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India's foreign minister travels to Bangladesh amid Rohingya repatriation crisis
Published On: March 4, 2021 02:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI/DHAKA, March 4: India’s foreign minister arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid efforts to resolve the fate of 81 Rohingya refugees who are on a boat adrift in international waters.
US-China tensions threaten global climate change efforts
Published On: March 4, 2021 12:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 4: The world’s hopes for curbing climate change hinge on action by two giant nations whose relations are deteriorating: China and the United States. The two countries both say they are intent on retooling their economies to burn less climate-wrecking coal, oil and gas. But tensions between them threaten their ultimate success.
Bangladesh says no to U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy
Published On: March 4, 2021 12:13 PM NPT By: Republica
DHAKA, March 4: Bangladesh has said that it won't consider joining any kind of security initiative under the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.
UN: 38 died on deadliest day yet for Myanmar coup opposition
Published On: March 4, 2021 11:33 AM NPT By: Associated Press
YANGON, Myanmar, March 4: Myanmar security forces were seen firing slingshots at protesters, chasing them down and even brutally beating an ambulance crew in video showing a dramatic escalation of violence against opponents of last month’s military coup.
Palace to investigate after Meghan accused of bullying staff
Published On: March 4, 2021 10:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, March 4: Buckingham Palace said Wednesday it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a former aide had made a bullying allegation against the Duchess of Sussex.
Yemen's Houthis say they fired missile at Saudi Aramco site in Jeddah
Published On: March 4, 2021 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, March 4: Yemen’s Houthi forces fired a missile at a Saudi Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah, a Houthi military spokesman said in a Twitter post on Thursday.
South Korea economy shrank in 2020 for 1st time in 22 years
Published On: March 4, 2021 09:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, March 4: South Korea’s central bank says the country’s economy shrank for the first time in 22 years in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic destroyed service industry jobs and depressed consumer spending.
'When will it end?': How a changing virus is reshaping scientists’ views on COVID-19
Published On: March 4, 2021 09:14 AM NPT By: Reuters
CHICAGO, Feb 4: Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic.
Nearly 40 killed in violent day of protests against Myanmar coup, U.N. envoy says
Published On: March 4, 2021 07:09 AM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, Mar 4: Thirty-eight people were killed in Myanmar as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities on Wednesday, the United Nations said, the most violent day since demonstrations against last month’s military coup first broke out.
Nine dead in Myanmar as police fire to break up protests
Published On: March 3, 2021 04:02 PM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, March 3: Myanmar security forces shot and killed nine people during protests against the military coup on Wednesday, witnesses and media reported, a day after a regional diplomatic push to end the month-long crisis made little headway.
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