Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| US grappling with surge in anti-Asian vi | New Delhi, Jan 30 (TIWN) Thousands of families across the US are grappling with a surge in anti-Asian violence fuelled by misinformation linking Covid-19 with Asian countries or people, CNN reported. | 30-Jan-2022 |
| Omicron sub-variant likely behind 1 in 3 | London, Jan 30 (TIWN) The sub-variant of Omicron -- BA.2 -- feared to be even more infectious than its ancestor strain is behind one in 30 Covid-19 cases in England, according to official estimates, media reports say. | 30-Jan-2022 |
| China issues alert for blizzard | Beijing, Jan 30 (TIWN) China's meteorological authorities on Friday issued a yellow alert for heavy snow in some regions of the country. | 30-Jan-2022 |
| S. Korea confirms 1st H5N8 bird flu case | Seoul, Jan 30 (TIWN) South Korea on Thursday reported the first outbreak of the H5N8 avian influenza virus this winter in a dead wild bird discovered at a river mouth in the southeastern port city of Busan. | 30-Jan-2022 |
| Nazarbayev's lifetime chairmanship of Ka | Nur-Sultan, Jan 30 (TIWN) The upper house of Kazakhstan's parliament on Thursday decided to cancel former President Nursultan Nazarbayev's lifetime chairmanship of the country's Security Council and the Assembly of People. | 30-Jan-2022 |
| Row over casino in Andhra Pradesh refuse | NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (TIWN): The row over a casino allegedly organised during Sankranti at a property owned by an Andhra Pradesh minister is refusing to die down with main opposition TDP on Thursday lodging a complaint with Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan with ‘evidence’. | 28-Jan-2022 |
| 2 Arrested with Cannabis at Bishramganj | AGARTALA, Jan 27 (TIWN): Based on secret information Police were in ambush and detained 215 kg dry cannabis from a 12 wheeler lorry while smuggling to Bihar on Thursday. | 27-Jan-2022 |
| N. Korea to assume rotational presidency | Seoul, Jan 27 (TIWN) North Korea will lead the UN Conference on Disarmament in a rotational one-month presidency later this year, the world body said. | 27-Jan-2022 |
| S. Korea lawmaker gets jail term for ele | KOREA, Jan 26 (TIWN): An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a suspended jail term for independent lawmaker Lee Sang-jik charged with election law violations, a sentence heavy enough to cost him his National Assembly seat if confirmed by the South Korea Supreme Court. | 26-Jan-2022 |
| Pakistan airlines attendant escapes fro | New Delhi, Jan 26 (TIWN) A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendant has escaped from a hotel in Toronto, Canada, Samaa TV reported. | 26-Jan-2022 |
| Uzbekistan cancels mandatory Covid rapid | Tashkent, Jan 26 (TIWN) Uzbekistan on Tuesday decided to cancel the mandatory Covid-19 rapid test for all visitors upon arrival, according to the Health Ministry. | 26-Jan-2022 |
| IOC to pump fuel directly to Lanka's ele | Colombo, Jan 26 (TIWN) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will provide fuel directly to state-run electricity provider Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to ensure continuous power supply in the island nation. | 26-Jan-2022 |
| Japanese experts' panel approves expansi | Tokyo, Jan 26 (TIWN) The Japanese government's advisory panel of virus experts on Tuesday approved a plan to expand Covid-19 quasi-emergency measures to 18 more prefectures with the tougher restrictions coming into effect from Thursday. | 26-Jan-2022 |
| Australians unimpressed with govt's hand | Canberra, Jan 26 (TIWN) A new survey on Tuesday revealed that 51 per cent of Australians disapproved the federal government's handling of the Omicron spread amid surging cases of the highly-transmissible Covid-19 variant. | 26-Jan-2022 |
| S.Korean President's approval rating ris | Seoul, Jan 24 (TIWN) South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating rose 0.7 percentage points to 41 per cent last week, a weekly survey showed on Monday. | 24-Jan-2022 |
| Pirates robbed fishing nets, catch, alle | Chennai, Jan 24 (TIWN) A group of three fishermen from Pushpavanam village in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district has complained that they were attacked indiscriminately by pirates in the sea during the wee hours of Monday. | 24-Jan-2022 |
| Australia approves Novavax amid Omicron | Canberra, Jan 24 (TIWN) Australia on Monday approved Novavax for people aged 18 and over, making it the fourth Covid-19 vaccine to be approved for use in the country after AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer amid the continued battle against the Omicron-fuelled pandemic. | 24-Jan-2022 |
| Bill calling for dog meat consumption ba | Seoul, Jan 24 (TIWN) A member of Seoul's municipal council has proposed an ordinance bill calling for the Mayor to draw up a long-term plan to ban dog meat consumption and put it into action, officials said on Monday. | 24-Jan-2022 |
| Japan to expand Covid quasi-state of eme | Tokyo, Jan 24 (TIWN) As Japan grapples to deal with a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases, senior government officials said on Monday that 30 of the country's 47 prefectures will be placed under a quasi-state of emergency in the coming days. | 24-Jan-2022 |
| Aus state announces Covid smart plan for | Sydney, Jan 23 (TIWN) Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW) on Sunday announced a Covid-19 smart plan which aims to minimise the risk of infection after returning to school amid an uphill battle against the current wave of the pandemic. | 23-Jan-2022 |
| 5.8-magnitude quake hits China | Beijing, Jan 23 (TIWN) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Delingha in China's Qinghai province on Sunday, according to authorities. | 23-Jan-2022 |
| 5.3-magnitude quake hits Philippines | Manila, Jan 23 (TIWN) An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit Davao Oriental province in the Philippines on Sunday. | 23-Jan-2022 |
| S.Korea culls chickens over bird flu out | Seoul, Jan 23 (TIWN) South Korean quarantine officials began culling about 427,000 chickens on Sunday as a precautionary measure after the outbreaks of the H5N1 avian influenza virus or bird flu, at two farms, the Agricultural Ministry said. | 23-Jan-2022 |
| Muslimness a reason for my sacking: ex-U | New Delhi, Jan 23 (TIWN) Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani, who became the first Muslim woman to be a UK government minister when she was appointed to a post at the Department for Transport, has said that her faith was raised as a reason for her sacking in 2020, the BBC reported. | 23-Jan-2022 |
| Cloth masks are useless, say US health e | New Delhi, Jan 22 (TIWN) Prominent public health officials in the US have increasingly highlighted the limitations of cloth face masks, pushing for more effective respirator masks such as N95s as the Omicron variant is rapidly spreading across the country, a shift in messaging from earlier in the pandemic, the Washington Examiner reported. | 22-Jan-2022 |
| Ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir hospitalised | Kuala Lumpur, Jan 22 (TIWN) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalised, a spokesman from his office said on Saturday. | 22-Jan-2022 |
| Ireland to scrap most Covid restrictions | Dublin, Jan 22 (TIWN) Ireland will scrap most of its Covid-19 restrictions starting from Saturday following a drop in the number of new cases, the government announced. | 22-Jan-2022 |
| Chilean president-elect unveils inclusiv | Santiago, Jan 22 (TIWN) Chile's president-elect Gabriel Boric has unveiled his future 24-member cabinet, which is marked by including a majority of women, independents and young political outsiders as Ministers. | 22-Jan-2022 |
| World Economic Forum's annual meeting re | Geneva, Jan 22 (TIWN) The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced that it will hold its 2022 annual meeting from May 22 to 26 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. | 21-Jan-2022 |
| Japan approves Pfizer's Covid vax for ki | Tokyo, Jan 21 (TIWN) Japan's Health Ministry on Friday approved the use of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate children aged between 5 and 11 as the nation continues to grapple with surging numbers of new cases. | 21-Jan-2022 |
| IS attack in Iraq kills 11 soldiers | Baghdad, Jan 21 (TIWN) At least 11 Iraqi soldiers were killed in an overnight attack by the Islamic State (IS) terror group in the eastern province of Diyala, police said on Friday. | 21-Jan-2022 |
| US, 7 other nations urge full implementa | Seoul, Jan 21 (TIWN) The US and seven other members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) have urged the full implementation of sanctions on North Korea. | 21-Jan-2022 |
| Sudan's Sovereign Council agrees to form | Khartoum, Jan 21 (TIWN) Sudan's ruling and military-dominated Transitional Sovereign Council has agreed to the formation of a government led by a civilian Prime Minister to complete the tasks of the ongoing transitional period. | 21-Jan-2022 |
| France to ease some Covid restrictions i | Paris, Jan 21 (TIWN) French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that the government will proceed to ease certain Covid-19 related restrictions in February. | 21-Jan-2022 |
| Biden assures categorically Harris will | New York, Jan 20 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden has declared categorically that Vice President Kamala Harris will be his running mate squashing questions about her future on the eve of their completing the first year in office. | 20-Jan-2022 |
| International Federation of Journalists | AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): The Kashmir Press Club (KPC), the largest independent media body in Indian-administered Kashmir, has been forcibly closed following a raid by armed police. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), condemn the undemocratic closure of the organisation and the Indian administration’s continued stifling of press freedom in the region. | 20-Jan-2022 |
| US to start shipping 400mn free non-surg | Washington, Jan 20 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden's administration will start shipping 400 million free non-surgical N95 face masks to distribution sites nationwide this week as part of efforts to fight the Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 resurgence, a media report said. | 20-Jan-2022 |
| NY AG seeks to compel Trumps to testify | New York, Jan 20 (TIWN) New York State Attorney General Letitia James has filed a motion to compel former President Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump to testify in an investigation on the financial dealings of the Trump Organization. | 20-Jan-2022 |
| Biden pledges to 'get inflation under co | Washington, Jan 20 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden has pledged to "get inflation under control" as American voters were increasingly "pessimistic" about the economy and "doubted his ability" to fix supply chain issues and tackle soaring prices. | 19-Jan-2022 |
| Elon Musk slams UN, warns about populati | San Francisco, Jan 19 (TIWN) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has slammed the United Nations (UN) once again, saying that there are "not enough people" in the world and one should be more worried about population collapse. | 19-Jan-2022 |
| Afghan aircraft parked abroad unlikely t | New Delhi, Jan 19 (TIWN) The Pentagon has said that no final decision has been made about the Afghan aircraft parked in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, but it is likely that these aircraft will not be returned to Afghanistan, Tolo News reported. | 19-Jan-2022 |
| Tonga volcano relief efforts face challe | United Nations, Jan 19 (TIWN) Relief efforts following the Tonga volcano eruption face the challenge of severed communications, falling ash closing the major airport and strict anti-Covid measures, UN officials said. | 19-Jan-2022 |
| S. Korea gets ready for Saudi Arabia's n | Seoul, Jan 19 (TIWN) The South Korean government has completed preparations for Saudi Arabia to resume its procedure for a nuclear power project, a Seoul minister said on Wednesday. | 19-Jan-2022 |
| Pak NSA scraps Kabul visit in face of ma | New Delhi, Jan 19 (TIWN) Amid a planned anti-Pakistan protest in Kabul, the Pakistan National Security Adviser (NSA) has quietly scrapped his trip to Afghanistan, Pajhwok News reported. | 19-Jan-2022 |
| Faisal Akram had a criminal record datin | New Delhi, Jan 18 (TIWN) Synagogue terrorist Malik Faisal Akram was being watched by British spies in the months before his 10-hour siege in Texas because of his links to extremism -- but was let off the hook, the Daily Mail reported. | 18-Jan-2022 |
| Palestine warns Israel against eviction | Ramallah, Jan 18 (TIWN) Palestine has warned Israel against evicting Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem. | 18-Jan-2022 |
| Inflation to last longer than expected: | Brussels, Jan 18 (TIWN) Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe said that high inflation will last longer than initially expected but is expected to diminish as the year progresses. | 18-Jan-2022 |
| Death toll from Afghan earthquake rises | Kabul, Jan 18 (TIWN) The death toll from a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis has increased to 22, an official confirmed on Tuesday. | 18-Jan-2022 |
| Indonesian Prez inspects Jakarta-Bandung | Jakarta, Jan 18 (TIWN) Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited the construction site of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) No. 2 Tunnel to inspect the construction progress. | 18-Jan-2022 |
| China blames Omicron case in Beijing on | New Delhi, Jan 17 (TIWN) The single Omicron case detected in Beijing was traced back to an international document from Canada, and it was found to have similar strains from those in North America and Singapore, the Global Times reported citing health authorities in the Chinese capital as saying. | 17-Jan-2022 |