Colombo (TIP): Nearly 1,000 trade unions in Sri Lanka staged a one-day nationwide strike on April 28 demanding the immediate resignation of the government, including President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister MahindaRajapaksa, over its failure […]
Kabul (TIP): Two explosions, within minutes of each other, killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in northern Afghanistan on April 28, a spokesman for a Taliban-appointed police chief said. The blasts targeted two […]
Kathmandu (TIP): From May 15, the Nepal government will increase regular public holidays to two days in a week in an effort to cut the consumption of fuels whose prices have skyrocketed in recent months […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on April 28 left for Saudi Arabia on his maiden three-day official visit abroad during which he will hold wide-ranging discussions with the top Saudi leadership, with particular […]
May Day, also called Workers’ Day or International Workers’ Day, day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, observed in many countries on May 1. In the United States […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Singapore High Court Judge Choo Han Teck on Wednesday, April 27, rescinded an order to have their names redacted, the Channel News Asia reported. The six persons named in the ex-tempore judgment are […]
Colombo/Washington (TIP): The World Bank is ready to provide emergency support to Sri Lanka and protect the vulnerable people amidst the unprecedented economic crisis in the country, a media report on Wednesday quoted a senior […]
Lahore (TIP): In a veiled attack on Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, former Prime Minister Imran Khan has alleged that “some elements” in the powerful establishment who indulged in “bad practices” were responsible […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka on April 21 once again made it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors, just two days after the government announced that face masks are not required in public places other than […]
Amritsar (TIP): Tension prevailed at Sri Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak Dev in Pakistan, after a group of men belonging to the land mafia allegedly attacked members of a prominent Sikh family, […]
Kyiv (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces not to storm the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol on April 21 but instead to block it “so that not even […]
Moscow (TIP): The Kremlin’s spokesman says Russia has presented Ukraine with a draft document outlining its demands as part of peace talks and is now awaiting a response from Kyiv. Dmitry Peskov told a conference […]
Moscow (TIP): Russia on April 20 said it had test-launched its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new addition to its nuclear arsenal which President Vladimir Putin said would give Moscow’s enemies something to think about. […]
London (TIP): Boris Johnson will be probed by a House of Commons committee after MPs voted on April 21 whether the British prime minister misled Parliament about attending illegal parties in Downing Street during the […]
Beijing (TIP): Shanghai reported seven more deaths due to Covid as the Chinese financial hub grapples with a record outbreak, taking the total death toll in the country to 4,648 with over 21,400 new cases, […]
Seoul (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country’s nuclear capabilities, the North’s KCNA state news agency reported […]
London (TIP): Britain on April 21 added 26 new designations to its list of sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian war, including on military figures and defence companies. Britain, which has sought to play a […]
Colombo (TIP)- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a record high for the sixth consecutive month, official data showed on Friday as the government asked the IMF for an urgent bailout. The broad-based National Consumer Price […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Sikhs in Singapore celebrated the harvest festival of Baisakhi with the launch of first Sikh professorship in the city-state and Southeast Asia, and an initiative to raise the number of women in community […]
London (TIP): Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak are to receive fines for breaching strict coronavirus lockdown rules, the government said on April 12, prompting calls for them both to […]
Jerusalem (TIP): Israel’s new laser missile defense system has successfully intercepted mortars, rockets and anti-tank missiles in recent tests, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said April 14. The Israeli-made laser system, designed to complement a series […]
London (TIP): One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned NATO on April 14 that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led military alliance then Russia would have to bolster its defences in the […]
Kyiv (TIP) : President Vladimir Putin vowed on April 12 that Russia’s bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled, and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal […]
Beijing (TIP): China has doubled its space assets for intelligence gathering and surveillance over the past four years. It can now track and target forces of other countries worldwide, especially in the Indo-Pacific. This has […]
Canberra (TIP): Australia’s PM Scott Morrison has called for a May 21 election that will be fought on issues, including Chinese economic coercion, climate change and the Covid pandemic. Morrison on April 12 advised Governor-General […]
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