Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| S. Korea ships 539,000 doses of AstraZen | Seoul, Nov 30 (TIWN) South Korea has shipped 539,000 doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to the Philippines to help the Southeast Asian nation address its vaccine shortage, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. | 30-Nov-2021 |
| Coastal sea temperatures around New Zeal | Wellington, Nov 30 (TIWN) Coastal sea temperatures around New Zealand have risen well above average recently, a National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) meteorologist said on Tuesday. | 30-Nov-2021 |
| Ecuador enforces controversial tax refor | Quito, Nov 30 (TIWN) Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso mandated into law a controversial tax reform bill aimed at raising more than $1.9 billion over the next two years to alleviate the country's economic crisis. | 30-Nov-2021 |
| SA govt assures best bio-secure environm | Cape Town, Nov 30 (TIWN) The South African government has given full assurance to the Indian government and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the Indian cricket teams touring the country would be provided the best "bio-secure environment" to ensure the safety of players from the fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19. | 30-Nov-2021 |
| Global Covid caseload tops 262.14 mn | Washington, Nov 30 (TIWN) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 262.14 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.20 million and vaccination to over 7.95 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. | 29-Nov-2021 |
| Offensive photo shoot at Kartarpur annoy | New Delhi, Nov 29 (TIWN) A clothing brand recently came under fire after an alleged photo shoot at the Kartarpur Gurdwara in Pakistan. In the shoot, a Lahore-based model can be seen bareheaded, posing for the camera, compromising the sanctity of the place, Express Tribune reported. | 29-Nov-2021 |
| South Korea welcomed Resumption of negot | Seoul, Nov 29 (TIWN) South Korea welcomed on Monday the resumption of negotiations on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and expressed hope for "substantive progress," amid the ongoing diplomatic row over Teheran's assets frozen here under US sanctions. | 29-Nov-2021 |
| S. Korean president urges rapid administ | Seoul, Nov 29 (TIWN) South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged a rapid administration of booster shots against Covid-19 as the eased anti-virus rules raised the number of severe cases and deaths. | 29-Nov-2021 |
| Daily Covid cases in India fall below 10 | New Delhi, Nov 29 (TIWN) India on Monday reported 8,309 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, below the 10,000-mark for three days in a row. In the same time span, a total of 236 deaths were reported across the nation, said the Ministry of Health and Family welfare on Monday morning. | 29-Nov-2021 |
| Canada confirms two cases of Omicron Cov | Ottawa, Nov 29 (TIWN) Two people in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa have tested positive for the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid-19, according to the Ontario provincial government. | 28-Nov-2021 |
| 19 killed in Mexico bus crash | Mexico City, Nov 28 (TIWN) At least 19 people were killed and around 25 others injured after their bus crashed into a house in central Mexico due to a brake malfunction, a local official said. | 28-Nov-2021 |
| Africa's Covid-19 cases near 8.62 mn: Af | Addis Ababa, Nov 28 (TIWN) The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8,616,912 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. | 28-Nov-2021 |
| HK to tighten boarding requirements for | Hong Kong, Nov 28 (TIWN) The Hong Kong government has announced that the boarding and quarantine requirements for those arriving from eight countries in southern Africa will be tightened from Saturday. | 28-Nov-2021 |
| Singapore reports 1,090 new Covid-19 cas | Singapore, Nov 28 (TIWN) Singapore has recorded 1,090 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, bringing the total tally to 259,875, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement. | 28-Nov-2021 |
| China's new cold resistant clothing and | New Delhi, Nov 28 (TIWN) China has recently developed new cold-resistant clothing and equipment for plateau operations to support border defence troops stationed in high-altitude regions to overcome the harsh winter. | 28-Nov-2021 |
| Satellite imagery indicates continued op | Seoul, Nov 26 (TIWN) North Korea appears to be continuing the operation of a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor at its mainstay Yongbyon complex, a US monitoring website has said, citing the release of steam and water seen in recent satellite imagery. | 26-Nov-2021 |
| Japanese student who stabbed schoolmate | Tokyo, Nov 26 (TIWN) A junior high school boy, who fatally stabbed a fellow student in central Japan, said he had problems with the victim and held a grudge against him, local media reported on Thursday. | 26-Nov-2021 |
| Russia pulls out majority of embassy sta | Seoul, Nov 26 (TIWN) Russia has withdrawn most of its embassy staff from North Korea, a Seoul official said on Thursday, as pandemic-driven shortages of everyday commodities and anti-virus restrictions have driven many foreign diplomats out of the country. | 26-Nov-2021 |
| Slovakia becomes 2nd European nation to | Brussels, Nov 25 (TIWN) After Austria this week imposed a shutdown, Slovakia has become the second European country to go into lockdown as Covid-19 cases surge, the media reported. | 25-Nov-2021 |
| China bans celebrities from showing off | New Delhi, Nov 24 (TIWN) China has banned its celebrities from showing off their wealth on social media in the latest crackdown on the entertainment industry, Daily Mail reported. | 24-Nov-2021 |
| German states mull making vaccination ma | Berlin, Nov 24 (TIWN) Some German federal states have expressed support for mandatory Covid-19 vaccination as the country is witnessing a record surge in cases amid an ongoing fourth wave of the pandemic. | 24-Nov-2021 |
| 98 candidates apply for Libya's presiden | Libya, Nov 24 (TIWN) A total of 98 candidates, including two females, have submitted applications for the first direct presidential election in Libya. | 24-Nov-2021 |
| Bangladesh Police on high alert | Dhaka, Nov 24 (TIWN) Due to the tense law and order situation in Bangladesh, with the police monitoring and deterring the spread of fake news of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia leaving the country. | 24-Nov-2021 |
| Sweden elects 1st female PM | Stockholm, Nov 24 (TIWN) The Swedish Parliament on Wednesday elected Magdalena Andersson as the country's first-ever female Prime Minister. | 24-Nov-2021 |
| US added to backsliding democracies for | New Delhi, Nov 23 (TIWN) The United States was added to a list of "backsliding democracies" in a report by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in a first for the self-described leader of the free world, The Washington Post reported. | 23-Nov-2021 |
| China alerts its companies after Congo k | New Delhi, Nov 23 (TIWN) The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday called on overseas China-invested firms and Chinese nationals to strengthen security precautions, following recent kidnapping incidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Nigeria, Global Times reported. | 23-Nov-2021 |
| S.Korea to offer helicopters to UN peace | Seoul, Nov 23 (TIWN) South Korea plans to offer helicopters to support UN peacekeeping operations (PKO) in a "substantive" contribution pledge it will make during next month's ministerial PKO meeting in Seoul, Defence Minister Suh Wook said on Monday. | 23-Nov-2021 |
| Aus forces deployed to help contain Covi | Darwin, Nov 23 (TIWN) Units of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been deployed in the Northern Territory (NT) to help contain a latest Covid-19 outbreak among the Indigenous communities in the region. | 23-Nov-2021 |
| NZ to move into new Covid protection sys | Wellington, Nov 23 (TIWN) New Zealand will move into the new Covid-19 traffic light system on December 3, which provides the ability for businesses and events to re-open to vaccinated Kiwis, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday. | 23-Nov-2021 |
| Aus could face flu epidemic as borders r | Canberra, Nov 22 (TIWN) A leading infectious expert on Monday warned that Australia could face a flu epidemic as it opens its international borders. | 22-Nov-2021 |
| California wildfires kill thousands of g | San Francisco, Nov 21 (TIWN) A report from the US National Park Service said wildfires state of California in the past 15 months killed or severely damaged thousands of mature giant sequoias, which led to a two-year death toll about a fifth of Earth's largest trees. | 21-Nov-2021 |
| Bulgaria's presidential runoff underway | Sofia, Nov 21 (TIWN) Bulgarians went to the polls on Sunday to vote in the second round of the presidential elections. | 21-Nov-2021 |
| 80.5% people in Turkey fully vaccinated | Ankara, Nov 21 (TIWN) The rate of fully vaccinated people aged 18 and above in Turkey has reached 80.5 per cent, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday. | 21-Nov-2021 |
| Houthis claim launching 14 bomb-laden dr | Sanaa, Nov 21 (TIWN) The Houthi militia said they launched 14 bomb-laden drones to attack several airports and Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia in response to what it said "Saudi-led coalition escalation in Yemen". | 21-Nov-2021 |
| Hackers from Delhi reportedly launching | New Delhi, Nov 21 (TIWN) A new report published by Antiy Labs, one of China's cybersecurity companies, disclosed an active hacker team whose members are based in Delhi and has been launching cyberattacks against the government agencies and defence departments in China and Pakistan, Global Times reported. | 21-Nov-2021 |
| Work on secret Chinese military base in | New Delhi, Nov 20 (TIWN) The US intelligence agencies found evidence this year of construction work on what they believed was a secret Chinese military facility in the UAE, which was stopped after Washington's intervention, according to a report on Friday, The Guardian reported. | 20-Nov-2021 |
| Pakistani PM reaffirms commitment to uph | Islamabad, Nov 20 (TIWN) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reaffirmed his government's commitment to uphold children's rights and ensure a better future for every child in the country. | 20-Nov-2021 |
| Terrorist killed in J&K's Kulgam encount | Srinagar, Nov 20 (TIWN) One terrorist was killed in an ongoing encounter with the security forces in the Ashmuji area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. | 20-Nov-2021 |
| Wuhan seafood vendor, not accountant, wa | New Delhi, Nov 20 (TIWN) A new study published in the journal Science has claimed that the first identified Covid-19 case -- or 'patient zero' -- was a female seafood vendor at an animal market in the Chinese city of Wuhan and who became symptomatic on December 11, 2019. | 20-Nov-2021 |
| US seizes $56 mn in crypto fraud, to pay | San Francisco, Nov 19 (TIWN) The US government has seized approximately $56 million worth of cryptocurrency -- the largest ever in the country -- from a self-described "number one promoter" of BitConnect, a cryptocurrency. | 19-Nov-2021 |
| Japan to decide on easing curbs on event | Tokyo, Nov 19 (TIWN) Japan will formally decide on Friday to remove an existing spectator cap on attendance at large-scale events and relax rules on food establishments, mostly relating to any future Covid-19 state of emergency. | 19-Nov-2021 |
| Venezuela slams EU renewal of sanctions | Caracas, Nov 19 (TIWN) Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia has condemned the recent decision by the Council of the European Union (EU) to renew sanctions against officials of the South American country for another year. | 19-Nov-2021 |
| Truth behind government's approach to Si | Islamabad, Nov 19 (TIWN): Pakistan always tries to wash away its stigma of being a pro-terrorist country in the world community. The idea of opening the Kartarpur Corridor was also hatched to improve its image and mislead Sikhs around the world. But in reality, Pakistan holds a guileful attitude towards minorities. Despite its best efforts for progress and economic prosperity, the oppressive system/mindset has never been lenient for minorities. Hindus and Sikhs are infidels and persecution of infidels is like 'charity' for Islamic fundamentalists. | 19-Nov-2021 |
| Pak-China joint ventures face hurdles | New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The increasing number of joint ventures between Islamabad and Beijing under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are confronted with some practical difficulties. | 19-Nov-2021 |
| Turkey, US agree to continue F-16 talks | Ankara, Nov 18 (TIWN) Turkey and the US have agreed to continue talks on Ankara's demand to acquire F-16 fighter jets after a meeting between the two sides was conducted in a "positive and constructive atmosphere", the Defence Ministry here said. | 18-Nov-2021 |
| Covid created more long-term unemploymen | Tokyo, Nov 18 (TIWN) The Covid-19 pandemic created more long-term unemployment in Japan, despite the country's overall jobless number seeing a decline from July to September, local media reported on Thursday citing government data. | 18-Nov-2021 |
| S.Korean govt to discuss dog meat consum | Seoul, Nov 18 (TIWN) The South Korean government will launch a formal discussion on whether to prohibit dog meat consumption, following President Moon Jae-in's suggestion to review the controversial practice, officials said on Thursday. | 18-Nov-2021 |
| Sri Lanka in crisis - Repression, protes | Colombo, Nov 18 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met virtually earlier this week to ensure competition between Beijing and Washington does not lead to conflict. The tensions over Taiwan, bilateral trade, Indo-Pacific security have escalated over time. The meeting came at the backdrop of warnings by senior-level security experts against Chinas military buildup and its hypersonic missile capability. | 18-Nov-2021 |
| US designates Pakistan, Taliban as viola | New Delhi, Nov 18 (TIWN) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has redesignated Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for violating religious freedom and also rebranded the Taliban as an Entity of Particular Concern, according to a Dawn news report. | 18-Nov-2021 |
| Biden-successor chatter: Harris currentl | New Delhi, Nov 17 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden says he intends to run for re-election in 2024. But not all Democrats believe him. Nor are they convinced his No. 2 would be the clear heir if he did choose to opt out, Politico reported. | 17-Nov-2021 |