Tue 26 March 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – Five Chinese nationals and a Pakistani driver have been killed after a suicide attacker rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into their convoy near Besham city in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident happened on Tuesday when the convoy was on its way from Islamabad to Dasu, the site of […]
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Tue 26 March 2024: Like the US and the UK, New Zealand has accused Beijing of malicious cyberactivity by claiming that state-sponsored hackers from China attacked parliament. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Tuesday that the cyberattack was “unacceptable” and that his country’s concerns had been conveyed directly to Beijing. “Foreign interference of this […]
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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have cracked down on poppy cultivationImage: Oriane Zerah/picture alliance/abaca. Mon 25 March 2024: The Afghan caretaker government has demolished 1,250 drug processing laboratories across the country since assuming power in August 2021, Afghanistan’s TV channel TOLOnews has reported. “About 1,250 alcohol and drug processing factories in various provinces of the country have […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: On Monday, March 25, medical professors in South Korea declared that they will cut back on their practice hours in support of medical students who have been on strike for more than a month. The government’s plan to boost medical school admissions has been met with protests from the trainee doctors. […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: McDonald’s stores across Sri Lanka shut Sunday after the US fast-food giant launched a legal battle with its local franchise holder over allegations of poor hygiene, court officials said. The Commercial High Court of Colombo ordered the closures until April 4, after the parent company accused the local franchise holder of […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: Nearly 80 per cent of Afghanistan’s population lacks access to potable water, according to a report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Afghanistan. The report pointed out that the severe drought conditions, economic instability, and the devastating effects of prolonged conflicts have significantly reduced Afghanistan’s water infrastructure, Xinhua news agency […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: Pakistani officials said on Tuesday that they will resume the process of forced deportation of Afghan immigrants from that country. This comes after Pakistan carried out airstrikes on residential houses in Barmal district of Paktika province and Spera district of Khost province on Sunday night. As a result of these airstrikes, […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: India’s financial crime bureau has detained Delhi Chief Minister and well-known opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal in relation to corruption claims involving the city’s liquor policy, his party has said. After two of Arvind Kejriwal’s deputies were arrested in the same case last year, which the party has referred to as “dirty […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: India’s top court has ordered a stay on the government notifying a state-run press body to check alleged fake news or misinformation about the government’s policies on social media. The Supreme Court’s order on Thursday said “serious constitutional questions” were raised in the petitions challenging the government’s move. The court’s ruling […]
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Many elderly Chinese plan to return to work after retirement [Courtesy: Thomas Peter/Reuters] Thu 21 March 2024: Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man. “I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about […]
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