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South Korea’s childbirth hit a record low last year, boosting worry about a so-called demographic cliff, statistical office data showed Wednesday. Read More »

Health officials in China have published the first details of more than 70,000 cases of Covid-19, in the biggest study since the outbreak began, Reports BBC. Read More »

Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a “warning to humanity”. Read More »

Iranians were taking to the streets of Tehran and other cities and towns across the country on Tuesday for rallies and nationwide celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Read More »

The longer than expected shutdowns of Chinese factories because of the coronavirus outbreak are having a big impact on the world’s second largest economy and the global supply chain. Read More »

Research institutes and companies from many countries have been at the center of a scientific race to combat the novel coronavirus epidemic by pushing for the development of a vaccine, as well as more accurate tests for the virus. Read More »

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the Taliban terrorist responsible for shooting Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai in 2012 and carrying out the deadly Peshawar Army school terror attack in 2014-in which 132 students were killed-has escaped from prison, according to an audio clip released by him. Read More »

India on Friday banned the export of personal protection equipment such as masks and clothing amid a global coronavirus outbreak. Read More »

The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China: South Korean police say protesters have thrown plastic water bottles and paper cups at the country’s vice health minister to oppose plans to quarantine Wuhan evacuees in their neighborhood. Read More »

A new virus that started in China and is popping up around Asia hung over the first day of the Year of the Rat in much of the region. Read More »

Torching of houses and killing of people in broad daylight are the everyday affairs there. Even 20 years into the launch of the UN Peacekeeping Mission, the area is still known as a battlefield. Bangladesh peacekeepers have to patrol this most dangerous area in Blukua of the Djugu territory to save people’s lives. Read More »

Special army and government rescue personnel were searching again on Monday for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides lost since an avalanche swept a popular trekking route in Nepal’s mountains. Read More »

The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland, turning the city’s skyline into eerie orange color on Sunday afternoon. Read More »

At least 17 people have been killed by the extreme air pollution here over the past one week, an official with the Public Health Ministry Fida Mohammad Paikan said. Read More »

Russia has announced the successful countrywide test of an alternative to global internet as experts fear that the policy could lead to repression of free speech. Read More »

Three people died and another seven people were injured in four separate shootings in Baltimore, the U.S. state of Maryland, over the weekend, local media reported . Read More »

Perth Zoo in Australia is celebrating Christmas early this year with the arrival of two sets of rare twins. Read More »

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover has successfully passed its first driving test, according to a release of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on Wednesday. Read More »

India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed hearing pleas challenging the constitutionality of a new citizenship law that has sparked opposition and massive protests across the country. Read More »

The crash of a double-decker bus in Hong Kong killed at least four people and injured more than 20, emergency services said. Read More »

After two weeks of talks on tackling global warming, nations have little progress to show for it. Read More »

DHAKA– Three Bangladeshi-origin female politicians dubbed as “tin kanya” or “three daughters” shined again the UK general elections with their re-election in Thursday’s polls. The three – Bangabandhu’s granddaughter Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and Dr Rupa Huq – retained their seats with a resounding victory on Labour Party ticket. Rushanara Ali was elected for the four consecutive terms while ... Read More »

The United Nations human rights office voiced concern on Friday that India’s new citizenship law is “fundamentally discriminatory in nature” by excluding Muslims and called for it to be reviewed. Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and thousands of university students on Friday protesting the enactment of the contentious new law. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has ... Read More »

Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been reelected Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK general election 2019 as a candidate of Labour Party. Read More »

Indian lawmakers approved legislation granting citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, even though critics said it undermines the country’s secular constitution. Read More »

Mexico said Friday that it has made the biggest oil discovery in the country since 1987 at the Quesqui field in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco. Read More »

Trappers can keep using sodium cyanide bombs to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, the Trump administration said Thursday, rejecting calls for a ban despite repeated instances of the devices also poisoning other wildlife, pets and people. Read More »

Rescue teams desperately sought survivors under rubble in Albania’s western town of Durres on Thursday hoping to pull out toddler twins alive, two days after a 6.4 magnitude quake killed at least 40 people. Read More »

The Nigerian army has stepped up military operations nationwide to prevent a possible spike in criminal activities during the forthcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations, an official said Wednesday. Read More »

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Albania rose to 25 overnight as local and international rescue crews continued to search collapsed buildings for survivors. Read More »