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World - 2021-01-09

South Asia

Indonesian navy: location of missing plane has been found

The coordinates have been found and have been given to all Navy vessels in the area.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:34pm

USA

Florida man photographed carrying Speaker's lectern in Capitol riot arrested by federal marshal

Adam Christian Johnson was arrested on a federal warrant and booked into the Pinellas County jail Friday night.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:31pm

USA

Cuba to collaborate with Iran on coronavirus vaccine

The allies are both under fierce US sanctions that exempt medicine yet often put foreign pharmaceutical companies off trading with them and as such they seek to be self-reliant.
Iran launched human trials of its first domestic COVID-19 vaccine candidate late last month, while Cuba has four candidates currently in trials although none yet in humans.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:28pm

Europe

France to extend curfew as 'tough, necessary' measure

Castex also defended the government's vaccine rollout strategy, criticised in some quarters for its slow start.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:18pm

Middle East

Twitter removes Khamenei vaccine tweet for 'violating' rules

The Islamic republic has reported more than 1.2 million cases of the novel coronavirus, which have caused over 56,000 deaths.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:16pm

South Asia

India to start mammoth vaccination drive on January 16

The vaccine is to be free for the country's population of 1.3 billion.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:14pm

Middle East

Jordan approves China's Sinopharm Covid vaccine

China's Sinopharm says its vaccine has a 79 percent efficacy rate.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:09pm

Africa

US envoy visits W.Sahara after Morocco-Israel deal

Last year Morocco joined the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan in agreeing to normalise ties with Israel under US-brokered deals.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 08:09pm

Europe

Queen Elizabeth and husband receive COVID vaccines: palace

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have today received COVID-19 vaccinations.
the vaccines were administered by a household doctor at the queen's Windsor Castle residence.

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 08:28pm

Europe

Irish health officials believe South African COVID-19 variant contained

Ireland this week reported an increasing presence of the variant first found in England. It was detected in 25% of positive cases that underwent further testing in the week to Jan. 3
The UK variant is of more concern to us purely because of the amount of virus that's on the island.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:43pm

South Asia

Missing Sriwijaya Air plane in Indonesia was in good condition

He also said the flight was delayed for 30 minutes before it could take off due to heavy rain.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:34pm

South Asia

China calls for swift return of missing soldier held by India

The China Military Online, a news portal run by the military's official PLA Daily, said on Saturday the Chinese border guard went missing on Friday.
Tensions flared between China and India last June when a clash along the disputed Himalayan border led to the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:20pm

South Asia

Austria to roll out 5 million coronavirus tests for school pupils

Testing is the right answer to bridge the difficult months until the vaccine coverage is complete.
There will be parents who refuse," Fassmann told a press conference. "But overall this is an opportunity not only to open up the schools, but also to keep them open.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:12pm

USA

Trump accuses Twitter of conspiring 'to silence me'

Apparently expecting such a move, Trump also put out his comments as a statement through the White House press office.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:09pm

USA

US sets new record with nearly 290,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

The day before, the US had recorded a record of nearly 4,000 deaths in 24 hours.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:06pm

USA

Twitter permanently suspends Trump as presidency crumbles

Two days after Trump sent a mob of followers to march on Congress, his presidency is in freefall, with allies walking away and opponents sharpening their teeth.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:53pm

South Asia

China says WHO Wuhan visit preparations ongoing

The WHO previously said China had granted permission for a visit by a 10-person team.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:51pm

Africa

French warplanes fly over Central African Republic as vote tensions grow

Follows earlier French warplane mission on Dec. 23.
Tensions in Central African Republic over election.
Commission has declared President Touadera winner.
Other candidates have called for re-run.
Macron reiterates condemnation of Francois Bozize.

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 07:11pm

South Asia

Osaka seeks state of emergency as new Tokyo COVID-19 infections top 2,000

Kyoto and Hyogo was severe and the declaration of a wider state of emergency was being considered after a request from the cities' governors.
Tokyo reported 2,268 new daily coronavirus cases on Saturday.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:49pm

USA

Sinovac, AstraZeneca seek vaccine approval in Brazil

Brazil has the second-highest death toll in the pandemic after the United States, with more than 200,000 people killed by Covid-19.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:49pm

South Asia

China enacts rules to counter 'unjustified' foreign laws

Government departments may also support people or firms that suffer significant losses from non-compliance with overseas rules.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:49pm

Europe

Russia reports 23,309 new coronavirus cases, 470 deaths

Authorities said 470 people had died, taking Russia's official death toll to 61,381.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:42pm

USA

An isolated Trump, cut off from Twitter, faces a new drive for impeachment

The resulting chaos, viewed with shock around the world, left a police officer and four others dead in its wake.
Twitter quickly deleted those posts and soon after suspended the Trump campaign account.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:36pm

South Asia

Iran bans foreign companies from testing COVID-19 vaccines on Iranians: president

Foreign companies wanted to give us vaccines so they would be tested on the Iranian people. But the health ministry prevented it.
Our people will not be a testing device for vaccine manufacturing companies," he added. "We shall purchase safe foreign vaccines.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:34pm

Africa

Cameroon separatists kill six at army post: government

More than 3,000 people have been killed and at least 700,000 have fled their homes since the separatists launched their armed campaign.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:32pm

USA

US logs record virus caseload as millions in Asia enter new lockdowns

Almost 1.9 million people have now died from the virus, with new variants sending cases soaring and prompting the re-introduction of curbs.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:30pm

USA

New Covid-19 variant found in eight US states: official data

The strain has also been found in Colorado, Texas, New York, Georgia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, in a total of 63 cases.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:30pm

South Asia

China tightens virus restrictions on new cluster ahead of Lunar New Year

Hebei has reported over 130 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past week, with more than 200 more asymptomatic infections.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:26pm

Middle East

Qatar-Saudi border reopens after thaw

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt which also imposed an embargo on travel and trade.
They agreed to lift the restrictions at a GCC summit in the kingdom on Tuesday.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:23pm

Europe

French president's wife tested positive for COVID-19 in late December

Europe 1 said Brigitte Macron tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 24. It said she presented no major symptoms and then had two further tests on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 which proved negative.
President Macron himself tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 17

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:22pm

South Asia

North Korea's Kim calls US 'principal enemy'

Kim and Trump first engaged in a war of words and mutual threats, before an extraordinary diplomatic bromance.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:18pm

Europe

Avalanche kills three at Russian Arctic ski resort

In spring 2019, seven climbers died in an avalanche in Siberia's Altai mountains.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:16pm

Europe

Snowstorm chaos hits Spain, with more forecast

Madrid's Barajas airport was shut down late Friday and hundreds of motorists were left stranded.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:13pm

Europe

French president's wife caught virus over Christmas

She tested positive after her husband President Macron went into isolation for a week after having tested positive himself on December 17.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:11pm

South Asia

India detains Chinese soldier at flashpoint border

India and China have disputed their frontier for seven decades and fought a brief war in 1962.
The two sides blame each other for the current standoff.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:11pm

Europe

Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Saturday

At least 88,824,680 cases of coronavirus have been registered, of which at least 55,044,900 are now considered recovered.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:10pm

South Asia

Three arrested for murder of Afghan election activist

On December 23, gunmen ambushed Rasheed, who led an independent election monitoring organisation, in a southern suburb of the capital as he drove to work.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:09pm

South Asia

Indonesian plane feared crashed after losing contact

It was unclear how many passengers and crew were aboard Sriwijaya Air's Boeing 737-500.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:06pm

Europe

Two die in Spanish storm, troops deployed to help motorists stranded by snow

The airport in Madrid was closed and skiers glided down Gran Via, normally one of the busiest streets in the capital.
Let's avoid travel and follow the instructions of the emergency services.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:06pm

Europe

Large fire at Ireland's Port of Cork brought under control

Emergency services remain on site to monitor the area. Ship operations in Ringaskiddy (Deepwater Berth) have been suspended.
Images posted on social media by local residents showed a large cloud of black smoke coming from the port.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 06:00pm

Middle East

First Qatari vehicles cross border into Saudi after Gulf détente

It's good the crisis has been resolved, and the warm welcome we had, and the happiness we see in our brothers.
So far no flights have resumed between Qatar and the four Arab states. Qatar Airways on Thursday began re-routing some of its flights through Saudi airspace.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 05:55pm

Europe

UK's Sunak looking to delay tax rises

Sunak has also rejected calls to extend a temporary cut to taxes on property purchases, known as stamp duty, that is due to expire at the end of March.
But the truth is that no decisions have been taken this far in advance, not least given the amount of uncertainty in the current outlook.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 05:52pm

Europe

Greece submits bill on western territorial waters extension

Greece and Italy have already signed an agreement on maritime boundaries establishing an exclusive economic zone in the Ionian Sea.
This draft legislation confirms Greece's strategy of seeking agreements with neighbouring countries.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 05:48pm

South Asia

Iran will expel UN nuclear inspectors unless sanctions are lifted

Iran's Guardian Council watchdog body approved the law on Dec. 2 and the government has said it will implement it.
Iran said on Monday it had resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 05:42pm

South Asia

Buildings shake as deep quake hits Taiwan, but no damage reported

The quake's epicentre was just off the coast of Yilan county, at a depth of 72.2 km (44.9 miles), according to the island's Central Weather Bureau.
Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates in the South China Sea and is prone to earthquakes.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 05:40pm

South Asia

India to start COVID-19 vaccination drive from Jan 16

India hopes to inoculate 300 million of its 1.35 billion people free of charge in the first six to eight months of this year.
Earlier in the day Modi said India would continue to export medicines, including vaccines, as companies have ramped up production.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 05:27pm

Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air plane lost contact shortly after taking off

It was heading to Pontianak, the provincial capital of West Kalimantan.
Flight tracking showed the flight path ending off the coast just north of Jakarta after losing altitude.

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 06:34pm

South Asia

More than half of Indian Army under 'severe stress': Report

The Indian Army has been losing more personnel each year in suicides, fratricides and "untoward incidents", than in enemy action or combat, as soldiers face heightened stress.
There has been a marked increase in stress levels amongst personnel during the last two decades, due to both operational and non-operational factors.

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 02:33pm

USA

Pelosi consults top general on curbing Trump’s military power, as House considers impeachment

Amidst mounting pressure for the removal of President Trump from office, House speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the nation's top military leader to curb the President's authority to take military action - at home and abroad.
In the aftermath of the chaotic events on Wednesday, in which the President urged thousands of his supporters to flock to the Capitol building, which resulted in an insurrection to repeal the results of the election; leaving five dead.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 01:06pm

Google suspends Parler social networking app from Play Store; Apple gives 24-hour warning

Apple Inc on Friday also gave the service 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan, pointing to participants using the service to coordinate Wednesday’s siege of the U.S. Capitol building.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 10:51am

'Looking at possibilities of building our own platform', Trump says after Twitter account suspension

"Tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me," Trump tweeted from POTUS account.
The tweets were deleted almost instantly.

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 10:49am

Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump's account

"After a close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 04:46am

Six dead, nearly 50,000 evacuated in Malaysia floods

MENTAKAB, (Malaysia): At least six people have died and nearly 50,000 evacuated in Malaysia after monsoon rains...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:22am

Hariri pays unannounced visit to Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri paid an unannounced visit Friday to Turkey for talks with...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Beijing threatens ‘heavy price’ if US envoy travels to Taiwan

UNITED NATIONS: China on Thursday warned the United States would pay a “heavy price” if its United Nations...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Police officer’s death brings US Capitol unrest toll to 5

WASHINGTON: Flags over the US Capitol were lowered to half-staff Friday after the death of a police officer took to...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Trump to skip Biden inauguration after presidency implodes

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced Friday he will skip Joe Biden’s inauguration in a final, unrepentant...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Three killed in Russia mid-air collision

SAINT PETERSBURG: Two light aircraft collided mid-air near Saint Petersburg on Friday killing three people, Russian...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:33am

Indian sari pioneer Satya Paul dies at 78

MUMBAI: Indian fashion designer Satya Paul, whose eponymous brand breathed life into the traditional sari,...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:33am

Biden names final economic team picks

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his picks for commerce secretary, labour secretary and...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Migrant channel crossings, attempts surge in 2020

LILLE: More than 9,500 migrants crossed or attempted to cross the English Channel from France to Britain last year, ...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:33am

CO2 levels this year ‘50pc higher than 18th century’

PARIS: Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will this year reach levels 50 percent higher than before the...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:22am

2020 ties 2016 as hottest year on record

PARIS: 2020 has tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:33am

Test change for travellers to UK as virus cases mount

LONDON: All travellers to Britain will need pre-departure coronavirus tests, the government said Friday, as it tries...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:33am

Europe vaccine effort gets boost as Asia battles clusters

LONDON: Europe rushed to bulk buy more coronavirus vaccine doses and approved more drugs on Friday, as millions in...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:09am

Louvre visitor numbers plunge due to Covid restrictions

PARIS: The Louvre, the world’s biggest museum, suffered a drop in visitor numbers of over 70 percent last year as...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:09am

WHO urges countries to stop making bilateral vaccine deals

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked countries that have booked excess vaccine doses to "donate and release them to Covax immediately.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 12:54am

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Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Jun 18	1.07

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786 Invest Ltd / Jun 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
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Ali Asghar / Jun 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
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786 Invest Ltd / Jun 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
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Agro Allianz / Jun 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
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