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Kabul (Afghanistan)- According to the country’s largest media outlet on Thursday Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all-female TV presenters to cover their faces on air. The order was issued by the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, which is in charge of enforcing the
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Saturday reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unvaccinated population. The deaths and cases, which were from Friday, increased total numbers to 27 deaths and 524,440 illnesses amid a rapid spread of […]
NEW DELHI — India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of Foreign Trade, dated Friday, said a spike in global prices for wheat was threatening the food security of India and […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed on Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, engulfed in a political and economic crisis. Wickremesinghe, a contentious choice by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, took his oath in a ceremony at the president’s residence. Protesters have blocked the […]
BEIJING — Shanghai will try again to reopen in a few days after it has eliminated COVID-19 transmission among the population at large as an outbreak in China’s largest city subsides, an official said Friday. The strict lockdown of the city — now in its seventh week but moved, lifted and reinforced at times to […]
BEIJING — China’s leaders are struggling to reverse an economic slump without giving up anti-virus tactics that shut down Shanghai and other cities, adding to challenges for President Xi Jinping as he tries to extend his time in power. The ruling Communist Party has declared its “zero-COVID” goal of preventing all infections takes priority over […]
SYDNEY — A man impersonating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday disrupted the Australian election campaign when he burst into an event that Prime Minister Scott Morrison was attending with lawmaker Gladys Liu. The impersonator, who later identified himself by the stage name Howard X, started talking to gathered media. “Thank you very […]
EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles on Sunday expressed regret over the election of John Lee as the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong and said his appointment violates the democratic norms of the city-state. “Election of Chief Executive violates democratic principles and political pluralism in Hong Kong. The selection process is yet another […]
Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe reappointed on Thursday Colombo (Sri Lanka) -Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe returned to position on Thursday. An effort to bring stability to the island nation, engulfed in a political and economic crisis. Wickremesinghe, a contentious choice by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,
The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has issued a clarification pertaining to the various queries on if it had halted issuing visas to Sri Lankans. The Indian High Commission categorically denied that it or the Indian Consulates-General or the Assistant High Commission of India in Sri Lanka have stopped issuing visas. In a statement […]
