Berlin, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of people confirmed as injured after a car ploughed into a carnival crowd in Germany has increase to 52, police said on Tuesday. Eighteen of those hurt in Monday’s…
San Francisco, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Officials from California’s Santa Clara countywere considering creating a new task team to help curb rising gun-related domestic violence, a media report said. Santa Clara Board of Supervisors President Cindy…
Ottawa, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Canadian government has put forward a bill to make medically-assisted death available to people who were not terminally ill, the media reported on Tuesday. The bill, which was introduced in…
Canberra, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Oil giant Equinor announced on Tuesday that it has abandoned controversial plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight in a move hailed by environmentalists as a “huge win”. In a…
Islamabad, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Qatar on Tuesday extended a formal invitation to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to attend the signing ceremony of the landmark peace deal between the US and Afghan Taliban in…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is interviewing members of the Lower House of Parliament to determine who has majority backing before appointing a new Prime Minister, the palace…
Jakarta, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Jakarta Metropolitan Region was paralyzed on Tuesday by floodsafter torrential rains lashed the city, flooding several areas of the Indonesian capital. Indonesia’s national disaster management authority (BNPB) spokesperson Agus Wibobo…
Brussels/Tehran, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The remaining parties to a landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015 between Iran and six world powers will hold a Joint Commission meeting in Vienna on Wednesday, the European Union’s (EU)…
Seoul/Washington, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea and the US were considering scaling back combined military exercises due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, American Defence Secretary Mark Esper said. Esper made the remark on Monday…
Pyongyang, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) North Korea’s state media on Tuesday called for independence from outside help, saying that having illusions about aid from “imperialists” like the US would lead to “self-destruction”. Minju Choson, the North’s…
Seoul, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the number of confirmed coronavirus cases nearing 900 on Tuesday, South Korea has vowed to maximize its containment measures in Daegu city and the neighbouring North Gyeongsang Province, where 724…
San Francisco, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A group of activists in San Francisco’s Bay Area rallied outside the British Consulate General to demand WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s release from a prison in the UK. Chanting slogans…
Tokyo, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan’s Chitetsu Watanabe, recognized at 112 years as the oldest man in the world, has passed away 11 days after he received the Guinness World Record certificate, his family said on…
Colombo, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rehabilitated former members of the now defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant group have formed a new political party with the hope of contesting Sri Lanka’s general elections this…
Colombo, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to contest the country’s upcoming parliamentary election from the Colombo district, a source from his United National Party (UNP) has revealed. Wickremesinghe…
Islamabad, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has started the quarantine of pilgrims returning from Iran where the deadly coronavirus has claimed 12 lives and infected 64 others, it was reported on Tuesday. Pakistan, which has already…
Lahore, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lahore High Court has issued notices to Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments on an application seeking a permanent ban on the upcoming ‘Aurat March’ for being “anti-state” and “un-Islamic”. on…
Canberra, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Threat from the far right was real and growing in Australia, which also faces the danger of unprecedented foreign espionage and interference, a top intelligence official said here. During this annual…
Washington, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A new federal regulation that took effect throughout the US could make it more difficult for legal immigrants dependent on government assistance to obtain permanent residency permits, known as green cards….
New York, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Democratic presidential contender and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sharpened attacks on Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders after the latter’s victory in the party’s Nevada caucuses. A spokesman for…