Wed 01 December 2021: A Taliban delegation led by acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with more than a dozen foreign diplomats, including US diplomats, in Doha on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the Taliban-led Afghan government’s foreign ministry. “Today an IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) delegation led by the Afghan Foreign […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: Saudi Arabia, on Monday, called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, Anadolu News Agency reports. Saudi Arabia is looking to convene an “OIC Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting to Discuss Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan,” said SPA, the Kingdom’s official news agency. It […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: The trial of deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who faces a slew of charges that could land her in prison for decades, was postponed on Tuesday by a Myanmar junta court. Since the generals deposed her government in the early hours of February 1, ending the Southeast Asian country’s […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says it expects the international cricket series between India and the Proteas in South Africa to go ahead following concerns that the tour may be put in jeopardy due to the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The Indian ‘A’ side – or […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: A bill to cancel the three controversial farm laws at the heart of massive farmer protests for over a year was passed within four minutes in parliament today, without discussion. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 was introduced in the Lok Sabha at 12.06 pm and passed at 12.10 pm. The […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: On Tuesday, ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear the verdict in her incitement trial, the first in a series of rulings by a junta court that could send her to prison for decades. Since the generals deposed her government in the early hours of February 1, ending the […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: Comedian Munawar Faruqui today indicated he may not do any more shows, after at least 12 of his shows were cancelled in the last two months due to threats from right-wing groups. The latest show to be cancelled was scheduled today in Bengaluru, where the police asked the organisers to call […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: The Chinese capital of Beijing launched its first commercial trial of autonomous driving and rolled out relevant management policies earlier this week, according to the city’s high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone office. The cumulative mileage of autonomous driving tests has reached nearly 3 million km since April this year with the […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: According to South Korean news agency Newsis, South Korean government is considering making unvaccinated citizens pay a portion of the cost of COVID-19 treatment. The initiative aims to boost the country’s vaccination rate, which is currently at 79.4 percent for the general population and 91.2 percent for adults. However, the recent […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China has launched its first intercontinental air cargo route, connecting the regional capital of Nanning with Lima, Peru’s capital. A cargo aircraft loaded with 45 tons of commodities and operated by a Kyrgyz flight company, on Thursday took off from Nanning Wuxu International Airport and […]
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