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China-Pakistan friendship has grown into a ‘towering tree’, China’s UN envoy

Posted on March 24, 2021 by News Desk

NEW YORK :The friendship between China and Pakistan over the past 70 years has grown into a “towering tree, deep rooted in the hearts of the two peoples,” Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said at a virtual meeting held on Tuesday to celebrate Pakistan Day. “China […]

Boris Johnson pledges to ease UK COVID restrictions ‘once and for all’

Posted on March 23, 2021 by News Desk

In late February, Boris Johnson announced a four-step roadmap to take England out of its full national lockdown, which is expected to be lifted before the end of June. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised the irreversible ending of coronavirus restrictions while delivering a speech to commemorate the […]

After four deaths, Norway believes AstraZeneca’s vaccine may be stopped for good

Posted on March 23, 2021 by News Desk

Since the hiatus in vaccination due to an investigation of the AstraZeneca vaccine’s severe side effects and possible deaths, Norwegians’ willingness to inoculate has dropped by 11 percent. At the same time, the more contagious British variant appears to have become the dominant one in the […]

US defense secretary meets Afghan president in Kabul

Posted on March 22, 2021 by News Desk

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited Kabul on Sunday to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ahead of a key international peace conference on Afghanistan in Turkey. The Afghan president and US defense secretary agreed that enduring and just peace is the main solution for the current […]

Trump says only way to end border crisis is to adopt his ‘proven policies’

Posted on March 22, 2021 by News Desk

One of Trump’s biggest campaign promises in 2016 was the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, coupled with a particularly tough policy on aliens. The 45th president emphasized that this will help stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling, although the wall was not completed […]

EU ban might ‘set back’ UK COVID-19 jab drive but ‘fail to bail out bloc’

Posted on March 22, 2021 by News Desk

Amid ramped up political tensions over claims that AstraZeneca failed to supply the jab volume it promised the EU this quarter and bungled the vaccination roll-out in the bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threatened to hold shipments scheduled for delivery to the UK hostage, […]

Protests in France against police impunity

Posted on March 21, 2021 by News Desk

Thousands of demonstrators marched alongside families and relatives of victims of police violence across France on Saturday to protest impunity and racism by law enforcement. Several groups including the Network of Mutual Aid Truth and Justice, family collectives of killed, wounded and mutilated by violence and crimes by law enforcement […]

Saudi coalition strikes advancing Yemen rebels

Posted on March 21, 2021 by News Desk

Riyadh – The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Saturday it had launched air strikes in support of pro-government forces battling a quickening Huthi rebel advance on the northern city of Marib. The move came after a drone strike set a Riyadh oil refinery ablaze on Friday, in […]

Four nations may sign peace deals with Israel soon: official

Posted on March 18, 2021 by News Desk

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said Wednesday he expects three more Arab countries and an African country to sign peace deals with Israel soon. In an interview with the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Cohen said the countries that are the closest to signing normalization deals with Israel […]

Bigoted hatred of Muslims at ‘epidemic’ level: UN Chief

Posted on March 18, 2021 by News Desk

Hatred and discrimination against Muslims has risen to “epidemic proportions,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday. Guterres described skyrocketing anti-Muslim bigotry as part of a wider shift globally toward nationalism, and away from minority rights. “A resurgence in anti-Muslim bigotry is certainly in-line with other distressing […]

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China-Pakistan friendship has grown into a ‘towering tree’, China’s UN envoy

Boris Johnson pledges to ease UK COVID restrictions ‘once and for all’

After four deaths, Norway believes AstraZeneca’s vaccine may be stopped for good

US defense secretary meets Afghan president in Kabul

Trump says only way to end border crisis is to adopt his ‘proven policies’

EU ban might ‘set back’ UK COVID-19 jab drive but ‘fail to bail out bloc’

Protests in France against police impunity

Saudi coalition strikes advancing Yemen rebels

Four nations may sign peace deals with Israel soon: official

Bigoted hatred of Muslims at ‘epidemic’ level: UN Chief

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