SOUTH AFRICA DETECTS NEW COVID-19 VARIANT; IMPLICATIONS NOT YET CLEAR JOHANNESBURG—South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in small numbers and are working to understand its potential implications, they said on Thursday.
CONG-LED OPPOSITION TO SKIP CONSTITUTION DAY EVENT IN PARLIAMENT ON FRIDAY The Congress-led opposition will skip the Constitution Day celebrations in the Central Hall of Parliament today. Top Congress sources said the event was mere “tokenism anyway”.
SCHOLZ TO BECOME GERMAN CHANCELLOR AFTER SECURING COALITION DEAL Olaf Scholz will head a three-party coalition with broad plans for Germany's transition to a green economy, under a deal to end 16 years of government led by Angela Merkel. Almost two months after his Social
CHINA TELLS PH TO REMOVE BRP SIERRA MADRE FROM AYUNGIN SHOAL MANILA — China on Wednesday reiterated its demand to the Philippines to remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre ship from Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. In a press conference in Beijing, Chinese Fo
FERTILITY RATE FALLS TO BELOW REPLACEMENT LEVEL Coming on the back of a sustained family planning programme spanning decades, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), or the average number of children per woman, has declined further from 2.2 reported in 2015-16 to 2.0 at the all-India le
US JOLTED INTO ACTION AFTER CHINA’S RAPID ADVANCES IN HYPERSONIC TECH As the designated head of the US National Space Council, the challenge arising from China’s stunning lead over US in hypersonic technological capability, acknowledged by leading American generals,
EU SIDES WITH PHILIPPINES OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA WATER CANNON INCIDENT The European Union has become the latest to voice opposition to the firing of Chinese water cannon at supply boats from the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, as the incident draws mounting criticism
PAKISTAN TO ALLOW INDIA TO SEND WHEAT TO AFGHANISTAN: IMRAN Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Monday that his govt will allow India to send a humanitarian shipment of 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to neighbouring Afghanistan through its territory after finalisation
BIDEN DECLARES INTENT TO RUN IN 2024, COOLS KAMALA PROSPECTS US President Joe Biden has conveyed to his supporters that he plans to run for the White House again in 2024 in an apparent effort to quell Democratic disquiet and infighting amid falling poll numbers for himself and h
LACSON HITS WARNING FROM CHINESE NAVY: THIS IS MY COUNTRY, THEY HAD NO RIGHT MANILA — "This is my country and no foreign armed forces can tell me to stay out." Sen. Ping Lacson said this Monday after the plane he was riding to Pag-asa Island in Kalayaan, Palawan rec
