Wed 03 April 2024: Taiwan has been jolted by its biggest earthquake in a quarter-century, triggering tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island, Japan and the Philippines. The earthquake on Wednesday shook buildings off their foundations and led to a landslide in the eastern part of the island. At least two buildings in the eastern city […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations. “This is a country that is next to us, and one way or another we communicate with them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s jail sentence in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts. Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each handed a 14-year sentence in the case on January 31 – just a week ahead of the February 8 elections, which […]
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Sat 30 March 2024: New Delhi: Three months after his lawyers moved the Supreme Court about the possibility that he may be eliminated in custody, jailed former legislator Mukhtar Ansari died on Thursday, March 28 due to “cardiac arrest” after he was rushed to a hospital from Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh. Government doctors said Ansari […]
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Lutfulloi Nazrimad, a suspect in the Crocus City Hall shooting, stands in a glass cage in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow [Basmanny District Court press service via AP] Sat 30 March 2024: Nine people have been detained by Tajikistan’s national security service on suspicion of having links with the gunmen who attacked a […]
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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s president Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd L) has apologised for not acting sooner. Sat 30 March 2024: Health inspectors in Japan raided a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical plant after the pharmaceutical company disclosed that a fifth death may have been connected to its dietary supplements, which were promoted as aiding in cholesterol reduction. On Saturday, representatives from […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India’s mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: Indonesia is looking for proof that the supposedly extinct Javan tiger may not be completely extinct. An official from the country’s environment ministry revealed the search for evidence of the big cat’s survival on Tuesday. The search will involve the use of camera traps and comprehensive DNA sweeps. It is thought […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: India remains the world’s top arms importer, accounting for 9.8% of the global arms sales, states the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an European think tank which tracks arms sales globally. Quoting the SIPRI report, Deccan Herald wrote, Russia continues to be India’s main weapons supplier — accounting […]
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Rohingya men and women at a shelter in New Delhi [Handout via Al Jazeera] Wed 27 March 2024: Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur ordered the deportation of Rohingya refugees. On that day, the state’s Chief […]
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