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Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream
Most of the 29,000 cartons in the batch had yet to be sold, the government said
17 Jan 2021 2:17 PM
No talks possible with India until restoration of autonomous status of J-K: Pak PM
We don't have adversarial relations with any country except India which is trying to destabilise Pakistan, he claimed
11 Jan 2021 1:01 AM
Pakistan hit by nationwide power blackout
Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan said the frequency in the power distribution system suddenly dropped from 50 to zero, causing the blackout
10 Jan 2021 1:05 PM
South Korea detects first coronavirus variant cases
The new strain, which experts fear is more contagious, prompted more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions on Britain
29 Dec 2020 1:35 AM
China to start opening vaccination programme to general public
Sichuan is the first province to outline a timeline of its vaccination plans for the general public
18 Dec 2020 11:16 AM
Mount Everest is 8,848.86 metres tall: Nepal & China after remeasurement
The revised height of Mt. Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between the two neighbours
08 Dec 2020 10:16 PM
FIR filed against Nawaz Sharif's brother, others in multi-billion sugar scam
PM Khan's friend Jahangir Tareen and son Ali Tareen are also booked under charges of money laundering and cheating of public shareholders
17 Nov 2020 2:03 PM
Gilgit-Baltistan assembly election gets under way amid tight security
India has slammed Pak's decision to hold election in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any action to alter its status has no legal basis
15 Nov 2020 1:50 PM
Official Myanmar vote count affirms Suu Kyi's party control By Pyae Sone Win
The NLD won 346 seats in the combined lower and upper houses of the legislature, far above the 322 needed to secure a majority
13 Nov 2020 1:02 PM
China declines to congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden
China has not yet come out with an official reaction to Biden and Kamala Harris' victory
09 Nov 2020 4:57 PM
A look at Myanmar's election and Suu Kyi's expected victory
Suu Kyi's party has lost the cooperation of many ethnic minority parties, which are popular in their border-area homelands
07 Nov 2020 3:22 PM
Pak leader likely to be booked for treason over Abhinandan remarks
Posters of Sadiq have also appeared in Lahore, dubbing him a 'traitor'
01 Nov 2020 9:18 PM
China begins once-a-decade census of world's largest population
After implementing the decades-old one child policy, China is facing a demographic crisis with a rapidly ageing population
01 Nov 2020 8:48 PM
China reports surge in symptomless COVID-19 infections
A total of 20 new confirmed and 161 new asymptomatic cases were reported in the mainland on October 25
26 Oct 2020 9:52 AM
FATF keeps Pakistan on 'Enhanced Follow-up' for meagre progress against terror financing
The development came only a few weeks ahead of the meeting of the FATF to decide on Pakistan's grey list status
12 Oct 2020 12:38 PM
China's Qingdao orders city-wide COVID-19 testing following new infections
Daily COVID-19 infections in mainland China has fallen drastically from peaks early this year, but the country remains on high alert
12 Oct 2020 10:43 AM
China has deployed 60K soldiers on India's northern border: Pompeo
Pompeo met minister S Jaishankar in Tokyo and they underscored the need to work together to advance, peace and security in the Indo-Pacific
11 Oct 2020 11:02 AM
Bangladesh weighs death penalty for rapists as protests flare
Saturday’s demonstrations were sparked by a video of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman for almost half an hour in Noakhali
10 Oct 2020 2:32 PM
Pakistan court asks Sharif to appear before it to avoid being declared proclaimed offender
Sharif has been living in London since November last year after he was allowed to go there for a period of eight weeks for medical treatment
10 Oct 2020 2:22 PM
China tourism rebounds over Golden Week but still below last year
Tourism sites were visited by 637 million domestic tourists over the eight-day National Day holiday that started October 1
09 Oct 2020 1:34 PM
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