Sat 19 April 2025: The Trump administration replaced the Covid.gov website with a platform that centers on the theory that the coronavirus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, NBC News reported Friday. Once a hub for COVID-19 resources such as vaccine information, testing access and long COVID support, the site now redirects users to […]
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Sat 19 April 2025: China on Saturday held the world’s first humanoid robot race alongside human participants. Chinese-made Tien Kung Ultra came in first in the half-marathon with nearly 2 hours and 40 minutes time. The robot completed the 21-kilometer course without showing any visible signs of fatigue, state-run Global Times reported. Nearly 20 robotic […]
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Sat 19 April 2025: For the first time since 1974, US military personnel and Japanese police jointly patrolled southern Okinawa on Friday, following recent sexual assault cases involving US troops. The patrols, initiated by the US to curb such incidents, focused on high-traffic areas of the city, as reported by Kyodo news. Okinawa hosts 31 […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the country’s ban on the activities of the Taliban movement, the court’s press service announced. The Taliban has been designated a terrorist organization by Russia, but the ruling effectively suspends that label, though it remains under international UN sanctions. A representative of the Taliban was […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: More than 10 million Muslims in India’s northeastern state of Assam are on the verge of a humanitarian crisis enabled by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In line with its hardline Hindutva ideology, the party has targeted Muslims through illegal mass arrests, arbitrarily demolished their homes, mosques and madrasas and […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Millions flooded Kozhikode Beach in Kerala on Wednesday evening to protest the Union government’s newly passed Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. Organised by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the rally saw a sea of people from across the state, with organisers claiming a turnout of over two hundred thousand calling it […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: The Chinese president has been continuing a tour of Southeast Asia, as he seeks to court countries hit hard by Trump’s tariff threats. Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy, was targeted with a 24 percent tariff by the Trump administration, while Vietnam, a manufacturing powerhouse, was slapped with 46 percent tariffs and Cambodia, a […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has ratified the Third Amendment to the Maldives Immigration Act prohibiting Israeli passport holders from entering the territory of the Republic of Maldives, the President’s Office said on Tuesday. The amendment was passed by the People’s Majlis during the 20th sitting of the first session of the […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: China has accused the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States of launching “advanced” cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in February. It comes as the US government launches investigations into imports of computer chips, chip-making gear and pharmaceuticals as it takes further steps towards imposing more tariffs. Meanwhile, US […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Bangladesh’s transitional government has reinstated a clause in passports effectively barring travel to Israel following large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations nationwide. The Home Ministry issued an order on April 7 instructing the Department of Immigration and Passports to restore the clause, which makes Bangladesh’s passports read “THIS PASSPORT IS VALID FOR ALL COUNTRIES […]
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