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Sweden records highest inflation since 1993 |
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Stockholm | Saturday, 2022 8:15:07 AM IST |
| Sweden recorded the highest inflation since 1993 in December 2021, as consumer prices measured with a fixed interest rate were up 4.1 per cent from the same period a year earlier, Statistics Sweden has said. ... read.. |
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Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 2.7 million |
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Europe | January 15, 2022 7:50:06 AM IST |
| Ottawa [Canada], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada reported 20,036 new COVID-19 cases Friday noon, raising its national total to 2,706,977 cases with 31,306 deaths, according to local media CTV. ... read.. |
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Not Maradona or Sabatini, India talks trade with Argentina |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2022 7:45:07 AM IST |
| For Indians, Argentina stands for the 'banana kick' soccer magician Diego Maradona or yesteryears' tennis player Gabriela Sabatini, who's mesmerising dusky looks made Indians to watch Tennis in her playing years in 90s; but for S. Jaishankar, India's Exte ... read.. |
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Turkey launches 1st indigenous intelligence ship |
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Istanbul | Saturday, 2022 6:45:07 AM IST |
| Turkey's first intelligence ship, TCG Ufuk, produced with national resources, was put into service in Istanbul as part of the country's efforts to increase its naval power with a warship program. ... read.. |
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Portugal logs highest daily COVID-19 deaths in 10 months |
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Europe | January 15, 2022 2:50:16 AM IST |
| Lisbon [Portugal], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Portugal reported 34 new deaths related to COVID-19 on Friday, the highest daily toll since March 3, 2021. The country has had 19,237 fatalities since the start of the pandemic, Portugal's Directorate-General fo ... read.. |
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UN mission welcomes return of 'relative' calm in Kazakhstan |
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US | January 14, 2022 11:20:36 PM IST |
| New York [US], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN mission in Kazakhstan appreciates that "relative" calm and order have been restored in the country following violent protests in early January, spokeswoman Elnara Bainazarova told Sputnik on Friday. ... read.. |
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Bus accident claims 8 lives in east Nigeria |
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Others | January 14, 2022 11:20:26 PM IST |
| Abuja [Nigeria], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed and another severely injured after a bus lost one of its tyres in motion and somersaulted several times on a highway in Nigeria's eastern state of Taraba, said the police on Friday. ... read.. |
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US Capitol attack: House panel raps Meta, YouTube, Twitter |
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Washington | Friday, 2022 11:15:08 PM IST |
| Disappointed after months of engagement, a US House panel has slammed YouTube parent company Alphabet, Meta (formerly Facebook), online discussion forum Reddit and Twitter for failing to provide additional information on how those platforms were used to o ... read.. |
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Myanmar reports 3 more Omicron cases of COVID-19 |
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Asia | January 14, 2022 10:50:28 PM IST |
| Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported three more cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the tally to 66, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. ... read.. |
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CIA oversees training program for Ukrainian paramilitaries: Reports |
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US | January 14, 2022 9:50:00 PM IST |
| Washington [US], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been overseeing a secret US training program for elite Ukrainian special forces and other intelligence personnel, YahooNews reported Friday, citing five former intelli ... read.. |
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Russia says China lifts restrictions on railroad cargo imports |
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Moscow | January 14, 2022 9:49:55 PM IST |
| The Russian Railways (RZD) company has been notified by Chinese authorities that the restriction on cross-border cargo deliveries, imposed on November 30 as part of COVID-19 measures, no longer applies starting Friday, local news reported. ... read.. |
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N.Korea fires 2 suspected ballistic missiles: Seoul |
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Seoul | Friday, 2022 9:45:08 PM IST |
| North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles eastward on Friday, after Pyongyang publicly warned earlier in the day of a "stronger and certain" response to the new US sanctions, South Korea's military said. ... read.. |
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Indonesia reports 850 new COVID-19 cases, 8 more deaths |
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Asia | January 14, 2022 9:20:01 PM IST |
| Jakarta [Indonesia], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Friday confirmed 850 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's tally of infections to nearly 4.27 million, according to the Indonesian Health Ministry. ... read.. |
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Self-isolation period to be shortened in England |
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London | Friday, 2022 9:15:08 PM IST |
| Starting from January 17, the self-isolation period for fully vaccinated people in England who test positive for Covid-19 will be reduced from seven days to five days, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced. ... read.. |
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China expanding mass surveillance systems |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2022 9:15:08 PM IST |
| China devoted resources to expanding mass surveillance systems nationwide, in the absence of meaningful legal protections against unlawful or abusive government surveillance, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its World Report 2022. ... read.. |
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China's increasingly negative perceptions in the world |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2022 7:45:08 PM IST |
| The Chinese government's rights record and its "wolf warrior" diplomacy resulted in increasingly negative public perceptions of the government in some countries abroad, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its World Report 2022. ... read.. |
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No breakthrough in OSCE talks between Russia, West |
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Vienna | Friday, 2022 7:45:07 PM IST |
| The latest round of talks aimed at defusing tensions between Russia and the West within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has ended here without a breakthrough as both sides warned of potential escalation. ... read.. |
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Under Xi Jinping, China doubled down on repression |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2022 7:15:08 PM IST |
| With President Xi Jinping at the helm, the Chinese government doubled down on repression inside and outside the country in 2021, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its World Report 2022. ... read.. |
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N.Korea fires unidentified projectile eastward: Seoul |
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Seoul | Friday, 2022 6:45:09 PM IST |
| North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward on Friday, hours after it warned of a "stronger and certain" response following the US' imposition of new sanctions, South Korea's military said. ... read.. |
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S.African Parliament fire suspect starts mental observation |
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Cape Town | Friday, 2022 6:45:08 PM IST |
| The man who is suspected of setting fire to the South African Parliament, which gutted buildings in the legislative capital Cape Town, has started 30-day mental observation at a psychiatric hospital, authorities said. ... read.. |
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Petrol price in Pakistan likely to hit all-time high |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2022 6:45:08 PM IST |
| For the first time in the history of Pakistan, petrol price is expected to hit 150 PKR per litre amid soaring prices of crude oil in the international market, said sources in oil marketing companies. ... read.. |
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Massive cyberattack hits Ukrainian government websites |
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Kyiv | January 14, 2022 6:20:08 PM IST |
| A number of Ukrainian government websites have been hit by "a massive cyberattack" warning Ukrainians to "be afraid and wait for the worst" and claiming that all their personal information had been hacked, CNN reported on Friday. ... read.. |
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Plot to kill exiled Pak activist emerges in UK trial |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2022 6:15:08 PM IST |
| The trial of 31-year-old Gohir Khan, a British Pakistani based in the UK, began at the Kingston-upon-Thames crown court, with the prosecution revealing details of an alleged plot to murder exiled blogger and activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya who is based in Ro ... read.. |
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Pak Defence Minister confronts Imran Khan |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2022 6:15:08 PM IST |
| Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faced an awkward situation during a meeting of the parliamentary party of the ruling alliance when Pak Defence Minister Pervez Khattak complained about the neglect of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) by the Centre, Dawn reported. ... read.. |
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Over 140 health workers infected with COVID-19 in Nepal |
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Kathmandu | January 14, 2022 5:50:49 PM IST |
| With the third wave of COVID-19 taking a foothold in Nepal, a large number of health workers and other officials have been infected with the coronavirus in Himalayan nation, local media reported on Friday. ... read.. |
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Pakistan to face full-fledged financial crisis by end of fiscal year |
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Islamabad | January 14, 2022 5:50:42 PM IST |
| A full-fledged crisis will be knocking at the doors of Pakistan's struggling economy by end of the current fiscal year if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program does not revive by the end of January or early February this year, said a recent report ... read.. |
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Putin to attend Beijing Olympics opening ceremony |
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Moscow | January 14, 2022 4:50:59 PM IST |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing and hold a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday. ... read.. |
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China's Tianjin reports 34 new local COVID-19 cases |
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Tianjin | January 14, 2022 4:20:41 PM IST |
| The northern Chinese city of Tianjin reported 34 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, local media reported citing the city's health authority as saying on Friday. ... read.. |
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Philippines logs 37,207 new COVID-19 cases, highest since outbreak |
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Asia | January 14, 2022 3:50:17 PM IST |
| Manila [Philippines] January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported 37,207 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest one-day case count since the outbreak, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,129,512. ... read.. |
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S.Korea extends overseas travel advisory |
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Seoul | Friday, 2022 3:15:07 PM IST |
| South Korea has extended its special advisory against overseas travel for another month amid the global spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. ... read.. |
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