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Tokyo stocks close lower on profit-taking on 22 jan 2021

Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday on profit-taking, with investors in wait-and-see mode ahead of earnings season and facing a dearth of fresh market-moving factors

Asia to dominate Davos virtual forum as virus-hit West struggles

No computer, no heat: UK's poorest struggle with homeschooling

'Fact-checkers' proposed for Nobel peace prize

14th Asian Financial Forum attracts 63,000-plus viewers

UK NHS Working Quickly, Fairly to Vaccinate At-Risk Groups From COVID-19 - Home Secretary

The UK National Health Service (NHS) is working as quickly and fairly as possible to vaccinate at-risk groups against COVID-19, Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Thursday

UAE supports plans by Asian nations to restart their tourism and travel sectors

UN agencies warn malnutrition for billions, including children, mothers in Asia, Pacific

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children's Fund, World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, in a joint report, has warned that the economic impact of COVID-19 on the world's most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific

'Fact-checkers' proposed for Nobel peace prize

With truth famously known as the "first casualty of war," a Norwegian parliamentarian announced Thursday that she is nominating "fact-checkers" for this year's Nobel Peace Prize

Hammad acknowledges APO's active role in COVID-19

Minister for Industries and Production, Muhammad Hammad Azhar has appreciated the active role of Asian Productivity Organization (APO) in the unprecedented situation of COVID-19 pandemic and for delivering of APO services successfully through virtual mode

Pakistan firmly believes in ACD's founding values; committed to Vision 2030, Ankara Declaration: FM

Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi while welcoming the establishment of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Permanent Secretariat in Kuwait on Thursday reiterated Pakistan's firm belief in ACD's founding values and its commitment to ACD's Vision 2030 and the Ankara Declaration

Chairman FPCCI stresses for enhancing Pak-Italy economic trade linkages

"Indian fake think tanks"'board members resign after Disinfo Lab report

Major fire at India vaccine plant but coronavirus drug production goes on

Pakistan asks world to 'hold India accountable for endangering regional peace'