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Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:22:15 GMTBangladesh ferry disaster death toll hits 26
The death toll from a ferry disaster in Bangladesh jumped to 26 on Monday after rescuers pulled the vessel out of the water and found more bodies inside, officials said Monday.
The sunken ferry was extracted from the heavily polluted Shitalakshya R...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 07:34:17 GMTHong Kong bar owners in 'hunger strike' over virus closures
A group of bar, karaoke and mahjong parlour owners have gone on a symbolic hunger strike in Hong Kong over anti-coronavirus measures that have kept them shuttered for most of the last year.
The four-day protest started on the pavement outside the H...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:52:16 GMTIndia tightens screws as Covid-19 infections hit new record
India's worst-hit state ramped up its coronavirus restrictions as nationwide the daily infections exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Monday.
The country is only the second -- after the United States -- to record so many new cases in one day.
H...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:22:15 GMTSingapore blogger crowdfunds $100,000 to pay PM defamation damages
A Singaporean blogger said he had crowdfunded almost $100,000 that he was ordered to pay as damages for defaming the prime minister by sharing an article on Facebook.
Leong Sze Hian was sued by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong after shari...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:16:15 GMTAsian markets mostly rise after forecast-busting US jobs data
Equities mostly rose in Asia on Monday following a forecast-busting US jobs report and as investors kept tabs on the progress of Joe Biden's latest economy-boosting spending package.
With holidays keeping business limited, trading was light, but th...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 04:12:21 GMTUK to announce new international travel rules
Britain will on Monday set out plans to restart international travel, using a "traffic-light" system as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown.
The announcement comes as the UK has set a tentative date of May 17 to relaunch international trav...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 04:08:18 GMTMalaysian ex-PM Najib starts appeal over 1MDB conviction
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak on Monday began an appeal against his conviction on corruption charges and 12-year jail term linked to the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal.
Najib was found guilty last year on all counts in the first o...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 03:52:17 GMTMore than 75 dead in Indonesia, East Timor floods, dozens missing
More than 75 people have died and dozens are still missing after flash floods and landslides hit Indonesia and neighbouring East Timor, officials said Monday.
Floods sparked by torrential rain have wreaked havoc and destruction on islands stretchin...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 03:38:14 GMTMozambique army says 'significant' number of militants killed in Palma battle
Mozambique's military said Sunday a "significant" number of militants had been killed during a battle over a key northern town and gas hub captured by the Islamic State last month.
Palma was seized by the jihadists during coordinated attacks on Mar...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 03:02:20 GMTVietnam's pandemic response leader sworn in as president
The man behind Vietnam's successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, was formally sworn in as president in Hanoi on Monday.
Phuc, 66, was Vietnam's prime minister for the last five years, a period in which the economy boomed,...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 02:48:21 GMTIsrael's Netanyahu due in court, as coalition talks ramp up
Israel's legal and political dramas converge Monday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due in court for his corruption trial and the president to launch talks to help form a government.
Judges have ordered Netanyahu appear at the Jerusalem Dis...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 02:42:17 GMTChina's 'wolf warrior' diplomats howl at Xinjiang critics
China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are back after a brief lull, firing insults over Twitter, smearing critics and suggesting conspiracies.
The hyperactivity of the envoys follows renewed global pressure over Beijing's treatment of the Muslim Uyghur m...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 02:28:15 GMTEU heads seek 'new chapter' with Erdogan on Turkey visit
The EU's top two officials head to Turkey on Tuesday to lay out to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the bloc's conditions for improved ties after a dip in tensions.
European Council president Charles Michel and European Commission chief Ursula von de...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 02:22:16 GMTSorkin's 'Chicago 7' rallies Oscar bid with key SAG award
"The Trial Of The Chicago 7" was judged the year's best performance at the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday -- a verdict that strengthens the film's case for the Oscars later this month.
Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama based on 1968 ...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 02:12:16 GMTCanucks in midst of NHL's worst Covid-19 outbreak
The number of Covid-19 cases within the Vancouver Canucks organization continued to climb on Sunday with more than half the players and coaches reportedly having tested positive.
More players' names were added to the team's Covid-19 protocol list o...