RAIDS WORLDWIDE AS POLICE REVEAL VAST HACK OF CRIMINAL ENCRYPTION PLATFORM International law enforcement agencies on Tuesday revealed a vast three-year global operation to infiltrate an encryption platform popular among criminal groups, resulting in hundreds of arrests worldwide
DUTERTE SAYS 'NO ONE DESERVING' TO REPLACE HIM IN 2022 MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said there's no one yet fit to replace him when his term ends in 2022. "Wala ako nakikita na deserving (I don't see anyone deserving)," he said during an interview with Pa
CENTRE TELLS STATES TO ENSURE REGISTRATIONS ON SITE, PLACES ORDERS FOR 44 CRORE VACCINE DOSES A day after the Prime Minister announced that the Centre will directly procure 75 per cent of the total doses to vaccinate every adult in the country free of cost, the Ministry of Healt
MORE STATES BEGIN EASING OF COVID-INDUCED CURBS FROM TODAY Haryana and Sikkim were the latest to extend lockdown from Monday but have eased the curbs like several other states including Maharashtra that have announced cautious steps towards restarting or scaling up activities af
GLOBAL COVID INFECTIONS DROP TO SLOWEST PACE SINCE MARCH Fresh Covid-19 cases for the week ended June 6 were the lowest since mid-March, at 3 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins. Weekly cases worldwide have been declining for six weeks as the outbreak in India wanes an
PHILIPPINES 'READY' IF US INCREASES INTEREST RATES: CENTRAL BANK MANILA - The Philippines is ready should the United States increase its interest rates though it is likely to maintain current levels, the central bank said Tuesday.
A COURSE CORRECTION: STATES NOT TO PROCURE ANY VACCINES, CENTRE WILL PROVIDE FOR FREE Reversing his government’s Covid-19 vaccination policy amid a chorus from states that it should take over vaccine procurement, and probing questions recently from the Supreme Court, Prime
DUTERTE SEES MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS AS ‘LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL’ As more Filipinos get inoculated against Covid-19, President Rodrigo Duterte said the Philippines is seeing “the light at the end of the tunnel.” In a video message during
TRUMP BACK ON STAGE, CALLS FOR CHINA TO PAY $10TN REPARATIONS Former US president Donald Trump has returned to public limelight with a speech in North Carolina in which he exhorted Republicans to gear up for the 2022 midterm elections, repeated allegations over his election loss
UK APPROVES PFIZER JAB FOR 12 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS Britain's medicines regulator said on Friday it had approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for use on 12- to 15-year-olds, following similar clearances in the US and the EU.
