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South Korea’s daily new Covid count exceeds 13,000 for first time
SEOUL, Jan 26 — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases exceeded 13,000 for the first time, data showed today, while the government sought to revise its Covid-19 response to focus on the highly contagious but less-lethal Omicron…
Unicef: Covid-19 pandemic causing ‘nearly insurmountable’ education losses globally
NEW YORK, Jan 25 — School closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic have caused “nearly insurmountable” losses in education among children around the world, Unicef said yesterday.More than 616 million students are still being affected by…
US and Iran ready for direct nuclear talks
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 — Iran for the first time yesterday said it was open to direct nuclear negotiations with the United States, which declared itself ready to hold talks “urgently” — in a possible turning point in efforts to salvage the…
Tedros in one-man race to remain at WHO helm
GENEVA, Jan 25 — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the most recognisable figures of the global battle against Covid-19, will stand unopposed today for the nomination to continue heading the World Health Organisation.The first…
US, Europe declare ‘unity’ against Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 — President Joe Biden declared “total” unity among Western powers yesterday after crisis talks with European leaders on deterring Russia from an attack against Ukraine and 8,500 US troops were put on standby for…
North Korea appears to have fired cruise missiles, says report
SEOUL, Jan 25 — North Korea fired what appeared to be two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast earlier today, Yonhap news reported citing military sources, days after a flurry of ballistic missile tests.South Korea’s…
China targets celebrities, fan groups in new month-long clean up campaign
BEIJING, Jan 25 — The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) today launched a month-long “clean cyberspace” campaign, which it said would target online abuse, “chaos” in celebrity fan groups and “money worship”, among other issues.…
Kremlin says West escalates tensions with ‘hysteria’
MOSCOW: The Kremlin accused the United States and its allies on Monday of escalating East-West tensions by announcing plans to boost Nato forces in Eastern Europe and evacuate the families of diplomats from the US embassy in Ukraine.…
Pakistan appoints first female Supreme Court judge
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appointed its first female Supreme Court judge on Monday, after a nomination process that proved unusually contentious.Justice Ayesha Malik, 55, had been selected by a commission that decides on the promotion of…
Alert on Jammu border ahead of Republic Day: BSF
Jammu, Jan 24 : Ahead of Republic Day, BSF Jammu frontier has sounded a high alert on the border to foil any possible misadventure, Officials said Monday.BSF in an official statement to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that…