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Sun, January 17, 2021 | 13:06

Pakistan issues new law for speedy trials of alleged rapists

Pakistan issues new law for speedy trials of alleged rapists

Pakistan's president on Tuesday issued a much-awaited new law requiring the establishment of special courts to speedily conclude trials of people charged with raping women or children, a move hailed by rights activists. The law, which must be approved by Parliament to remain in effect, requires courts to conclude the trials of alleged rapists and issue verdicts within four mo...

2020-12-16 16:09

Japan 'Twitter killer' sentenced to death for serial murders

Japan 'Twitter killer' sentenced to death for serial murders

A Japanese court has sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, in a case that shocked the country.

2020-12-15 20:51

Half of Singapore's migrant workers in dormitories have contracted COVID-19

Half of Singapore's migrant workers in dormitories have contracted COVID-19

Nearly half of Singapore's migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID-19, according to the government, indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows.

2020-12-15 14:23

Australia says China's ban on its coal exports would be clear WTO breach

Australia says China's ban on its coal exports would be clear WTO breach

Australia on Tuesday decried China's reported ban on its coal exports as an obvious breach of World Trade Organisation rules, as tensions between the two countries flared again. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Chinese government had yet to confirm state media reports that Australia's multi-billion-dollar coal exports are now subject to an informal ban.

2020-12-15 11:16

Singapore approves use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Singapore approves use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Singapore has approved the use of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, and the first shipment will arrive by the end of this month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday. Lee said Singapore, with a budget of over one billion Singapore dollars ($750 million) for vaccines, has “placed multiple bets” by signing advance purchase agreements with vaccine makers including Pfizer and i...

2020-12-14 20:41

Bahrain approves registration for China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Bahrain approves registration for China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Bahrain said on Sunday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) and launched online registration for the vaccine for citizens and residents. A statement by the National Health Regulatory Authority did not specify which vaccine of two being developed by Sinopharm had been given the go-ahead, but cited data from Phase III c...

2020-12-14 11:07

Peru suspends China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine trial after 'serious adverse event'

Iran summons EU envoys for protesting reporter's hanging

Iran summons EU envoys for protesting reporter's hanging

Iran on Sunday summoned the German envoy to Tehran after the European Union condemned the execution of an Iranian journalist whose work helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, Iranian state media has reported.

2020-12-13 21:31

'Profits over people': Pandemic overruns Malaysian glove factories

'Profits over people': Pandemic overruns Malaysian glove factories

Bangladeshi migrant worker Sheikh Kibria recalls with horror the filthy, overcrowded dormitory where he was housed by the world's biggest rubber glove manufacturer when a coronavirus outbreak erupted and infected thousands. Malaysia's Top Glove saw profits soar, and its stock price jump as much as 400 percent this year as countries worldwide rushed to buy protective gear as t...

2020-12-13 13:02

Indonesia places risky bet on Chinese virus vaccines

Indonesia places risky bet on Chinese virus vaccines

Indonesia is betting that China-made coronavirus vaccines can help it tackle one of the worst outbreaks in Asia, but analysts warn it is a wager that could leave them holding a high-interest diplomatic IOU. Beijing has promised poorer nations priority access to its inoculations, in an attempt to repair an image tarnished by the pandemic, which started in the central Chinese c...

2020-12-10 13:37

UN chief warns against `vaccine nationalism'

China's foreign coal push risks global climate goals

China's foreign coal push risks global climate goals

China's plan to fund dozens of foreign coal plants from Zimbabwe to Indonesia is set to produce more emissions than major developed nations, threatening global efforts to fight climate change, environmentalists have warned. Under the Paris climate deal signed in 2015, China positioned itself as a leader on climate change, and in September President Xi Jinping pledged the coun...

2020-12-10 11:44

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