BEIJING (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Iran, Beijing’s foreign ministry said February 16, as a three-day trip to China by the Islamic republic’s leader drew to a close. Beijing […]
PARIS (TIP): One-third of all second-hand clothing shipped to Kenya in 2021 was “plastic waste in disguise”, creating a slew of environmental and health problems for local communities, a new report said February 16. Every […]
Margate (TIP): British street artist Banksy’s painting– his gift for Valentine’s Day–was removed by council officials hours after it was unveiled by the artist in Margate in southeast England on February 14. The painting had […]
BEIJING (TIP): China on February 16 imposed trade and investment sanctions on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the […]
Kyiv (TIP): Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Ukrainian rights activist whose NGO was co-winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, called February 16 for the world to “hold Russian war criminals accountable,” in an interview with AFP. […]
KARACHI (TIP): Pakistan’s divisive former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was buried on February 7 in a muted funeral that was never officially announced. The country’s serving army chief, the prime minister and the president all […]
COLOMBO (TIP): President Ranil Wickremesinghe on February 9 said Sri Lanka was in the final stages of negotiations with the IMF on the much-awaited USD 2.9 billion bailout package that could help the debt-trapped island […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): The plot to target a highly secure mosque here in the capital of Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was hatched in Afghanistan and funded by their intelligence agency, the country’s law enforcement officials […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), the third largest member of the ruling coalition in Nepal, has quit the government led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ after he denied reinstatement of the […]
SEOUL (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter took center stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she’s being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked his Western allies February 9 for more weapons and said “a Ukraine that is winning” its war with Russia should become a member of the European Union, arguing the […]
CANBERRA (TIP): Australia has for the first time rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on February 9 blocked the proposed coal mine to protect the Great Barrier Reef. […]
BEIJING (TIP): Beijing condemned on February 9 US President Joe Biden’s comments that Xi Jinping faced “enormous problems”, saying the remarks were “extremely irresponsible”. The latest rhetorical skirmish between the United States and China came […]
PARIS (TIP): Fresh strikes hit trains, schools and refineries in France on February 7 over an unpopular pension reform pushed by President Emmanuel Macron, as opponents took to the streets for a day of protests. […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Australia will strip Chinese-made security cameras from some government buildings to ensure they are “completely secure”, the country’s defence minister said February 9. It follows similar moves in the United States and Britain, […]
London (TIP)- A review into the UK government’s scheme set up to prevent terrorism has made recommendations for improvements to tackle Islamist extremism as the “primary threat” to the country and also flagged other areas […]
London (TIP): Rishi Sunak marked his 100th day in office as the first non-white British Prime Minister on February 2 with a slick new video for social media pledging to deliver change, amidst multiple challenges, […]
London (TIP): Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade on February 1, with unions threatening more disruption […]
Sydney (TIP): Australia will replace the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II from its A$5 currency note with a new design to reflect and honour the history of its Indigenous culture, the country’s central bank said […]
Ankara (TIP): Turkey looks positively on Finland’s application for NATO membership, but does not support Sweden’s bid, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on February 1. “Our position on Finland is positive, but it is not […]
Seoul (TIP): Last year was the worst on record for cryptocurrency heists, with hackers stealing as much as $3.8 billion, led by attackers linked to North Korea who netted more than ever before, a US-based […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s former deputy prime minister and home minister Rabi Lamichhane on Sunday reacquired his citizenship certificate, two days after he had to resign following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to scrap […]
Perth (TIP): Authorities in Western Australia on February 11 recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) Outback highway last month in what an […]
Peshawar (TIP): A suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque inside a major police facility in Peshawar had disguised himself in a police uniform to sneak into the high security zone and was […]
Peshawar (TIP): At least seventeen people have been killed after a truck hit a bus coming from the opposite direction in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on February 2, police said. The tragic accident occurred […]
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