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Tokyo governor says Olympics facing 'major issue' after Mori's sexist remarks
Published On: February 5, 2021 11:46 AM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, Feb 5: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday the Olympic Games were facing a “major issue” after the head of the organising committee made sexist remarks and as criticism of his comments showed no sign of abating.
Hong Kong unveils national security guidelines for children aged six and above
Published On: February 5, 2021 09:34 AM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, Feb 5: Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city that include teaching students as young as six about foreign interference and subversion as part of a new national security curriculum.
Resistance to coup grows despite Myanmar’s block of Facebook
Published On: February 5, 2021 09:28 AM NPT By: Associated Press
YANGON, Feb 5: Myanmar’s new military government blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected government and its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Study finds COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission
Published On: February 5, 2021 07:04 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb 5: AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shows a hint that it may reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three months on just a single dose, researchers said Wednesday in an encouraging turn in the campaign to suppress the outbreak.
U.N. Security Council calls for release of Myanmar's Suu Kyi, Biden tells generals to go
Published On: February 5, 2021 06:55 AM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, Feb 5: The United Nations Security Council called for the release of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military and stressed the need to uphold democracy, but stopped short of condemning this week’s coup.
In first for Europe, Iran envoy sentenced to 20-year prison term over bomb plot
Published On: February 4, 2021 05:20 PM NPT By: Reuters
ANTWERP, BELGIUM, Feb 4: An Iranian diplomat accused of planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday in the first trial of an Iranian official for suspected terrorism in the European Union since Iran’s 1979 revolution.
Timeline: Events in Myanmar since calls by military of election fraud
Published On: February 4, 2021 02:12 PM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, Feb 4: Here is a timeline of events since late last month following calls by Myanmar’s military against what they termed election fraud.
Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup
Published On: February 4, 2021 11:46 AM NPT By: Associated Press
YANGON, Feb 4: Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected civilian government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Britain to test mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines
Published On: February 4, 2021 10:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UK, Feb 4: British scientists are starting a study Thursday to find out if it’s OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines.
Mexico says five of dead in U.S. poultry plant incident were Mexicans
Published On: February 4, 2021 08:55 AM NPT By: Reuters
MEXICO CITY, Feb 4: Five of the six people who died in an accident at a Georgia state poultry plant late last month were Mexicans, Mexico’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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