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New Covid strain: Aus PM calls special meeting

“The proposal is to further strengthen the Covid safety of end to end international travel processes,” said Morrison…reports Asian Lite News Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for a special leaders’

January 7, 2021

Australia News

Pak welcomes resumption of Afghan talks

The statement said Pakistan hopes that the two negotiating teams would continue to engage with open-mind and will observe patience, prudence and perseverance to seize this historic opportunity for peace…reports Asian Lite

January 7, 2021

Asia News

Congress certifies Biden’s win over Trump

At about 4 a.m., Vice President Mike Pence announced before a joint session of Congress that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had won 306 votes over his and Trump’s 232…reports Asian

January 7, 2021

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Trump finally concedes defeat

“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th.” said Trump…reports Asian Lite News

January 7, 2021

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Tokyo enters state of emergency to tackle pandemic

The state of emergency will come into effect on Friday until February 7…reports Asian Lite News Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan

January 7, 2021

Asia News

Twitter, FB gag Trump

US President’s speech taken down by Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Trump temporarily suspended from the social media sites, reports Asian Lite News Social media giants Twitter and Facebook have temporarily blocked US

January 7, 2021

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UN envoy meets Yemeni President in Riyadh

During the meeting on Wednesday, they discussed a UN-brokered plan to push forward peace in Yemen…reports Asian Lite News UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths met with President Abd Rabbu Mansour

January 7, 2021

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Washington D.C. imposes Curfew as chaos engulfs

In a statement late Wednesday, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the curfew, which came into effect at 6 p.m., would last until 6 a.m. on Thursday morning…reports Asian Lite News In

January 7, 2021

USA

Congress rejects GOP objection to Biden’s Arizona win

The objection was overturned by the Senate in an overwhelming vote of 93 to 6 late Wednesday night..reports Asian Lite News Following the violent protests at the Capitol building, the US Congress

January 7, 2021

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Ireland announces more measures

The measures include a mandatory requirement for all travellers coming into Ireland from Britain and South Africa to provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test taken 72 hours prior to taking a

January 7, 2021

EU News