oct-2021 |
| Campaigning begins for Japan's general e | Tokyo, Oct 19 (TIWN) Campaigning for Japan's October 31 general election started on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seeking authorisation for his Covid-19 and economic policies and the opposition parties united to loosen the power of the ruling coalition. | 19-Oct-2021 |