Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Indian-origin pharmacist jailed in UK fo | London, Dec 30 (TIWN) An Indian-origin pharmacist in the UK has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for supplying 'under the counter drugs' leading to the death of a woman in 2020. | 30-Dec-2022 |
| Obama on Pele: He understood power of sp | New York, Dec 30 (TIWN) Former US President Barack Obama joined a galaxy of celebrities who mourned the passing of King Pele in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday. | 30-Dec-2022 |
| Floods in Philippines kill 32 | Manila, Dec 29 (TIWN) The death toll from heavy rain and floods in the Philippines has climbed to 32, according to government data released on Thursday. | 29-Dec-2022 |
| Turkey revises up reserves in offshore g | Ankara, Dec 28 (TIWN) Turkey has revised up its natural gas recoverable reserves in the Sakarya gas field off the Black Sea coast after a re-evaluation work in the existing wells and a new discovery in the field, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said. | 28-Dec-2022 |
| Shehbaz Sharif defies critics, hangs on, | Islamabad, Dec 25 (TIWN): Shehbaz Sharif, the current sitting Prime Minister of Pakistan is well known as “Shehbaz Speed” for his standout development work in the country’s largest province Punjab, during his multiple tenures as Chief Minister. | 25-Dec-2022 |
| Death toll of landslide in Malaysia stan | Kuala Lumpur, Dec 25 (TIWN) The final victim of last week's landslide in Malaysia has been recovered, leaving the final death toll at 31, the authorities have said. | 25-Dec-2022 |
| Hundreds of flights cancelled in US due | San Francisco, Dec 24 (TIWN) Hundreds of flights were cancelled in major airports in the US Pacific Northwest due to icing and snowstorms. | 24-Dec-2022 |
| China woefully underprepared for Covid c | Beijing, Dec 23 (TIWN) China is woefully underprepared for the chaos that is inevitably unfolding since the Covid controls were lifted, as seen in other countries, the media reported on Friday. | 23-Dec-2022 |
| Severe winter weather sweeps across US, | Washington, Dec 23 (TIWN) Severe winter weather is sweeping across the US and has disrupted holiday travels ahead of Christmas. | 23-Dec-2022 |
| Bilawal Bhutto fails to get in-person me | New York, Dec 23 (TIWN) Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari failed to get an in-person meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his recent visit to Washington and had to settle for a phone conversation even though they were in the same capital. | 23-Dec-2022 |
| UN calls for restoration of university r | United Nations, Dec 22 (TIWN) UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous has called for the restoration of Afghan women's right to higher education after the Taliban-run administration banned female students from university. | 22-Dec-2022 |
| Infection rate could be over 50% in Beij | New Delhi, Dec 22 (TIWN) Although China has not released any detailed numbers of the Covid infections, the infection rate could be over 50 per cent in the greater Beijing area, even more than 70 per cent in the worst-hit areas, the media reported on Thursday. | 22-Dec-2022 |
| Canada's CPI rises 6.8% in Nov | Ottawa, Dec 22 (TIWN) Canada's consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.8 per cent year over year in November, following a 6.9 per cent increase in October, the national statistical agency said. | 22-Dec-2022 |
| Indian-American Attorney named 1st non-w | New York, Dec 22 (TIWN) Indian-origin Attorney Vivek Malek has been appointed as the first non-white treasurer of the US state of Missouri, Governor Mike Parson announced. | 21-Dec-2022 |
| Turkey to start mass production of indig | Ankara, Dec 21 (TIWN) Turkey has decided to start mass production of its indigenous air defence systems and its first national tactical ballistic missile Tayfun, the country's defence industry executive committee said. | 21-Dec-2022 |
| Israeli Parliament passes law to boost N | Tel Aviv, Dec 21 (TIWN) The Israeli parliament has passed a law intended to strengthen the emerging coalition of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his looming deadline on Wednesday midnight to form a new government. | 21-Dec-2022 |
| Mexico grants asylum to family of Peru's | Mexico City, Dec 21 (TIWN) The Mexican government has granted asylum to the family of Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo because "they requested it from inside the Mexican Embassy in Lima", Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced here on Tuesday. | 21-Dec-2022 |
| US Covid-19 cases surpass 100 mn: Johns | Washington, Dec 21 (TIWN) The total number of Covid-19 cases registered in the US since the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020 has surpassed the 100 million mark, accounting for the highest number in the world, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. | 21-Dec-2022 |
| Floods in Malaysia kill 5, displace 56,1 | Colombo, Dec 20 (TIWN) Sri Lanka has lifted a ban on 10 products related to security, tourism and sports which were restricted due to the economic crisis. | 20-Dec-2022 |
| Australia names ex-PM Kevin Rudd as new | Canberra, Dec 20 (TIWN) Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed the country's next ambassador to the US. | 20-Dec-2022 |
| Nepal bans import of medicines from 16 I | Kathmandu, Dec 20 (TIWN): Publication of the list by the department, the national regulatory body of the drugs markets, both allopathic and ayurveda, means that medicines manufactured by those companies cannot be imported to Nepal, according to the Kathmandu Post daily. | 20-Dec-2022 |
| 400 US troops sent to border as SC halts | Washington, Dec 20 (TIWN) Texas authorities have deployed more than 400 US National Guard troops and other personnel to El Paso, a city bordering Mexico, after the Supreme Court temporarily halted the termination of an asylum-limiting policy during the Covid-19 pandemic. | 20-Dec-2022 |
| Chinese city increases 'fever clinics' t | Beijing, Dec 19 (TIWN) China's Guangzhou city, capital of Guangdong province, has almost doubled the number of 'fever clinics' as health authorities have predicted a peak of Covid-19 cases amid an ongoing nationwide resurgence. | 19-Dec-2022 |
| Nearly 200 nations adopt landmark biodiv | Montreal, Dec 19 (TIWN) Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nearly 200 nations of the world on Monday agreed on a historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems. | 19-Dec-2022 |
| S.Korea to extend fuel tax cut for 4 mor | Seoul, Dec 19 (TIWN) South Korea on Monday announced its decision to extend the fuel tax cut for four more months amid the high energy prices, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. | 19-Dec-2022 |
| Eight police officers killed in bomb att | Baghdad, Dec 18 (TIWN) Eight policemen were killed and three others wounded on Sunday in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq's Kirkuk province. | 18-Dec-2022 |
| Death toll from Malaysian landslide clim | Kuala Lumpur, Dec 18 (TIWN) The death toll from the deadly landslide in Malaysia's Selangor state has risen to 24, authorities have said as search and rescue efforts continued. | 18-Dec-2022 |
| We're fighting Pakistan's war from withi | Karachi, Dec 18 (TIWN): Noor Wali Mehsud, leader of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has attempted to rebuff the impression that they are getting any backing from the Afghan Taliban regime in Kabul, saying that his group was attacking Pakistan from "within its territory", local media reported. | 18-Dec-2022 |
| Top Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti de | Los Angeles, Dec 18 (TIWN) Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti has been detained on charges of "spreading falsehoods" regarding the country's ongoing protest movement. | 18-Dec-2022 |
| Leo Varadkar, reelected Ireland PM, join | New York, Dec 18 (TIWN) Leo Varadkar has joined the ranks of current Indian descent prime ministers becoming the fourth outside India when he again became the Taoiseach of Ireland. | 18-Dec-2022 |
| Thailand's king, queen test positive for | Bangkok, Dec 17 (TIWN) Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana have tested positive for Covid-19, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced on Saturday. | 17-Dec-2022 |
| 16,500 protest in Brussels for higher wa | Brussels, Dec 17 (TIWN) An estimated 16,500 people took to the streets of Brussels to demand higher wages to cope with rising energy costs. | 17-Dec-2022 |
| 10 killed in France apartment fire | Paris, Dec 17 (TIWN) A fire broke on Fridayin an apartment building in the French city of Lyon, killing at least 10 people, including five children, authorities said. | 17-Dec-2022 |
| US government sues Arizona state over ma | Washington, Dec 17 (TIWN) The US federal government is taking Arizona and its top officials to court, demanding the state remove a makeshift border wall along the Mexico border constructed of garish shipping containers, but the outgoing Republican Governor shows no signs of relenting. | 17-Dec-2022 |
| S.Africa sees over 2 mn travellers in No | Johannesburg, Dec 17 (TIWN) A total of 2,092,882 people, including arrivals, departures and transits, have travelled through South Africa's ports of entry and exit in November, higher than the level recorded in the same period of last year, official data showed. | 17-Dec-2022 |
| European Central Bank hikes rates by 50 | Frankfurt, Dec 16 (TIWN) The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised its key interest rates by 50 basis points (bps) and explicitly committed to further hikes to tame rampant inflation in the eurozone. | 16-Dec-2022 |
| Sri Lanka's GDP contracts 11.8% in Q3 | Colombo, Dec 16 (TIWN) Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka's Department of Census and Statistics said that the island nation's estimated gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 11.8 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2022. | 16-Dec-2022 |
| US Embassy starts 12-day visa programme; | New Delhi, Dec 15 (TIWN) Indians in queue for US visas have been left fuming even as the American Embassy in New Delhi started a '12 days of visas' programme to encourage people to apply for H and L visas. | 15-Dec-2022 |
| Survivor of Seoul crowd crush found dead | Seoul, Dec 14 (TIWN) A teenage survivor of the deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon neighbourhood in October has been found dead in an apparent suicide, police said on Wednesday. | 14-Dec-2022 |
| Peru's new President seeks early polls a | Lima, Dec 14 (TIWN) Peru's new President Dina Boluarte said she plans to meet the Congressional Constitution Committee to "shorten the timeframe" for holding the early general elections as deadly protests have intensified across the country. | 14-Dec-2022 |
| US charges former FTX CEO with defraudin | San Francisco, Dec 13 (TIWN) Following his arrest in the Bahamas, US authorities on Tuesday officially charged former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding equity investors. | 13-Dec-2022 |
| Meghan says she was 'fed to the wolves' | London, Dec 13 (TIWN) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, said she was "fed to the wolves", and Prince Harry discusses "institutional gaslighting" in a new trailer for part two of their highly-anticipated Netflix docuseries, which airs on Thursday, reports CNN. | 13-Dec-2022 |
| India's Chief of Naval Staff in Sri Lank | Colombo, Dec 13 (TIWN): Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral R Hari Kumar is set to travel to Sri Lanka this week for a four-day trip, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release. The Indian Navy chief will be welcomed as the chief guest and Reviewing Officer for the Commissioning Parade at the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) on December 15, 2022, in the Sri Lankan city of Trincomalee. | 13-Dec-2022 |
| UK economy rebounds in Oct but recession | London, Dec 13 (TIWN) The British economy is estimated to have grown by 0.5 per cent between September and October, statistics showed, but a lengthy recession is still expected in the UK. | 13-Dec-2022 |
| S.Korea, China resume dialogue on econom | Seoul, Dec 12 (TIWN) South Korea and China held a business dialogue on Monday involving business leaders, and former and incumbent government officials, following November's summit between the leaders of the two countries. | 12-Dec-2022 |
| Zimbabwean Prez says power shortages to | Harare, Dec 12 (TIWN) Zimbabweans will see a vast improvement in electricity supplies in 2023 as the government removes barriers to power generation investments in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. | 12-Dec-2022 |
| S.Korea to hold int'l forum on N.Korea's | Seoul, Dec 12 (TIWN) South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Monday it will hold an annual international forum on North Korea's human rights situation this week in an effort to raise public awareness about the North's human rights issue. | 12-Dec-2022 |
| Afghan police seize 30 assault rifles in | Mazar-i-Sharif, Dec 12 (TIWN) The Afghan police have collected arms and ammunitions including 30 pieces of AK-47 assault rifles from individuals in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of Balkh province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said on Monday. | 12-Dec-2022 |
| NZ logs 40,098 new Covid community cases | Wellington, Dec 12 (TIWN) New Zealand recorded 40,098 new community cases of Covid-19 and 35 more deaths from the pandemic over the past week, the country's Ministry of Health said on Monday. | 12-Dec-2022 |
| Ukraine war: Two killed in Russian strik | Kiev, Dec 11 (TIWN) Two civilians were killed five others injured in Russian strikes in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast in the past 24 hours. | 11-Dec-2022 |