Article on press freedom: China summons British envoy
Mar 15, 2021, at 06:48 am
Beijing: The Chinese foreign ministry has summoned Britain’s ambassador to Beijing to lodge stern representations over an “inappropriate” article she wrote defending recent international media coverage on China, media reports said.
Hong Kong electoral changes: G7 leaders express concern
Mar 15, 2021, at 06:39 am
London: The G7 Foreign Ministers have expressed their concerns at the Chinese authorities’ decision fundamentally to erode democratic elements of the electoral system in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong: EU report points out at 'severe erosion of autonomy'
Mar 15, 2021, at 06:19 am
Brussels: The European Union has come out with a scathing review of political conditions in Hong Kong where it described an “alarming political deterioration” and a “severe erosion of autonomy, democracy and fundamental freedoms”, making things tough for China.
China's judicial dept might conduct 1st trial of two Canadian nationals soon
Mar 15, 2021, at 04:20 am
Beijing: Canadian nationals Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were prosecuted by the procuratorates in China for suspected crimes undermining China's national security in June 2020, are going to be tried soon, a source close to the matter told the Global Times.
G7 Foreign Ministers express concern over Hong Kong electoral changes
Mar 15, 2021, at 04:14 am
Tokyo: The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, have expressed concerns at the Chinese authorities’ decision to fundamentally erode democratic elements of the electoral system in Hong Kong.
Mar 15, 2021, at 04:08 am
Beijing: China's top legislature has urged the country's cash-strapped regional governments not to “blindly expand” infrastructure projects.
Colombo expresses concern over China-made Sri Lanka flag doormat
Mar 15, 2021, at 03:59 am
Colombo: Colombo has expressed concern over China-made Sri Lanka flag doormat which is being sold online.
UK: Protestors clash with London Police
Mar 15, 2021, at 02:06 am
London/Sputnik: Police in London clashed with people who gathered at a vigil on Saturday to commemorate Sarah Everard and call for changes that will keep others safe, hours after a police officer had been charged with killing the woman, media reported.
UK's Raab slams Iran's 'wholly arbitrary' trial of dual citizen on 2nd set of charges
Mar 15, 2021, at 02:02 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The continuation of persecution of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran is "unacceptable and unjustifiable," UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday, urging for the UK-Iranian dual national's immediate release.
Afghanistan: Gunmen kill Provincial CID chief
Mar 14, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen have shot dead the commander of the provincial police Criminal Investigation Department in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, media reports said.
Over 400 employees of Tesla plant in California contracted COVID19 amid pandemic
Mar 14, 2021, at 08:20 pm
Washington/Sputnik: There were around 450 coronavirus cases at Tesla’s California, Bay Area production facility last year, The Washington Post reports citing new data from the PlainSite transparency website.
Moldova's Security Council recommends 2-week COVID-19 emergency
Mar 14, 2021, at 08:11 pm
Chisinau/Sputnik: Moldova's Supreme Security Council has recommended that the government declare a two-week state of emergency over COVID-19, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said on Saturday.
Yoshihide Suga, Joe Biden expected to hold talks in Washington on April 9: Reports
Mar 14, 2021, at 02:38 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to hold talks with US President Joe Biden in Washington already on April 9, the Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported citing diplomatic sources.
Over 400 California Tesla plant employees contracted Covid-19 amid pandemic
Mar 14, 2021, at 02:16 pm
Washington/Sputnik: There were around 450 coronavirus cases at Tesla’s California, Bay Area production facility last year, The Washington Post reports citing new data from the PlainSite transparency website.
Sri Lanka to soon ban burqa, shut down several Islamic schools: Minister
Mar 13, 2021, at 10:38 pm
Colombo: A Sri Lankan Minister has said the country will soon ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools.
Mar 13, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Islamic political parties have called upon the Bangladesh Government to sever all diplomatic ties with China, owing to alleged persecution of Uighur Muslims in the country.
China’s next aircraft carrier ‘likely nuclear powered’
Mar 13, 2021, at 07:04 pm
Beijing/UNI: China is building its fourth aircraft carrier as it seeks to deepen its naval power foothold in the Asia-Pacific region and the vessel is “likely to be nuclear powered,” sources close to the Chinese military revealed on Saturday.
Poor seasonal rains threatening ‘foundations’ of tens of thousands of Somali livelihoods
Mar 13, 2021, at 05:03 pm
New York: Poor rain forecast for the next few months threatens to exacerbate the plight of tens of thousands of Somalis displaced from their homes and villages due to “extreme” water shortages since last November, the UN humanitarian office said on Friday.
UN agency raises alarm over ‘targeted’ violence against women in Myanmar protests
Mar 13, 2021, at 04:56 pm
New York: The United Nations entity dedicated to protection of women’s rights has voiced deep concerns over “targeted and disproportionate” violence against women being recorded during the crackdown against peaceful protesters in Myanmar.
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