Pakistan’s diplomatic debacle in China
By Asad Mirza Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan was on a four-day visit to China last week. Apparently the visit was billed as to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. But…
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SL Minister wants Indian fishermen to be at Kachchatheevu feast
By Susitha Fernando Colombo, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lankas Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda wants fishermen from Tamil Nadu to attend the annual church feast at the Kachchatheevu Island, adding that he would speak to the…
Honduran President tests Covid positive
Teguchigalpa, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced that she has tested positive for Covid-19. Despite receiving a negative test on Saturday, a test on Sunday returned positive, she said in a tweet. The…
Chilean President accepts resignation of Foreign Minister
Santiago, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has accepted the resignation of Andres Allamand, who had been serving as the country’s Foreign Minister. The president’s office said in a statement that Carolina Valdivia Torres,…
29 Afghan evacuees find jobs at S.Korea’s Hyundai Heavy
Seoul, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twenty-nine Afghan evacuees airlifted to South Korea last year have been hired by a sub-contractor of the shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., leading to their departure on Monday from the government-provided…
Experts call for lowering voting age in Aus capital
Canberra, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A group of experts have called for the voting age in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to be lowered to 16. In a submission to a parliamentary committee examining legislation that…
5 Pak soldiers killed in cross-border attack from Afghanistan
Islamabad, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five Pakistani soldiers were killed when terrorists from inside Afghanistan across the international border opened fire on the troops, a military statement said. The incident took place at the border area…
‘S.Korea, US not mulling additional THAAD deployment’
Seoul, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea and the US are not considering the deployment of an additional THAAD anti-missile system here, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said on Monday amid a heated debate on the…
Shanghai’s tourism sector rakes in billions during Spring Festival
Shanghai, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shanghai received nearly 11 million visitors and raked in over 17.7 billion yuan ($2 billion) during this year’s Spring Festival holiday, local authorities said. During the seven-day national holiday from January…
Guterres offers condolences to India on demise of Lata Mangeshkar
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condoled the demise of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, calling the ‘Nightingale of India’ as the voice of the subcontinent, according to his…
Seoul launches team to support N.Korean defectors
Seoul, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The South Korean government on Monday launched an inter-agency team tasked with helping North Korean defectors suffering from economic and psychological difficulties after resettlement here. The nine-member team, comprising officials from…
N.Korea stays mum on much-anticipated parliamentary meeting
Seoul, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) North Korea stayed mum on a much-anticipated meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament on Monday, a day after it was supposed to take place, spawning speculation the event might have been…
Cancer kills 16k-20k people in Afghanistan annually
Kabul, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In Afghanistan, around 40,000 people are diagnosed with cancer annually and an estimated 16,000 to 20,000 of them lose their lives, the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health announced. In an announcement…
5 pilots return to Afghanistan, resume work
Kabul, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five Afghan pilots who had left the country after the Taliban takeover in August last year, have returned and resumed work, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced. In its announcement on…
Afghan aid will continue despite political obstacles: UN
Kabul, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A senior UN official for Afghanistan has pledged that humanitarian assistance to the people will continue, regardless of the political situation, the media reported Addressing reported, the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special…
Ottawa declares state of emergency amid truckers’ protest
Ottawa, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency to deal with a nine-day protest that has disrupted the core of the Canadian capital against the government’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate. The…
Global Covid caseload tops 394.7 mn
Washington, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 394.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.73 million and vaccinations to over 10.05 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its…
PLO Central Council holds general assembly meeting in presence of Palestinian Prez
Ramallah/Gaza, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A two-day general assembly meeting of the central council of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) kicked off in the West Bank city of Ramallah in the presence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas….
Iraqi parties boycott parliament vote for Prez
Baghdad, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Kurdish political party and a Sunni political alliance have decided to boycott the Parliament session slated for Monday to elect a new President for the country, threatening to postpone the…
Israel sanctions Lebanese companies over Hezbollah’s missile project
Jerusalem, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Israel has announced sanctions against three Lebanese companies that allegedly supplied materials to the Lebanese Hezbollah’s efforts to manufacture precision missiles. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed an administrative order to…