Sat 17 April 2021: Myanmar’s State Administration Council remitted sentences of a total of 23,184 prisoners on Saturday, the first day of Myanmar Calendar New Year. According to the council’s orders, 23,047 Myanmar national prisoners and 137 foreign prisoners are remitted sentences to mark Myanmar’s traditional new year and on humanitarian ground as well as […]
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Sat 17 April 2021: India on Saturday recorded a new high of more than 234,000 daily coronavirus cases, according to Health Ministry figures. The figures show 234,692 cases were registered, which pushed the total to 14.5 million. There were 1,341 new deaths, taking the number of fatalities to 175,649. Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The withdrawal of the Italian contingent from Afghanistan will begin in the coming days, Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini said on Friday. “A few days ago, together with the Atlantic Alliance [NATO], we decided to complete a mission of many years in Afghanistan. The return of 800 Italian servicemen deployed to […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The police in Yancheng in eastern China’s Jiangsu province have raided an online service for gambling illegal in the country which accepts cryptocurrencies as payment, the local police department said on Friday. According to a statement from the Yancheng police, the online gambling service is based on an app called “Biggame,” […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: Scam-accused billionaire Nirav Modi’s extradition to India has been cleared by the British government. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel today signed the extradition order. Nirav Modi, 50, is a step closer to extradition but still has the option of legally challenging it within 28 days before the UK High Court. The […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The social media sites have been restored in Pakistan which were earlier shut on the orders of the Interior Ministry for four hours. The federal government had on Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend social media platforms in the country from 11am-3pm. In a notice to the Pakistan […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority blocked social media sites for four hours in Pakistan Friday morning, Samaa TV reported A temporary ban has been imposed on Facebook, Google, Twitter, Telegram, Tiktok, WhatsApp, and YouTube. They will resume working at 3pm. In a brief statement, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority announced “complete access to social […]
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Thu 15 April 2021: Japan’s decision to release “treated” radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea in two years has triggered calls for an international tribunal over the issue. South Korean President Moon Jae-in told new Japanese ambassador Koichi Aiboshi in Seoul on Wednesday that there is great concern among South Koreans, […]
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Thu 15 April 2021: India has reported a record 200,000 new daily COVID-19 cases, with the financial hub of Mumbai going into lockdown and hospitals treating coronavirus patients reporting severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies. According to figures released Thursday by the Health Ministry, a total of 206,793 cases were registered, which pushed the country’s total […]
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Thu 15 April 2021: NATO will begin to withdraw all member state forces from Afghanistan by May 1, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. The “orderly, coordinated and deliberate” drawdown will be completed “within a few months,” Stoltenberg said at the conclusion of the alliance’s defense and foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. “We are united […]
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