Category: WORLD NEWS

“Japan stands with India, our friend and partner, in her efforts to fight against COVID-19 pandemic through this additional emergency assistance,” Japan’s foreign ministry said. Japan will provide 300 oxygen concentrators and as many ventilators to India as it stands with its “friend and partner” in its efforts to combat the unprecedented surge in the coronavirus cases, Japan’s Foreign Office said today. India today logged 3,86,452 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day rise so far, pushing the total tally of Covid cases to 1,87,62,976, while active cases crossed the…

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South Korea says it will provide India with oxygen concentrators, COVID-19 diagnostic kits and other aid items to help the South Asian nation with the world’s worst surge in coronavirus infections. By The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says it will provide India with oxygen concentrators, COVID-19 diagnostic kits and other aid items to help the South Asian nation with the world’s worst surge in coronavirus infections. Health official Yoon Taeho said Wednesday the government will also allow irregular flights to bring back South Korean nationals from…

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An Oscars like no other crowned Nomadland best picture, experimented with the ceremony’s traditional format and shone a spotlight on diversity while also honoring more established stars. An Oscars like no other crowned Nomadland best picture, experimented with the ceremony’s traditional format and shone a spotlight on diversity while also honoring more established stars. Here are five takeaways from Hollywood’s biggest night on Sunday: – Train wreck? – Shifting the Oscars from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre to a train station in downtown Los Angeles provided for more social distancing and outdoor space — but also…

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Countries including Britain and Germany have pledged help as India’s coronavirus crisis grows, driving increases in global case numbers in recent days. The United States will consider sending surplus AstraZeneca vaccines to India, as backlash over its stockpile grows and the South Asian giant reels from a Covid-19 surge, top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday. Western nations including Britain and Germany have pledged help as India’s coronavirus crisis grows, driving increases in global case numbers in recent days even as the number of vaccines administered globally surpasses the…

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The Canadian government has banned all passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the unprecedented spike in COVID-19 cases in the region, the longest country-specific travel ban imposed by Canada. The flight ban took effect from midnight Thursday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said on Thursday. A number of countries like the UK, Australia and Singapore have banned travel to and from India due to surge in coronavirus infections. Over 3.14 lakh new coronavirus cases were registered in India on Thursday, the highest-ever single-day count in any…

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Indonesian navy ships were scouring the waters off Bali on Friday as they raced against time to find a submarine that disappeared two days ago and has less than a day’s supply of oxygen left for its 53 crew. The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island, and concern is mounting the submarine may have sunk too deep to reach or recover. The navy chief said the submarine was expected to run out of oxygen by around 3 a.m. Saturday. We will…

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The Biden administration will put the climate crisis at the centre of its foreign policy and national security, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said here, asserting that American diplomats will challenge the practices of countries whose action or inaction is setting the world back. In a major foreign policy speech at the picturesque Chesapeake Bay Foundation here, Blinken gave details of how the state department will leverage the US foreign policy to deliver for the American people on climate. We’ll put the climate crisis at the centre of our…

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said that the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s legislative elections will take place in December, more than a year after they were postponed by authorities citing public health risks from the coronavirus pandemic. Lam also said on Tuesday that laws will be amended so that inciting voters not to vote or to cast blank or invalid votes will be made illegal, although voters themselves are free to boycott voting or cast votes as they wish. “When a person willfully obstructs or prevents any person from voting…

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Tokyo adopted tougher measures against the coronavirus Monday as it struggles to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Olympics in a country where less than 1 per cent of people have been vaccinated. Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers and expanded Monday to older residents, with the first shots being given in about 120 selected places around the country. The tougher COVID-19 rules, just three weeks after a state of emergency ended in the capital, allow Tokyo’s governor to mandate shorter opening…

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Iran’s Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday involving its electrical distribution grid just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges that more quickly enrich uranium, state TV reported. It was the latest incident to strike one of Tehran’s most-secured sites amid negotiations over tattered atomic accord with world powers. State TV quoted Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran’s civilian nuclear programme, announcing the incident. Kamalvandi said there were no injuries or pollution cause by the incident. The word state television used in its report attributed to Kamalvandi in Farsi…

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