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China compelled to review 'no limits' friendship with Russia
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 17 (ANI): Regardless of Chinese President Xi Jinping's staunch support that he once showed for President Vladimir Putin, China is now compelled to review its so-called no limits friendship with Russia.
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French President Macron appoints Elisabeth Borne as new PM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday named Elisabeth Borne as the country's new Prime Minister.
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African countries report 4,604 new COVID-19 cases: Africa CDC
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The African continent reported 4,604 new COVID-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Monday evening.
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China attempts to extend its global security reach
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): For all of China's insistence that it is against "hegemony" - staring at the USA while it says it- Beijing sure likes to promote its own version of global security. It may couch its vision in glowing slogans, but a world made in China's mold would be a frigh
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Somali lawmakers proceed to final third round to elect new president
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Somalia is proceeding to the third and final round of voting for the election of the nation's tenth president after the previous two rounds of voting by lawmakers failed to elect a new president.
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Sweden, Finland proposed talks with Turkey over joining NATO: FM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Sweden and Finland proposed to work with Turkey on the "security guarantees" that Ankara has demanded over their plans to join NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday.
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Myanmar reports 4 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 613,140, according to the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
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1 killed, 5 injured in Indonesian oil refinery fire
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and five others wounded as an oil refinery operated by an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a rescuer said.
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Somali lawmakers vote to elect new president
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Somali lawmakers are voting on Sunday to pick the country's tenth president, finally ending the long-delayed electoral process.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans protest outside UN compound in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): Ahead of Michelle Bachelet's visit, the UN's high commissioner for human rights in China's Xinjiang, about 20 Uyghurs, Tibetans and international human rights groups protested outside the United Nations compound in Geneva.
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Iran serious in Vienna talks, but not trusting 'enemy': nuclear negotiator
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's chief nuclear negotiator stressed on Sunday that although the Islamic republic is serious in the Vienna talks, it is determined not to trust "the enemy," according to Iran's Foreign Ministry.
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Malaysia reports 2,373 new COVID-19 infections, 5 more deaths
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,373 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,475,873, according to the health ministry.
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