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‘Public health epidemic’: Pakistan battles legions of fake doctors

HealthJanuary 23, 2026

Rusted nails hold used infusion tubes on the wall of a clinic run by one among hundreds of thousands of unqualified doctors operating across the country. Dozens of patients visit the small roadside sh...

Bangladesh T20 World Cup row overshadows India’s Olympic ambitions

SportsJanuary 23, 2026

India hopes next month’s T20 World Cup will bolster its credentials as a global sports host — and the country’s Olympic ambitions — but preparations have been rocked by a diplomatic row with B...

Trump to sue New York Times over unfavourable opinion poll

NewsJanuary 22, 2026

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will sue The New York Times over an unfavourable opinion poll and suggested that what he called “fake” surveys should be criminalised. Trump...

India condemns alleged act of ‘vandalism’ at embassy in Croatia

NewsJanuary 22, 2026

India on Thursday condemned an alleged act of vandalism at its embassy in Zagreb as Croatia promised to prosecute the offenders. The Indian foreign ministry said that an act of “trespassing and vand...

Bangladesh parties launch campaigns for first post-Hasina elections

NewsJanuary 22, 2026

Bangladesh began official campaigning on Thursday for the hugely anticipated general elections next month, the first since the 2024 uprising ended the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina. Tens of thousan...

Bangladesh launches campaigns for first post-Hasina elections

NewsJanuary 22, 2026

Bangladesh began official campaigning on Thursday for the hugely anticipated general elections next month, the first since the 2024 uprising ended the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina. Tens of thousan...

In Davos speech, Trump repeatedly refers to Greenland as ‘Iceland’

NewsJanuary 22, 2026

US President Donald Trump repeatedly made an apparent gaffe in a speech Wednesday to world leaders assembled in Switzerland by referring to “Iceland” several times instead of his much coveted “G...

Huge lines, laughs and gasps as Trump lectures Davos elite

BusinessJanuary 22, 2026

DAVOS: To muted applause and not a few stony faces, US President Donald Trump took the stage before hundreds of the world’s rich and powerful on Wednesday for the most anticipated speech of this yea...

Israeli strike kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including AFP freelancer

HealthJanuary 21, 2026

An Israeli air strike killed an AFP freelancer and two other journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory’s civil defence agency said, while the military said it struck “suspects” operating a...

Japan restarts world’s biggest nuclear plant 15 years after Fukushima disaster

NewsJanuary 21, 2026

The world’s biggest nuclear power plant was restarted on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among resident...