Online desk ; Saudi women will soon be able to be appointed as judges in the Kingdom, according to Saudi Arabia’s undersecretary for women’s empowerment at the Ministry of Human Resources and…
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2 female judges shot dead in Kabul
Online Desk : Gunmen on Sunday shot dead two female judges in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.Quoting security source, Xinhua said two gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a car carrying female…
Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants
Online desk : President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has…
China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
Online desk : China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients in five days to fight a surge in infections in a city south of Beijing, reports AP quoting…
Myanmar police scuffle with nationalist monk’s followers
online desk ; Myanmar police scuffled on Saturday with dozens of followers of Buddhist nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu at a demonstration calling for him to be put on trial more than two…
World facing ‘catastrophic’ warming: UN
Online desk ; The world is on course for a ‘catastrophic’ temperature rise this century, the United Nations said on Thursday as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016 as the hottest year…
Pakistan approves AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
Online desk ; AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in Pakistan, the health minister said on Saturday, making it the first coronavirus vaccine to get the green light for…
Sanitation worker gets India’s first vaccine shot
Online desk ; Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world’s largest immunisation…
Palestine announces first elections in 15 years
Online desk ; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced parliamentary and presidential elections on Friday, the first in 15 years, in an effort to heal long-standing internal divisions. The move is widely seen…
Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal
Online desk ; Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet resigned on Friday to take political responsibility for a scandal involving investigations into child welfare payments that wrongly labelled thousands…
Death toll rises to 34 in Indonesia earthquake
Online desk ; The death toll from a powerful earthquake hitting Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island has risen to 34, the national disaster agency said on Friday. Eight fatalities were reported in Majene Regency,…
Global Covid-19 deaths near 2 million
Online desk ; The global death toll from Covid-19 is fast approaching the grim milestone of two million. The total caseload has also surpassed 93 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The…