Report shows Kenya’s reliance on China proves to be a sour experience
Nairobi: Kenya's over-dependence on China is slowly leading to trouble, experts believe.
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Sri Lanka's sea cucumber industry is facing trouble: Reports
Colombo: Sri Lanka-based Centre for Strategic Studies- Trincomalee (CSST) reported that the sea cucumber fishing industry is slowly disappearing in the country.
Two killed in riot at Chinese-funded nickel plant in Indonesia
Jakarta: Two workers including a Chinese national were killed during a clash that broke out at an Indonesian nickel processing plant over the weekend, media reports said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka announces local council polls in March
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lanka's local council polls will be held on March 9, 2023, country’s national election commission on Saturday.
Pakistan: Blast derails train in Bolan, 18 hurt
Islamabad: At least 18 people were hurt when a train derailed after a remote-control bomb detonated on a railway track in Bolan region of Pakistan, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Punjab CTD arrests five suspected terrorists
Islamabad: The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department in Pakistan have arrested five suspected terrorists belonging to banned organisations during intelligence-based operations across the province, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Imran Khan may become PTI’s ‘patron-in-chief’
Islamabad, Jan 21 (UNI) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf reviewed the legal challenges regarding Imran Khan’s position as the party chief and considered appointing him as “patron-in-chief” to avoid the danger of him being removed as chairman, media reports said on Saturday.
British PM Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seat belt
London: British PM Rishi Sunak was fined recently for not wearing a seat belt in the running car, media reports said.
Xi Jinping worries about spread of COVID-19 to countryside
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is worried about the spread of the COVID-19 infection to the countryside.
Afghanistan: Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights
New York: The UN deputy chief and head of UN Women have conveyed a direct message to Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership calling on them to put the good of the country first and end recent policies towards women and girls that have confined them in their own homes, and violated their basic human rights.
COVID-19: China ‘making enormous progress’ to get every older adult vaccinated
New York: China is “making enormous progress and effort” to get every older adult vaccinated against COVID-19, the UN health agency said on Friday, while also cautioning that it will take time to protect everyone.
Afghanistan: Collapse of legal system is ‘human rights catastrophe’
New York: The ongoing collapse of the rule of law and judicial independence in Afghanistan is “a human rights catastrophe”, UN-appointed independent human rights experts warned on Friday.
Cambodia positioned to fully integrate LGBT people into society, UN expert says
New York: Cambodia is poised to make strides towards the full social integration of gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, protecting them from violence and discrimination, a UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
Madagascar: Innovative relief project offers hope for sustainable future
New York: An innovative project seeking to develop climate resilience, self-sufficiency and the empowerment of vulnerable rural communities in southern Madagascar, could offer a game-changing template for future humanitarian work, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Ukraine: UN aid reaches Soledar area as IAEA boosts safety measures at nuclear sites
The first UN aid convoy to reach the vicinity of the battered eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar, since the Russian invasion began nearly a year ago, arrived on Friday morning, providing support for more than 800 civilians in need.
Surviving in minus 62 degree Celsius- the world's coldest city in Russia
Yakutsk: Mercury dropped to minus 62 degrees Celsius during an abnormally cold snap in Russia's Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world.
Twitter lost 80 pc of its workforce under Elon Musk: Reports
Washington: The number of employees at Twitter has decreased by about 80% since US entrepreneur Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar acquisition, CNBC reports citing internal company records.
Pakistan: Terrorists behead teen in Lakki Marwat
Lakki Marwat: Police on Wednesday said terrorists have beheaded the body of a teenager in Lakki Marwat region of Pakistan.
Over 60 women kidnapped in Burkina Faso freed : Reports
Moscow: Dozens of girls and women abducted earlier this month in Burkina Faso have been released, the national RTB broadcaster reports.
Chris Hipkins to replace Jacinda Ardern as NZ PM
Wellington: New Zealand Labour MP Chris Hipkins is going to replace Jacinda Ardern as the new Prime Minister of the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Protests held in Sindh towns over police action in Sann
Islamabad: Nationalist party members demonstrated and took out rallies in many towns of the province Sindh in protest against police action against workers on the occasion G.M. Syed’s birth anniversary in Sann the other day, media reports said.
China witnessed 400 million deaths due to COVID-19: Reports
Beijing: Chinese hospitals are currently flooded with dead bodies and crematoriums are witnessing log queues as the country is continuing to witness a surge in COVID-19 infection, media reports said on Friday.
China sends 31 aircraft, 4 ships to Taiwan strait: Taiwanese Defense Ministry
Beijing: The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said on Friday that the island’s armed forces registered 31 aircraft and four ships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) approaching the island during the day.
Second phase of Bishwa Ijtema begins at Tongi in Bangladesh
Dhaka: The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims, began on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, in the early hours of Friday.
Around 2 million facing food insecurity across Lebanon
New York: Some two million people in Lebanon, including 1.29 million Lebanese residents and 700,000 Syrian refugees, are suffering some form of food insecurity as a result of the multiple crises afflicting the country, with the situation expected to get worse in the months ahead, UN agencies said on Thursday.
Pakistan requests IMF to send review mission next week
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sent a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requesting the lender of the last resort to send its review mission to the federal capital next week, media reports said.
Afghan girls and women made focus of International Education Day: UNESCO
New York: Barring girls and young women from classrooms in Afghanistan could wipe out huge gains made in education and create “a lost generation”, the UN’s educational and cultural organization, UNESCO, has warned.
Northern Ireland: UK ‘immunity’ legislation could hamper victims’ rights, warns Türk
The United Kingdom’s plans to offer limited immunity from prosecution to those accused of crimes during Northern Ireland’s “Troubles” have been called into question by UN rights chief Volker Türk.
Death toll from snow avalanche in Tibet increases to 13: Reports
Beijing: The death toll from a snow avalanche in the district of Nyingchi in the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China has increased to 13 people, Chinese state media reported on Friday.
Pakistan: Terror attack leaves three cops dead
Khyber: Terrorists attacked a checkpost in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Thursday which left three policemen dead, media reports said.