Sri Lankan president appoints task force led by controversial monk for One Country, One Law’-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 13-member task force, headed by a hardline Buddhist monk […]
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Nepal’s Chief Justice refuses to step down amidst allegations of colluding with government-
By PTI KATHMANDU: Nepal Supreme Court Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has refused to resign from his post amidst allegations
Indian-origin Singaporean fined for hosting in-laws’ wedding dinner during COVID restrictions-
By PTI SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin Singaporean was fined SGD3,000 for hosting a dinner involving at least 20 people to celebrate
Italy hosts a climate-focused G20 as geopolitics shift-
By PTI ROME: The leaders of Russia and China aren’t coming. Turkey nearly set off a diplomatic incident on the
Iran’s president says cyberattack meant to create ‘disorder’-
By PTI DUBAI: Iran’s president is saying that a cyberattack that shut down gas stations across the nation aimed to
Washington orders Chinese phone carrier out of US market-
By PTI BEIJING: U.S. regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned
Saudi Arabia to provide USD 3 billion to cash-strapped Pakistan-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide USD 3 billion to cash-strapped Pakistan in safe deposits and USD
Greenpeace urges Europe to drop short flights, take trains-
By PTI BRUSSELS: A study commissioned by the environmental group Greenpeace shows that over one-third of the busiest short-haul flights
US, China, Russia join ASEAN summit amid regional disputes-
By Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR: President Joe Biden and China’s Premier Li Keqiang will join an annual summit of 18
Vietnam starts vaccinating kids in effort to reopen schools-
By Associated Press HANOI: Vietnam on Wednesday started to vaccinate children as part of an effort to reopen schools after