Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco cancels NYE fireworks show | San Francisco, Dec 29 (TIWN) San Francisco has announced the cancellation of the city's annual New Year's Eve fireworks show as holiday gatherings and travel have expedited the spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. | 29-Dec-2021 |
| Covid surge overwhelms Covid testing fac | Sydney, Dec 29 (TIWN) Covid-19 testing facilities in Australia's most populated state of New South Wales (NSW) are being overwhelmed due to the massive daily surge in case numbers during the year's busiest holiday season. | 29-Dec-2021 |
| NZ reports 46 new Covid cases | Wellington, Dec 29 (TIWN) New Zealand reported 46 new Covid-19 cases in the community on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health. | 29-Dec-2021 |
| Unicef delivers over 100mn Covid vaccine | Dhaka, Dec 29 (TIWN) The Unicef said on Wednesday that it has delivered over 100 million Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh since June this year. | 29-Dec-2021 |
| 3 teens killed in Texas shooting | Houston, Dec 28 (TIWN) Three teenagers were killed and another one was injured during a shooting incident at a gas station in the US state of Texas over the Christmas weekend, police said. | 28-Dec-2021 |
| S.Korea, US, Japan negotiate possible de | Seoul, Dec 28 (TIWN) South Korea, the US and Japan are negotiating over the possibility of the countries holding trilateral defence ministerial talks, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said on Tuesday. | 28-Dec-2021 |
| China reports 158 locally transmitted Co | Beijing, Dec 26 (TIWN) The Chinese mainland has reported 158 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. | 26-Dec-2021 |
| Nepal PM Deuba to visit India early next | Kathmandu, Dec 24 (TIWN) Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is leaving for India on January 10 to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, according to local media reports. | 24-Dec-2021 |
| Aussie astronomers capture black hole er | Sydney, Dec 23 (TIWN) Astronomers from Curtin University, as part of an international team, have produced the most comprehensive images of the nearest active black hole to earth. | 22-Dec-2021 |
| Pak humiliated by failed efforts to get | New Delhi, Dec 19 (TIWN) Pakistans unsuccessful efforts to convince the Americans for a phone call from US President Joe Biden have humiliated the country at the international level, Friday Times reported. | 19-Dec-2021 |
| Pak humiliated by failed efforts to get | New Delhi, Dec 19 (TIWN) Pakistans unsuccessful efforts to convince the Americans for a phone call from US President Joe Biden have humiliated the country at the international level, Friday Times reported. | 18-Dec-2021 |
| 1 killed, 10 injured in Quetta blast | New Delhi, Dec 19 (TIWN) At least one person was killed and 10 others were injured at a blast in Quetta's Kandhari Bazar on Saturday, the Dawn reported. | 18-Dec-2021 |
| Amrullah Saleh colluded with envoy in Ta | New Delhi, Dec 19 (TIWN) Mohammad Zahir Aghbar, Kabul's Ambassador to Tajikistan, allegedly withdrew an amount $786,000 from the bank in the Central Asian nation in collusion with Amrullah Saleh, the former First Vice President of Afghanistan. | 18-Dec-2021 |
| Oldest person in China dies at 135 | Beijing, Dec 19 (TIWN) Alimihan Seyiti, the oldest person in China, has passed away at the age of 135 in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Saturday. | 18-Dec-2021 |
| S. Africa retains 'Level 1' lockdown as | Johannesburg, Dec 19 (TIWN) With the latest Covid-19 cases at 26,976, the National Coronavirus Command Council has retained lockdown restrictions at "adjusted level 1", health authorities said on Thursday. | 18-Dec-2021 |
| Europe rolls out Covid vaccine for kids | London, Dec 17 (TIWN) Even as the Omicron variant continues to spread, European nations including Germany, Hungary, Greece, and Spain have started vaccinating children as young as five and upto 11 years of age, against Covid-19 from Wednesday. | 17-Dec-2021 |
| Military helicopter crashes in Thailand, | Bangkok, Dec 17 (TIWN) A Thai helicopter on a military training flight crashed on Tuesday, killing both crew onboard, local media reported. | 17-Dec-2021 |
| Civilian deaths mount as US secret unit | New York, Dec 17 (TIWN) A single top secret US strike cell launched tens of thousands of bombs and missiles against the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria, but in the process several civilians were killed, a news report said. | 17-Dec-2021 |
| Biden to visit Kentucky to survey tornad | Washington, Dec 17 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden announced that on Wednesday he would travel to Kentucky, the hardest-hit among the eight states devastated by powerful tornadoes and storms over the weekend, to survey the damage caused by the disaster. | 17-Dec-2021 |
| Russia adds 29,558 Covid-19 cases | Moscow, Dec 15 (TIWN) Russia has reported 29,558 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 10,046,454, the official monitoring and response centre said Monday. | 15-Dec-2021 |
| Lao officials, businesses mull plans for | Vientiane, Dec 14 (TIWN) Lao government officials and business operators have been discussing plans to reopen the country to tourists next month with special Covid-19 measures in place. | 14-Dec-2021 |
| 3 dead in S.Korean chemical factory blas | Seoul, Dec 13 (TIWN) Three workers were found dead after an explosion took place at a chemical factory in the South Korean city of Yeosu on Monday, firefighters said. | 13-Dec-2021 |
| Chinese AI company delays IPO after US b | New Delhi, Dec 13 (TIWN) Chinese AI company, SenseTime is postponing its big stock market debut after once again getting caught up in tensions between the US and China, CNN reported. | 13-Dec-2021 |
| Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattles Philipp | Manila, Dec 13 (TIWN) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck Occidental Mindoro province on Monday, the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. | 13-Dec-2021 |
| B'desh capable of protecting its indepen | Dhaka, Dec 12 (TIWN) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her country has attained all capabilities to protect its independence and sovereignty if it is attacked by any external aggressor or an enemy. | 12-Dec-2021 |
| S.Korean trade official to discuss suppl | Seoul, Dec 12 (TIWN) South Korean Deputy Trade Minister Jeong Dae-jin will visit the US this week for talks on supply chains of key materials and steel tariff issues, the Trade Ministry said on Sunday. | 12-Dec-2021 |
| 5.0-magnitude quake strikes Japan | Tokyo, Dec 12 (TIWN) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Sunday struck Japan's eastern Ibaraki Prefecture, authorities said. | 12-Dec-2021 |
| 4 dead, 7 missing after freighter capsiz | Beijing, Dec 12 (TIWN) Rescuers are searching for seven crew members who went missing after their cargo ship sank on Sunday off the coast of Yantai City in China's Shandong province, which killed four people, authorities said. | 12-Dec-2021 |
| Death toll may reach 100 after tornadoes | Washington, Dec 12 (TIWN) Death toll may increase to 100 after at least 30 tornadoes swept through the six US states of Arkansas, Mississippi, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, according to authorities. | 12-Dec-2021 |
| Omicron variant arrived in US earlier th | Washington, Dec 11 (TIWN) The new Omicron Covid variant first arrived in the US by November 15, instead of December 1 as believed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. | 11-Dec-2021 |
| World Bank offers $600mn loan to boost P | Manila, Dec 11 (TIWN) The World Bank on Saturday approved a $600 million loan to support the Philippine government's reform programme to position the Southeast Asian country for a competitive and resilient economic recovery. | 11-Dec-2021 |
| Vietnam to resume int'l commercial fligh | Hanoi, Dec 11 (TIWN) The Vietnamese government has approved the resumption of regular commercial flights between Vietnam and international destinations which are highly safe from Covid-19 from January 1, 2022. | 11-Dec-2021 |
| NY to reintroduce mask mandate for publi | New York, Dec 11 (TIWN) The state of New York is set to reintroduce a mask mandate at public indoor venues aimed at battling the winter surge of Covid-19 infections, Governor Kathy Hochul announced. | 11-Dec-2021 |
| Pak's faith-driven violence: Anger but n | New Delhi, Dec 11 (TIWN) "Religious violence spawned by allegations of blasphemy has taken on a life of its own, destroying the fabric of society slowly but surely," Pakistans Dawn newspaper said in an editorial. | 11-Dec-2021 |
| Japan's greenhouse gas emission down 5.1 | Tokyo, Dec 10 (TIWN) Japan's greenhouse gas emissions dropped 5.1 per cent year-on-year in fiscal 2020, down for the seventh consecutive year, reflecting lower energy consumption by companies amid the Covid-19 pandemic, government data revealed on Friday. | 10-Dec-2021 |
| Terror threat looms again as TTP decline | Islamabad, Dec 10 (TIWN) Pakistan is bracing for a new wave of increased terror outburst from the dreaded Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Pakistani faction of the Afghan Taliban, which had agreed for a month-long ceasefire with the Imran Khan-led government, as the militant outfit has now refused to give any extension to the agreement. | 10-Dec-2021 |
| Pak PM sees no possibilities of talks wi | Islamabad, Dec 10 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that there were no possibilities of any meaningful dialogue with the current leadership in India because of its "religious nationalism". | 10-Dec-2021 |
| 5 missing Peruvian military chopper crew | Lima, Dec 9 (TIWN) As many as five Peruvian Air Force helicopter crew members who had been missing since Tuesday were found dead in Lima region, the Peruvian Air Force said. | 09-Dec-2021 |
| 300 drought-affected Afghan families rec | Kabul, Dec 9 (TIWN) A total of 300 displaced families received food assistance in Afghanistan's eastern province of Ghazni, the Taliban-led Ministry of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs confirmed on Thursday. | 09-Dec-2021 |
| UK announces stronger measures to curb O | London, Dec 9 (TIWN) The UK will move to "Plan B" restrictions to combat the rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant this winter, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced. | 09-Dec-2021 |
| AU calls for rescinding travel bans on A | Addis Ababa, Dec 9 (TIWN) The African Union (AU) warned that travel and entry bans in connection with the emergence of the Omicron Covid-19 variant limit the free movement of people and goods, imposing immediate and significant impact on countries across the continent. | 09-Dec-2021 |
| 3 killed in suicide attack in Kenya | Nairobi, Dec 8 (TIWN) Three persons including a suicide bomber were killed in a blast in Kisumu County in Western Kenya, the police said on Wednesday. | 08-Dec-2021 |
| 48 people killed in tribal conflict in D | Khartoum, Dec 8 (TIWN) At least 48 people were killed in a tribal conflict in Sudan's West Darfur state, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) said in a statement. | 08-Dec-2021 |
| Heavy rains lash B'desh | Dhaka, Dec 8 (TIWN) Normal life came to a standstill after parts of Bangladesh received heavy rains under the impact of cyclonic storm Jawad. | 08-Dec-2021 |
| Indian-origin petrol station owner kille | Seoul, Dec 8 (TIWN) South Korea on Tuesday expressed "deep concern and regret" over the latest visit by a group of Japanese politicians to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo. | 08-Dec-2021 |
| Suu Kyi's jail term halved by 2 yrs | Nay Pyi Taw, Dec 8 (TIWN) The four-year jail sentences of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, as well as deposed President Win Myint have been halved by two years by the ruling military regime. | 08-Dec-2021 |
| China attempting to build military base | New Delhi, Dec 6 (TIWN) China is attempting to woo Equatorial Guinea into allowing them to build a military base off their coast, according to a report - a move which would give Beijing a foothold in the Atlantic, and deeply worry Washington, Daily Mail reported. | 06-Dec-2021 |
| Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 years in prison | Nay Py Taw, Dec 6 (TIWN) Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, was on Monday sentenced to four years in prison after she was "found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules under a natural disasters law", the media reported. | 06-Dec-2021 |
| Japan PM vows to 'prepare for worst' to | Tokyo, Dec 6 (TIWN) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday vowed to "prepare for the worst" in dealing with the Omicron Covid-19 variant, while still promoting the economic recovery of the country. | 06-Dec-2021 |
| Maldives receives compensation for reef | Male, Dec 6 (TIWN) The Maldives has received $10 million as compensation from a company whose ship ran aground on the Rasfari reef in Kaafu Atoll in August, local media reported on Monday. | 06-Dec-2021 |