Online desk ; Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive in China this week for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Monday….
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Indonesia approves Sinovac vaccine
Online Desk : Indonesia gave Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine its first emergency use approval outside China on Monday as the world’s fourth most populous country launches nationwide inoculations to stem surging infections…
Indonesian plane carrying 62 people feared to have crashed into sea
online desk : An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 62 people that went missing on Saturday is feared to have crashed, after suspected debris was found in the sea north of Jakarta. The…
Indonesia readies choppers, airplanes to search for missing plane
Online desk : The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) has readied two helicopters and a plane to help search for a Sriwijaya Air plane that lost contact with air traffic controllers on…
Kim calls US ‘our biggest enemy’ in challenge to Biden
Online desk : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more advanced nuclear weapons and said the United States is “our biggest enemy,” state media said on Saturday, presenting a stark…
Biden says Trump decision to skip inauguration a ‘good thing’
Online desk : US President-elect Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he won’t attend the January 20 inauguration, calling it a “good thing.” “I was told on the way…
Indonesia passenger plane missing after take-off
Online desk ; A passenger plane with more than 50 people on board has gone missing shortly after take-off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 lost contact en…
Suspected debris of Indonesian plane found
Online desk ; A Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight on Saturday and rescuers said suspected debris…
Australia sweltered through its 4th-hottest year in 2020
Online desk ; Australia sweltered through its fourth-hottest year on record last year despite the recent return of the usually cooling La Nina climate pattern, the nation’s weather bureau said, reports The…
Thailand arrests 19 Rohingyas for illegal entry
Online Desk ; Nineteen Rohingya and a Thai woman accused of housing them have been arrested for illegal entry to Thailand, police said Saturday, as concerns grow about trafficking routes for the…
Kim Jong-un pledges to expand North Korea’s nuclear arsenal
Online Desk ; North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the US is his country’s “biggest enemy” and that he does not expect Washington to change its policy toward Pyongyang – whoever…
Bhutan reports first COVID-19 death
Online desk : The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan reported its first COVID-19 death some 10 months after initially detecting the virus and managing to keep the disease under control by largely…