STUCK SHIP IN EGYPT'S SUEZ CANAL IMPERILS SHIPPING WORLDWIDE A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction
WALA PA': DUTERTE SAYS PHILIPPINES YET TO BUY VACCINES MANILA - The Philippine hasn't yet purchased any vaccines from foreign drugmakers, President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday, amid queries from officials and the public over the whereabouts of COVID-19 jabs supposedly bou
12 PARTIES STAND UNITED AS CENTRE PUSHES THROUGH DELHI BILL The controversial Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to make the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi equivalent to the Delhi government, was passed in Parliament Wednesday
CHINA DENIES ‘THREATENING PRESENCE’ OF ITS VESSELS IN PHILIPPINE WATERS The Philippines complained to China on Monday about what it described as the “swarming and threatening presence” of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea and d
UIGHURS: WESTERN COUNTRIES SANCTION CHINA OVER RIGHTS ABUSES Several Western countries have imposed sanctions on officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group. China has detained Uighurs at camps in the north-west region of Xi
2ND COVISHIELD DOSE 4-8 WEEKS AFTER FIRST, INSTEAD OF 4-6 WEEKS The central govt on Monday advised states to administer the second dose of Covishield at an interval of 4-8 weeks instead of the earlier bracket of four to six weeks.
US DEFENCE BOSS AUSTIN MEETS AFGHAN PRESIDENT IN UNANNOUNCED TRIP United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in an unnanounced visit to Kabul on Sunday,as Washington reviews the peace process there and its planned troop withdrawal.
PHILIPPINES FILES DIPLOMATIC PROTEST OVER REPORTS 220 CHINESE VESSELS IN WEST PH SEA MANILA - The Philippines is lodging a diplomatic protest against China over reports that more than 200 Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels were sighted moored in the West Philippine Sea,
NCP BACKS DESHMUKH, SAYS HE NEEDN’T QUIT After a daylong huddle and a late evening meeting that lasted nearly three hours at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence yesterday, party’s Maharashtra chief Jayant Patil said Home Minister Anil Deshmukh won’t re
TALIBAN VOW TO RESTORE ISLAMIC RULE IN AFGHANISTAN The Taliban warned Washington on Friday against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan, promising a "reaction," which could mean increased attacks by the insurgent group. &n
