Despite strain, US, China pledge to enhance climate action at COP26

Glasgow (IANS) Despite strained relations, the US and China -- world's top two polluters -- just ahead of the culmination of the 12-day-long UN climate change negotiations on Wednesday in a major development pledged to work together, saying they…

Australia's unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in Oct

Canberra (IANS) Australia's unemployment rate has risen in October as a result of widespread coronavirus lockdowns.

According to labour force data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday, the official unemployment…

CCP seeks to establish Xi Jinping as equal to Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping

New Delhi (IANS) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has passed a "historical resolution" cementing Xi Jinping's status in political history, the BBC reported.

The document, a summary of the party's 100-year history, addresses its key…

Imran Khan authorised force against TLP but Pak military opposed

New Delhi (IANS) The Pakistan military leadership had advised against the use of force against the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protesters after Prime Minister Imran Khan had authorised it, Dawn reported.

According to sources privy to the…

Relief for TLP may promote similar demands from other banned outfits in Pak

Islamabad (IANS) The decision by the Imran Khan led-government to give a major relief to the previously proscribed organisation Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) from the First Schedule, has not only disappointed many in the country, but has also spread…

Taliban promised military action if Pak talks with TTP fail

New Delhi (IANS) Days before the Afghan Taliban were at the gates of Kabul, Pakistan was already in talks with the government in-waiting to deal with militant outfits such as banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Baloch groups which have been…

Man arrested in Japan for attempting to start fire on bullet train

Tokyo (IANS) A man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to start a fire on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan on Monday, police said.

Kiyoshi Miyake, 69, from Fukuoka, was arrested at the scene, Xinhua news agency quoted the police as saying.

Missing voices of feminists, grassroots women at COP26

Glasgow (IANS) Members and partners of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) are enraged by the deliberate exclusion of feminists and grassroots women at the 26th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate…

COP26: Commitments may close ambition gap by 9 Gt CO2, says Analysis

Glasgow (IANS) At the end of the pivotal UN climate change negotiations or COP26 week one on Friday, commitments, if delivered, would close ambition gap by 9 gigatonnes (Gt) CO2, leaving 13 Gt to go, says new analysis

To keep 1.5C alive, annual…

Australia hits 80% vaccination milestone

Canberra (IANS) Australia's Covid-19 vaccine rollout has hit a "magnificent milestone", with 80 per cent of the adult population fully inoculated against the virus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Saturday.

"That's four out…