Russian Police detained more than 3,000 people and violently broke up rallies across Russia as tens of thousands of protesters ignored the extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Prosecutors in St. Petersburg said in a statement late Saturday they were probing violations including “on the part of […]
The government has allowed another vaccine against Covid-19 under “emergency use authorization” and given a go-ahead to a local pharmaceutical company for the import and distribution of the Russian-developed Sputnik V, an official confirmed on Saturday. With the fresh decision, the official said, Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine; became the third to be approved for […]
Rumours have been going on about the Turkish actress Esra Bilgiç representing Peshawar Zalmi in PSL6. Bilgiç is also famous for her role as Halime Hatun in the famous drama Ertuğrul. Last year in July, she tweeted saying that she had some good news. Moreover, she tagged Peshawar Zalmi and the Chairperson Javed Afridi in […]
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan air defence identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s Defence Ministry said. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has conducted almost daily flights over the waters between the southern part […]
The coronavirus variant that has swept Britain and beyond in recent months could be more deadly as well as more transmissible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. The sobering news came as the UK sees record deaths from Covid-19; following a surge in cases and hospitalizations since the variant was first identified in southeast […]
Bitcoin fell heavily on Friday and was heading towards its sharpest weekly drop since last March, as worries over its technology and regulation extended a pullback from recent record highs. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell more than 5 percent to an almost three-week low of $28,800 in the Asia session, before steadying around $30,000. […]
Google has threatened to block Australian users from accessing its search service; unless the government changes proposed legislation to make the internet giant pay news outlets for their content. Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva told a senate committee in Canberra on Friday; that if the current draft media laws went ahead unchanged; it would […]
In his first order after taking the oath of his office on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden removed the travel ban on some Muslim and African nations placed by his predecessor Donald Trump. Biden returned to the White House late on Wednesday afternoon from the swearing-in ceremony, laying a wreath on the grave of the […]
Hungary’s drug regulator has given initial approval for use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines; Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff says, confirming media reports. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was traveling to Moscow for talks about the Sputnik V vaccine later on Thursday; Gergely Gulyas told a briefing on Thursday. If […]
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since October on Wednesday when he spoke to a group of teachers by video, easing concern about his unusual absence from the limelight and sending shares in the e-commerce giant surging. Speculation over Ma’s whereabouts has swirled in the wake of news this month that […]
