Sensex drops 486 points, metals and banks crack

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices ended nearly a per cent lower on Thursday,...

WeChat blocks several LGBT accounts in China

Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat social media platform has deleted over a dozen...

Myanmar faces resurgence of COVID-19 infections amid military...

Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 2 (ANI): Myanmar, which is reeling from a brutal military crackdown and crippled by a...

Turkish police resort to using tear gas, rubber bullets to...

Istanbul [Turkey], June 27 (ANI): At least 20 people were detained in Turkey as riot police resorted to using tear...

Nicaragua's opposition leaders, journalists flee country amid...

Managua [Nicaragua], June 27 (ANI): An increasing number of high-profile opposition leaders, journalists and members...

Uyghurs in Xinjiang given long prison sentences

Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Chinese government figures show a steep rise in the number of people given lengthy prison...

Sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong, world: Biden on Apple...

Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): When Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily closed its doors after 26 years due to...

Reporters Without Borders condemns closure of Hong Kong's...

Paris [France], June 24 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a France-based non-profit aimed at safeguarding the...

Myanmar soccer player applies for refugee status in Japan...

Osaka [Japan], June 23 (ANI): Myanmar national soccer goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung applied for refugee status in Japan...

Amazon bans 3 more Chinese brands amid crackdown on fake reviews

Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): Amid e-commerce giant Amazon's ongoing crackdown on attempt by sellers to solicit...

Bitcoin nosedives as China expands crypto crackdown

Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): The price of bitcoin has nosedived after fresh reports emerged that China has...

Apple Daily crackdown "sent shudders across media industry",...

Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): After 500 police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest...