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Brazil hits 500,000 COVID-19 deaths amid nationwide protests

Jun 20, 2021

Gabriel Toueg | SAO PAULO Brazil reached a grim milestone of half a million COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the heath minister announced. Marcelo Queiroga said on Twitter that he “works tirelessly to vaccinate all Brazilians in the shortest time possible”.…

Why do young Afghan refugees in Pakistan lack…

Jun 20, 2021

VPNs make it harder to fight online sexual abuse of…

Jun 19, 2021

COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Brazil hits 500,000 COVID-19 deaths amid nationwide protests

Nepalis unprotected without Covid-19 vaccines

Afghan Covid-19 patients struggle to accept diagnosis

Political ideology is harming health care

editorial

Rape culture still an uphill battle

Jun 11, 2021

COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Political ideology is harming health care

Jun 10, 2021

editorial

Myanmar’s youth resistance among

Jun 9, 2021

Analysis

Leader counts his votes, count our dead

Jun 8, 2021

European Union

EU says Syrian presidential poll undermines efforts for solution

EU leaders agree to donate 100 million doses of vaccines

EU, India try again to clinch trade deal, sidelining China

EU Commission faces diplomatic controversy with Ukraine

Politics

China’s ‘Soft Power’ in Africa Has Hard Edges

As it happened: Biden-Putin talks in Geneva

Jun 17, 2021

Netanyahu Is Down, but Is He Out for Good?

Jun 16, 2021

What To Expect From Putin-Biden Meeting In Geneva

Jun 16, 2021

How China keeps US-UK relationship special

Jun 12, 2021

OPINION

Analysis

VPNs make it harder to fight online sexual abuse of young girls

Jun 19, 2021

Analysis

Modi seeks to tame social media firms

Jun 17, 2021

Analysis

Putin could benefit from Biden’s half-hearted stance towards Moscow

Jun 16, 2021

Analysis

Taiwan is at risk of an uncontrollable outbreak

Jun 11, 2021

Business

Nepal Inaugurates Hydro Power Plant Rebuilt With Indian Assistance

Global shares advance as investors await US growth data

May 26, 2021

India’s national carrier says hack leaked passengers’ data

May 23, 2021

Will COVID-19 affect the electronics business in South Asia? If so, how…

May 22, 2021

Air India says data on 4.5 million passengers stolen

May 22, 2021

Technology

TikTok Is China’s Trojan Horse

Science

The rise and fall of the world’s largest lake

Technology

Twitter starts subscription service in Canada, Australia

United Nations

UN chief faces persistent challenges after leading body through pandemic

WASHINGTON UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to assume his second term after member states voiced…

Rebeca Grynspan appointed as UNCTAD’s secretary-general

Jun 12, 2021

UN Security Council urges full adherence to Israel-Hamas cease-fire

May 23, 2021

UN: Gaza has significant trauma, medical needs

May 21, 2021

Human Rights

UN experts want ‘evidence of life’ of Emirati princess

GENEVA UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on the United Arab Emirates government to provide meaningful…

Rohingya case may face delay at The Hague

Jan 24, 2021

UN rights body calls for release of Hong Kong detainees

Jan 7, 2021

Over 60,000 Ethiopian refugees flee into Sudan

Jan 7, 2021

Fact Check

Facts about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

May 14, 2021

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complex, controversial and long-running conflicts in world history, characterised by intense violence and uncompromising nationalism. Since the late 19th century, the disputed territory in the Middle East…