Mon 07 February 2022: In an interview with French newspaper L’Equipe at a hotel in Beijing, Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai denied she had made such allegations. “In the text we could see in Europe, you accused someone of sexual assault. What did you really write? We don’t understand,” asked the paper. “Sexual assault? I […]
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Sun 06 February 2022: Lata Mangeshkar, for whom the description playback singer is something of an understatement, died in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Sunday. She was 92. Ms Mangeshkar was taken to the intensive care unit on January 8 after testing positive for COVID-19. Lata Mangeshkar was also being treated for both pneumonia. Over the next […]
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Sun 06 February 2022: Kathmandu- Nepal: Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown. The South Col formation may already have lost around 55 metres (180 feet) of thickness in the […]
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Sat 05 February 2022: A life-sized bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised in a New York City neighbourhood on Saturday, an act strongly condemned as ‘despicable’ by the Consulate General of India here. The 8-foot-high statue, located in Manhattan’s Union Square, was defaced by some unknown persons, the Consulate General of India said. “The […]
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Sat 05 February 2022: Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital earlier last month, after testing positive for COVID-19, is still in the ICU and is on a ventilator, reported news agency ANI. The singer, 92, was also being treated for pneumonia. She recovered from COVID-19 and pneumonia on January 30. “Veteran singer […]
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Sat 05 February 2022: Beijing reported a pickup in new COVID-19 cases among those in China for the Winter Olympics on the day the games kicked off, highlighting challenges to contain the virus as more participants arrive. Official data showed 45 new cases were identified on February 4, more than double the previous day’s tally and compared […]
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Fri 04 February 2022: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is still undergoing recovery process at the National Heart Institute here, according to a statement issued by Dr Mahathir’s Office. It said the former prime minister was allowed to return home last Feb 2, but required to return to IJN for physiotheraphy and further treatment. […]
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Fri 04 February 2022: Military government in Myanmar has filed an eleventh corruption accusation against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the latest in a series of charges against the Nobel laureate, who faces a prison sentence of more than 150 years. The new case was announced on Thursday, as the military allegedly conducted further […]
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Thu 03 February 2022: According to a police study released on Thursday, children in Japan experienced an increase in abuse cases last year as a result of limited welfare measures brought on by coronavirus precautions. Last year, the country’s National Police Agency investigated 2,170 complaints of child abuse, a 1.7 percent increase over the previous […]
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Thu 03 February 2022: The US stated on Wednesday that international banks can transfer money to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, and aid groups can pay teachers and healthcare personnel at state-run institutions without risk of violating sanctions on the Taliban. The US Department of the Treasury has issued guidance on sanctions exemptions granted in September […]
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