KATHMANDU: Tibetans hesitate to settle in Nepal due to the discrimination they face from the state. Tibetan refugees in Nepal are caught between China and the Nepali state, both of which are determined to prevent them from crossing the border, EPardafas reported.It also has implications for refugees wanting to come to India.According to the EPardafas […]
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Tiny radioactive capsule lost in Australia triggers search
PERTH: Authorities in West Australia were searching for a tiny but potentially deadly radioactive capsule that got lost while being transported on a truck from a mine to a depot in the city of Perth, officials said Saturday.Emergency services said they were hampered by a lack of equipment and have called on the Commonwealth and […]
Third Hindu temple vandalised in Australia’s Melbourne with anti-India graffiti
CANBERRA: A third Hindu temple was vandalised with anti-India graffiti in Melbourne’s Albert Park on Monday, days after Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs was vandalised, The Australia Today reported.The management of Melbourne’s International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) temple also known as the Hare Krishna Temple found the temple walls vandalised with anti-India […]
WHO urges action on contaminated meds after child deaths
GENEVA: Following the deaths of more than 300 children from contaminated cough syrup, the WHO appealed Monday for “immediate and coordinated action” to root out substandard and falsified medicines around the world.At least seven countries have reported incidents involving over-the-counter cough syrups for children over the past four months, the World Health Organization said in […]
Moscow expels Estonian envoy over ‘Russophobia’: Ministry
MOSCOW: Moscow on Monday downgraded diplomatic relations with Estonia and ordered its ambassador to leave Russia, accusing the Baltic country of “total Russophobia.”“The ambassador of the Estonian Republic will have to leave the Russian Federation on February 7,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, adding it was also downgrading diplomatic ties. The measures come […]
Head of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk says visited Soledar
The top Moscow-installed official in the occupied parts of the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine said late on Sunday that he had visited the town of Soledar that Russia claimed to had captured earlier this month.Denis Pushilin, the administrator, published a short video on the Telegram messaging app that showed him driving and walking amidst […]
Next New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins slams ‘abhorrent’ Ardern treatment
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s incoming prime minister Chris Hipkins criticised the “abhorrent” treatment endured by Jacinda Ardern and vowed on Sunday to shield his own family, three days after her shock resignation.In his first remarks after being unanimously endorsed by Labour Party MPs as the party’s leader and the nation’s next prime minister, Hipkins attacked the […]
Bali welcomes back 1st flight from China as Covid rules ease
DENPASAR, INDONESIA: A direct flight from China landed in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for the first time in nearly three years on Sunday after the route was suspended due to the pandemic.At least 210 people were on board the chartered plane operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air from Shenzhen in China’s southern Guangdong province.Some Chinese […]
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla runs away from vaccine questions in Davos
DAVOS: Albert Bourla, Chief Executive Officer of US-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, encountered a series of tough questions about the efficacy of its Covid vaccine on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum meeting, but he repeatedly ignored the queries and a video on it has gone viral.A Rebel News journalist was seen asking a […]
Kremlin tells ‘deluded’ West that tanks for Ukraine will change nothing
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday that Western countries supplying additional tanks to Ukraine would not change the course of the conflict and the West would regret its “delusion” that Ukraine could win on the battlefield.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government was expecting “strong decisions” from defence leaders of NATO members and other countries […]