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Lonely Pakistan elephant quickly adapts to new home in Cambodia

BEIJING, :Lonely Pakistan elephant Kaavan is healthy and has quickly adapted himself to his new home here, Cambodian Ministry of Environment secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra said. The 35-year-old Asian bull elephant arrived in northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap province from Pakistan by a […]

Sanctions threats on Turkey will disappoint: Erdogan

Those who threaten Turkey with sanctions will end up disappointed, the nation’s president said on Saturday. “We are determined to put across that Turkey will never hesitate to use its sovereign rights,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a highway opening. “They tried to confront Turkey using every […]

CDC issues new guidelines regarding allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines

In December, the US Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorisation for two vaccines, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. The country remains the nation worst affected in the coronavirus pandemic, having registered over 17 million cases and at least 315,000 deaths. The US Centers for Disease Control […]

Nuclear security risks increased under Trump, IAEA chief says

UNITED NATIONS, : The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that the world has become a more dangerous place partly due to President Donald Trump’s policies, and he urged President-elect Joe Biden to return to nuclear negotiations with Iran. In an […]

UN envoy for Afghanistan calls for reduction of violence for peace talks to make progress

UNITED NATIONS, : The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has urged all countries to continue pressuring the parties to the conflict for reducing violence in the war-torn country so that the peace process could move forward. “Regrettably, the unrelenting violence remains a serious obstacle to […]

Joe Biden defends his son Hunter over tax probe

Earlier in December, Hunter Biden asserted that he is under federal investigation over what he identified as “tax affairs” pertaining to his business in Ukraine and China. Elected President Joe Biden again stands with the stance of his son in connection with an ongoing probe into […]

France’s Macron tests positive for Covid-19

Paris – French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the presidency said, adding that he would now self-isolate for the next week. He is one of several world leaders who have contracted Covid-19, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President […]

UN chief warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged world’s rich nations to make stronger contributions to make coronavirus vaccine available to everyone on the planet. “It is not with vaccine nationalism that we are going to defeat the COVID, it is with international cooperation,” he […]

Nikki Haley urges Biden to keep ‘three critical areas’ of Trump’s FP

The US Electoral College confirmed Democrat Joe Biden’s victory on Monday, in the 3 November presidential election with 306 ballots cast in his favor. President Donald Trump still declines to concede, pointing to what he describes as voter fraud. Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki […]

Indian farmer commits suicide at main protesting sites in Delhi

Thousands of farmers, who have been protesting on the outskirts of New Delhi since 26 November, are demanding the government rollback a trio of controversial laws. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the opposition of misleading the farmers. A 65-year-old farmer has committed suicide […]

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