Sao Paulo (TIP): Marilia Mendonca, one of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died on November 7 in an aeroplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26. Mendonca’s press […]
Baghdad (TIP): Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early on November 9 and officials said he was unharmed. The attack was a major escalation amid […]
Johannesburg (TIP): FW de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa’s last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country’s white minority rule, has died at the age […]
Northumberland (TIP): Sometimes, God blesses you abundantly. So was it in the case of an elderly woman from the UK, who was in for a shock after she found that a diamond she was about […]
Beijing (TIP): A high-profile conclave of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) has adopted a “landmark resolution” of the party’s major achievements in the last 100 years besides paving the way for a record […]
“History is a race between education and catastrophe.” -H.G. Wells November 5th – Remembered as Guy Fawkes Day in Britain, for the anniversary of the failed “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the Houses of Parliament […]
Jakarta (TIP): The soldiers in rural Myanmar twisted the young man’s skin with pliers and kicked him in the chest until he couldn’t breathe. Then they taunted him about his family until his heart ached, […]
Lahore (TIP): Tens of thousands of supporters of a banned radical Islamist party in Pakistan took out a march towards Islamabad on October 28 to press the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan to release […]
Jerusalem (TIP): For years, Zebulon Simentov branded himself as the “last Jew of Afghanistan,” the sole remnant of a centuries-old community. He charged reporters for interviews and held court in Kabul’s only remaining synagogue. He […]
Quetta (TIP): Balochistan Awami Party leader, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, on October 29 was elected Chief Minister of the restive region of Balochistan, five days after his predecessor Jam Kamal Khan Alyani stepped down from […]
Washington (TIP): The Russian-based agency behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberattack has targeted hundreds more companies and organizations in its latest wave of attacks on US-based computer systems, Microsoft said in a blog post. Microsoft, […]
London (TIP): French authorities fined two British fishing vessels and kept one in port overnight on October 28 amid a worsening dispute over fishing licenses that has stoked tensions following the UK’s departure from the […]
Beijing (TIP): A jump in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts, who say a previously circulating strain appears to have changed and may be […]
London (TIP): Protesters started gathering on October 29 in the heart of London’s historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of the start of the U.N. climate summit in the […]
Paris (TIP): France seized a British trawler fishing in its territorial waters without a licence on October 29 and issued a warning to a second vessel in a dispute over access to fishing grounds after […]
London (TIP): Britain’s environment minister pledged on October 29 to retaliate if France carries through on threats to block UK ships from French ports, warning that “two can play at that game” in the worsening […]
Seoul (South Korea) (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has recently lost about 20 kg (44 pounds), but remains healthy and is trying to boost public loyalty to him in the face of worsening […]
Lahore (TIP): Pakistan’s Opposition parties on October 20 accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of selling gifts he received from other countries’ heads, including an expensive watch worth USD 1 million. Gifts are routinely exchanged between […]
Kathmandu (TIP): The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Nepal climbed to 104 on October 21 after 16 more fatalities were reported from various parts of the country, officials said. […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on October 21 instructed her home minister to initiate immediate action against those who incited violence using religion, as she asked people not to trust anything on social […]
Lahore (TIP): The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on October 21 kept Pakistan on the grey list as it “needs to further demonstrate that investigation and prosecution of proscribed terrorists and terror groups is being […]
TOKYO (TIP): A group of 10 naval vessels from China and Russia sailed through a strait separating Japan’s main island and its northern island of Hokkaido on October 22, the Japanese Government said, adding it […]
Seoul (TIP): South Korea test launched its first domestically produced space rocket on October 21 in what officials describe as an important step in the country’s pursuit of a satellite launch programme. It wasn’t immediately […]
London/Wellington (TIP): Britain and New Zealand have reached agreement in principle on a free trade deal designed to reduce tariffs, improve services trade, and take London one step closer to membership in a broader trans-Pacific […]
Beijing (TIP): Police in China’s capital Beijing say famed international pianist Li Yundi is a suspect in a prostitution case. A message on the force’s microblog said a suspect had been placed in administrative detention […]
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