International

Special Desk City of Sydney has come out from the lockdown after almost four months, and locals can be seen celebrating the freedom at pubs and shops that opened at midnight  when restrictions were lifted in the Australian city. Many are enjoying anticipated reunions and visits to the homes of …

Special Desk Taiwan will defend its democratic way of life, President Tsai Ing-wen said in a defiant speech amid heightened tensions. We will not bow to pressure from China, the president said. Her remarks on Taiwan’s National Day came after China’s President Xi Jinping vowed to fulfil reunification. China denounced …

Special Desk While rule changed in Afganistan and Taliban took over the country health care has literally collapsed. Health workers are not getting salary and medicines, equipment are short in hospitals. Conflicts have starved the country of foreign assistance. This could lead to deaths of thousands in the coming days. …

Special Desk Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been announced for two scientists for their work on building molecules that are mirror images (of each other). Winners will share the prize money of 10 million krona (£842,611). German-born Benjamin List and Briton David MacMillan were announced as the recipients. Their chemical …

Special Desk Thousands of the US citizens marched in differ states supporting the abortion rights for the people. They are opposing the new Texas law that severely limits access to abortions in the state. In the coming months, the Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could overturn …

Special Desk Amid speculations that his daughter may contest the next election, the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will not stand for vice-president election slated next year. Duterte had last month said he would run for the vice-presidency in 2022. But recently he said he will withdraw, as …

Special Desk Nobel prizes have come to the scientists who discovered how human bodies feel the warmth of the sun or the hug from another. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature. They …

Special Desk Britney Spears feels on cloud nine after a court suspended the legal arrangement between the pop start and her father. The singer posted a video of her having a flying lesson, shortly after the new came. A judge has suspended Britney Spears’ father from the legal arrangement that …

Special Desk Days after Kim Yo Jong sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed willingness to talk to South Korea, the North Korea claimed it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile. State media reported the new missile called ‘Hwasong-8’ was one of the five most important new weapons systems …

Special Desk Fumio Kishida will become Japan’s prime minister as the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) anointed former foreign minister Kishida as its new leader, virtually ensuring the soft-spoken consensus-builder will become prime minister soon. Fumio Kishida enjoys only moderate popular support and has a bland image. Kishida but …