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Australian adviser to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi appears in junta court
News Source : AFP
YANGON: An Australian adviser to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a junta court to face immigration and...
Cambodian researchers tracking Covid-19 origin in bats
News Source : Reuters
STUNG TRENG: Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to...
British study to test mixed Covid-19 vaccine dose schedules in children
News Source : Reuters
LONDON: A British study will look into the immune responses of children to mixed schedules of different Covid-19 vaccines as officials...
Afghanistan’s Hazara, a persecuted minority living in fear of Taliban
News Source : AFP
NAJAF: Many Afghans from the Hazara ethnic minority studying in Iraq’s city of Najaf watched in terror as their homeland fell...
Xi says ‘critical’ to reset US ties after ‘serious difficulties’
News Source : AFP
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told his American counterpart that US policies towards Beijing have caused “serious difficulties” and that putting...
‘Incredible fear’ among women across Afghanistan, says UN
News Source : Reuters
NEW YORK: A lack of clarity on the Taliban’s position on women in Afghanistan has generated “incredible fear” across the country,...
Blinken warns US getting ‘closer’ to giving up on Iran deal
News Source : AFP
RAMSTEIN: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that time was running out for Iran to return to a nuclear...
Mass Covid-19 testing launched in Bangkok’s biggest slum
News Source : AFP
BANGKOK: For families struggling to survive on US$150 a month in Bangkok’s biggest slum, coronavirus swab tests are a luxury that...
7.1-magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, causes buildings to sway
News Source : AFP
MEXICO CITY: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday near the Pacific coast, the National Seismological Service said, shaking buildings in...
Returning Syrian refugees face torture, rape, Amnesty reports
News Source : AFP
BEIRUT: Dozens of Syrians who returned home from abroad have been subject to detention, disappearance and torture by security forces, Amnesty...