Sun 20 July 2025: Japan’s health ministry on Wednesday revealed that it discarded approximately 240 billion yen (around $1.6 billion) worth of COVID-19 oral medications in the fiscal year ending March, after the drugs passed their expiration dates, according to Kyodo News Agency. The medications — enough to treat roughly 2.5 million people — were purchased at the […]
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Sun 20 July 2025: The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed 16 FIRs filed against 70 Indian nationals who were accused of sheltering foreign participants of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna passed the order, stating, “Chargesheets quashed”. A detailed judgment is awaited. The Delhi Police alleged […]
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Sun 20 July 2025: China on Saturday launched construction of what is set to become the world’s largest hydropower project, located in the remote Yarlung Zangbo River gorge in the southwestern Tibet region, according to state-run media reports. Premier Li Qiang inaugurated the project at a groundbreaking ceremony in the city of Nyingchi in the Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, CGTN reported. […]
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Sat 19 July 2025: President Donald Trump said at least five planes were shot down during the latest hostilities between India and Pakistan in May, insisting it was the US which “stopped the war” between the two nuclear-armed nations. “Planes were being shot out of the air … I think five jets were shot down, […]
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Fri 18 July 2025: India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau urges against drawing ‘conclusions through selective, unverified reporting’ A black-box recording has revealed that the captain of the Air India flight that crashed last month, killing 261 people, turned off the fuel switches after taking off from the western state of Gujarat in India, according to […]
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Wed 16 July 2025: Police say the suspects have sent more than a dozen babies to Singapore for adoption. Police in Indonesia have arrested 12 people after uncovering a human trafficking ring that has sent more than a dozen babies to Singapore for adoption. The West Java police told reporters on Tuesday that the case […]
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Wed 16 July 2025: Britain set up a secret scheme to bring thousands of Afghans to the UK after their personal details were disclosed in a data leak, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban after their return to power in Afghanistan. The data breach and relocation programme were made public on Tuesday after a […]
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Wed 16 July 2025: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Wednesday that countries such as Brazil, China and India could be hit very hard by secondary sanctions if they continued to do business with Russia. Rutte made the comment while meeting with senators in the U.S. Congress the day after President Donald Trump announced new weapons for […]
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Tue 15 July 2025: Pakistan said on Monday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression. The move turns an existing paramilitary force deployed on Pakistan’s northwestern border with Afghanistan into a national security force that will […]
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Mon 14 July 2025: They strut about with medals on their chests and missiles in the background, claiming to be defenders of the Muslim world, protectors of the faith, and guardians of the nation. They command one of the largest armies on Earth, sit atop a nuclear arsenal, and rule a state ostensibly founded as […]
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