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EU, Japan, Switzerland push for export restriction exemption for WFP procurement

Hearings in the case related to Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been delayed due to Covid-19 prevention measures but the court will “push forward the trial soon,” the newspaper said

A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a A$500 million ($390 million) pilot project that aims to show ...

The Philippines, which started its inoculation programme on March 1 with six lakh Sinovac doses donated by China, is battling a renewed surge in Covid-19 cases; in talks with vaccine manufacturers to buy 161 million doses

Country delayed use of the vaccines over reports of blood clots in some European nations

The country’s ethnic guerrilla forces have started attacking government posts

The package provides $400 billion for $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, $350 billion in aid to state and local governments, an expansion of the child tax credit and increased funding for vaccine distribution.

Brokers in N Korea and China have long taken 30% of the money transferred as commission; this had risen to 40-50% during the pandemic

Guterres reiterated his call for Covid-19 vaccines to be seen as “a global public good”

Australia will introduce legislation in parliament to amend its offshore banking unit (OBU) rules to try to avoid the country being designated a ...

The move comes after one person in Denmark who was given the AstraZeneca shot formed a blood clot and died

Emperor Naruhito, PM Yoshihide Suga among those observing a moment of silence at 2:46 pm, the minute the shaking started; some disaster survivors say their recovery is still only half done

Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has taken the glass vial that had been used to administer the first Covid-19 vaccine to treasure it ...

Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter will star in two new public service announcementsalongside former First Ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Rosalynn Carter

Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan will see China’s foreign affairs chief of the ruling Communist Party, Yang Jiechi, and State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi on March 18 in Anchorage, Alaska

Securities Association of China said lack of internal control mechanisms in rating agencies led to issues like missing records, loose archival management, mismatch between rating models and risks highlighted in rating reports

Council adopts Presidential Statement reiterating its deep concern at developments in Myanmar following the military takeover

Wants to build the world’s biggest stainless steel platform, targets 15 mt output by end-2023

For COVAX, the US is ‘contributing significant resources, to billion dollars, initially with additional resources to come’ Secretary of State Tony Blinken

China National Space Administration said the International Lunar Research Station would be open to use by other countries, but gave no timeline for its construction

Markle had revealed that her husband had been asked by a family member ‘how dark’ their son Archie’s skin could be

Ted Hui Chi-fung fled HK for Europe in December while he was free on bail on protest-related charges; was allowed to travel from London to Australia on a flight repatriating Australian citizens

Welcoming sports enthusiasts to the Olympics will not be possible due to the spike in coronavirus cases

About 2,300 Guard troops will continue to provide security in Washington until May 23; they were to leave Washington on March 12