Chinese capital Beijing is closing many public venues, canceling large events, shifting schools to online mode as fears of surge in COVID cases loom large over the city. There are reports of price rise too, as authorities scrambled to stabilize supply and keep the delivery chain intact. Chinese authorities have […]

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv today. Mr Guterres is also expected to make a field visit. He arrived in Ukraine following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. In a tweet, the UN chief said they […]

A Myanmar court on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a corruption case to five years in jail after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, reports Reuters. The charge relates to allegations that Suu Kyi accepted 11.4 kg of gold and […]

The World Bank has agreed to provide Sri Lanka with 600 million US dollars in financial assistance to help meet payment requirements for essential imports. Sri Lankan President’s media division said in a statement yesterday that the World Bank would release 400 million dollars “shortly”. According to the statement, the […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that NATO is engaged in a proxy war with Russia that could escalate into a world war with nuclear weapons. In an interview to state TV, Mr Lavrov said, NATO is, in essence, going to war with Russia through a proxy and arming […]

UN chief will visit Moscow today for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to try to get him to agree to a pause or end to his two-month military action in Ukraine. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spokesperson said UN chief will later go to Ukrainian […]

Twitter has announced to sell its social media company to world’s richest man Elon Musk, in a 44 billion dollar deal. The company said its board has accepted an offer from the billionaire to buy Twitter. Chair of Twitter’s board Bret Taylor said the Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive […]

China’s capital Beijing has gone on high alert as the situation turned grim following the emergence of clusters of COVID-19. The country’s financial hub Shanghai city reported 51 more COVID-19 deaths. Shanghai reported 2,472 local COVID19 cases and 16,983 local asymptomatic infections. After COVID hit the capital, supermarkets in Beijing […]

Emmanuel Macron has won a second term in France’s presidential election with 58.2 per cent of the vote. Macron’s far-right challenger Marine Le Pen won 41.8 per cent of the vote in an election that saw the country’s highest abstention rate in 50 years. After polls closed across France at […]

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan once again praised India’s foreign policy over importing oil from Russia, saying that  New Delhi’s decision is for the betterment of its people. Speaking at a rally in Lahore, yesterday, Mr. Khan said that India, which is a strategic partner to the United States, […]