China’s 6.8 per cent rise in military spending worries Australia: Expert
Mar 13, 2021, at 04:40 pm
Beijing: The rise in China's defence budget has probably left Australia concerned, an expert believes.
Breaking WeChat ban: Three Tibetan teens go missing, one hospitalised
Mar 13, 2021, at 04:26 pm
Lhasa: Three Tibetan teenagers went missing and even one remained hospitalised with two broken legs after reportedly failing to register a WeChat text group chat with local authorities, as per a report published by a Tibetan advocacy group.
White House security adviser says Quad leaders discussed cyber attacks
Mar 13, 2021, at 03:06 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The leaders of the so-called Quad countries discussed the issue of cyber attacks during talks conducted earlier in the day, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Car bomb blast rocks Herat, 8 die
Mar 13, 2021, at 03:00 pm
Kabul: At least eight people died as a car bomb blast hit Afghanistan's Herat region on Friday, media reports said.
COVID-19: Italy now shut shops and schools amid infection spike
Mar 13, 2021, at 02:39 pm
Rome/UNI: Italian authorities announced on Friday that shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across the country on Monday, as PM Mario Draghi warned of a "new wave" of the coronavirus outbreak.
Canada sees its biggest job increase since Sep 2020 after it added 259,000 jobs in Feb
Mar 13, 2021, at 05:03 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada saw its biggest job increase since September 2020, when it added 259,000 jobs in Feb, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
Uighur trouble in China: Women march in Istanbul
Mar 12, 2021, at 11:53 pm
A large number of women staged a march in Istanbul recently to demand an end to China's ‘genocide’ and protection of Uighur women’s rights, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Gunmen kills prosecutor in Paktia Province
Mar 12, 2021, at 10:21 pm
Kabul: Gunmen killed a prosecutor in Paktia Province of Afghanistan on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
COVID disrupts contraception services, leads to 1.4 million unintended pregnancies, says UNFPA
Mar 12, 2021, at 09:11 pm
New York: One year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the UN’s reproductive health agency said on Thursday that an estimated 12 million women have experienced disruptions to their family planning services.
‘If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict’, UN chief tells Security Council
Mar 12, 2021, at 08:55 pm
New York: Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that “if you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”.
Transgenders: The Outcasts of South Asia Prisons
Mar 12, 2021, at 07:32 pm
In South Asian countries like India and Pakistan, the judgments from apex courts declare self-determination of gender identity by trans people as fundamental to gender recognition. However, the right to self-determination of gender is not yet realised for transgender persons admitted to prisons. Sai Bourothu writes
Myanmar crackdown has led to likely crimes against humanity, Human Rights Council told
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:11 pm
New York: The Myanmar junta’s brutal response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal threshold for crimes against humanity, a UN-appointed independent rights expert told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
US death penalty must be abolished, rights experts urge President Biden
Mar 12, 2021, at 05:50 pm
New York: President Biden should do everything in his power to end death row executions in the United States, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday.
Regression on ‘virtually every indicator’ of progress for children: UNICEF
Mar 12, 2021, at 05:42 pm
New York: One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, progress has gone backward across virtually every key measure of childhood, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, revealing a “devastating and distorted new normal” for the world’s children.
China should have no role to play in deciding Dalai Lama's successor: Ned Price
Mar 12, 2021, at 04:45 pm
Washington: The United States has said China should have no role to play in deciding the successor of spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
More than 1500 Tibetans demonstrate in Paris against Chinese atrocities
Mar 12, 2021, at 04:35 pm
Paris: Over 1500 Tibetans and Free Tibet supporters demonstrated in Paris city of France on Wednesday against decades of Chinese atrocities in Tibet.
Japanese prime minister to visit US, meet Biden in early April
Mar 12, 2021, at 03:57 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit the United States, where he will meet US President Joe Biden, in the first half of April, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Friday.
New York to lift mandatory quarantine for domestic travelers on April 1
Mar 12, 2021, at 03:49 pm
Washington/Sputnik: New York State will no longer require mandatory quarantine for visitors from other US states or territories beginning on April 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a press release on Thursday.
New York city mayor demands Governor Cuomo resign after sixth sexual misconduct allegation
Mar 12, 2021, at 03:42 pm
Washington/Sputnik: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday called for Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after a sixth women accused him of sexual harassment.
US state of Oklahoma lifts remaining coronavirus restrictions
Mar 12, 2021, at 03:34 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The US State of Oklahoma is ready to get back to normal by lifting the remaining coronavirus pandemic-related restrictions, Governor Kevin Stitt said in a press briefing.
Pakistan: Peshawar High Court directs PTA to ban TikTok over 'obscene' content
Mar 12, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to ban TikTok — the popular social media platform for entertainment videos — for allegedly "spreading obscenity in society".
Pakistan: Cancer patients block Metro bus track in Lahore after free drugs denied to them
Mar 12, 2021, at 07:09 am
Several poor cancer patients blocked the Metro Bus track at Kalma Chowk region in Lahore city of Pakistan to protest against suspension of free medicines supply at the state-run hospitals of Punjab, media reports said.
Pakistan: Lack of teachers force Sindh’s 6,866 public schools to shut down
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:54 am
Islamabad: The Sindh High Court (SHC) was recently informed that 6,866 public schools across the province have been closed due to lack of teachers, media reports said.
Pakistan: Students block road, protest against lack of teachers in school
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:47 am
Students of a Pakistani school recently blocked a road to demonstrate against lack of teachers in the institution.
Pakistan leader feels 'flawed’ border policy affecting trade with Afghanistan
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:40 am
Islamabad: Awami National Party provincial president Aimal Wali Khan has cautioned the federal government that it should immediately correct its ‘flawed’ border policy regarding Afghanistan if it does not want to lose its trade with the neighbouring nation.
Pakistan: Armed men barge into Hindu family house, kidnap teen girl
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:33 am
Islamabad: A group of armed men recently barged into a Hindu house in Jarwar locality in Tangwani town of Pakistan and kidnapped a teen girl on Tuesday, media reports said
Mar 12, 2021, at 04:40 am
Ottawa/IBNS: While reflecting on the year that has passed since the World Health Organization declared COVID‑19 a pandemic, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared Mar 11 as the National Day of Observance for COVID-19 and said that his country will come out as more resilient out of this crisis.
US: Tabloids report 39-year-old woman dies 4 days after second Moderna vaccine shot
Mar 12, 2021, at 01:08 am
Washington/Sputnik: A 39-year-old woman with no known preexisting conditions passed away four days after receiving the second shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine in the US state of Utah, tabloids reported on Thursday.
Myanmar: UN Security Council strongly condemns violence against peaceful protesters
Mar 11, 2021, at 11:27 pm
New York: The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and voiced “deep concern” at restrictions on medical personnel, civil society, labour unions and journalists, as demonstrations continue across the south-east Asian nation against the military takeover last month.
Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Secretary-General
Mar 11, 2021, at 11:23 pm
New York: Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the UN’s determination to continue pursuing a negotiated political settlement to the Syrian civil war, a “living nightmare” that has endured for 10 years now.