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Armenia detains hundreds of anti-govt protesters as opposition calls for PM to resign
Issued on: 03/05/2022 - 16:04 Police in Armenia on Tuesday detained more than 200 anti-government protesters as opposition parties up pressure on Prime Minister Nikol...
Armenian protesters call for PM to resign over Karabakh ‘concessions’
Issued on: 02/05/2022 - 19:09 Opposition parties in Armenia on Monday staged protests to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resign over his policy on the...
Qantas to launch direct flights from Sydney to London, New York
Issued on: 02/05/2022 - 04:24 Qantas announced on Monday it will launch the world's longest non-stop commercial flight, with passengers set to spend 19 hours in...
Heat wave scorches India’s wheat crop, shatters records and snags export plans
Issued on: 30/04/2022 - 09:31 An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance...
North Korean leader warns of ‘preemptive’ use of nuclear force to counter hostile forces
Issued on: 30/04/2022 - 08:15 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could "preemptively" use its nuclear weaponry to counter...
Beijing cracks down with Covid restrictions as long holiday begins
Issued on: 30/04/2022 - 07:56 Beijing will amp up its Covid-19 restrictions with additional testing requirements, officials announced on Saturday, as the start of the...
‘Our windows have melted’: Vast landfill fire still burning as India swelters – France 24
Issued on: 29/04/2022 - 18:46 A huge fire that broke out at a vast landfill site in New Delhi, India on Tuesday is still burning three...
Extreme heatwave scorches India’s wheat harvest, snags export plans
Issued on: 29/04/2022 - 11:37 An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance...
Covid-19: China confronts dilemma of lockdown in Beijing as cases hit record high
Chinese authorities are seriously considering imposing a lockdown in Beijing as confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country's capital topped 100 on Wednesday. But after a much-criticised...
Record-breaking early heatwave hits India, Pakistan, temperatures keep rising
Issued on: 28/04/2022 - 02:15 India is getting too hot too early, raising the risk of fires, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Wednesday, as...
Covid: Beijing in race to stave off Shanghai-style lockdown with more mass testing
Issued on: 27/04/2022 - 16:38 Millions of people in Beijing took their second Covid-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep...
Malaysian authorities start ‘witch hunt’ for Rohingyas fleeing migrant detention centre
Issued on: 26/04/2022 - 17:51Modified: 27/04/2022 - 11:37 Nearly 500 Rohingya refugees fled a detention centre where they were being held in Malaysia on April...
Video: Afghan businesses struggle to survive since Taliban takeover
Issued on: 27/04/2022 - 09:10 Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, nearly 2,000 factories across Afghanistan have shut down as factory owners struggle under the...
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Myanmar junta court sentences Suu Kyi to five years for corruption
Issued on: 27/04/2022 - 07:24 A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to...
Beijing begins mass Covid testing of nearly all 21 million residents
Issued on: 26/04/2022 - 08:13 Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese...