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November 3, 2021 10:40 PM

British woman wins legal battle against Australia's backpacker tax

<span style="color: #222222;">A British woman has won a legal battle against Australia's backpacker tax, in a ruling that may have implications for other travellers. Catherine Addy argued she was unfairly taxed on pay she earned while working as a waitress in Syd...

November 3, 2021 9:01 PM

Russian cargo plane carrying seven people crashes in Siberia

<span style="color: #222222;">A Russian cargo plane with seven people on board crash landed in eastern Siberia and caught fire, the emergencies ministry said on Wednesday. The Antonov An-12 aircraft disappeared from radars during its final approach outside the city of...

November 3, 2021 8:11 PM

AIIB to provide USD 250 million to Bangladesh for COVID recovery programme

The government of Bangladesh signed an agreement with the  Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for a loan of USD 250 million on Wednesday. The loan is being provided to help Bangladesh to implement a sustainable economic recovery programme from the impact of COVID 19.<br ...

November 3, 2021 7:03 PM

South Africa's power cut affects vote counting

<span style="color: #222222;">South Africa's scheduled power outages have affected the pace of vote counting following the local elections that took place on Monday. The electoral body had hoped to have counted 90 per cent of the votes by Tuesday night but only 5...

November 3, 2021 1:35 PM

Taliban military commander killed in yesterday's hospital attack in Kabul

In Afghanistan a Taliban military commander in Kabul was killed in yesterday's Islamic State attack on a hospital in which 25 people were killed and more than 50 injured. Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said today that the name of slain commander is Hamdullah Mokhlis,who was  ...

November 3, 2021 11:46 AM

World has to share responsibility of Climate migrants, says Bangladesh PM

<span style="color: #000000;">Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the world to share the responsibilities of the people forced to migrate due to climate change induced events like sea-level rise, river erosion, floods and droughts and salinity. Add...

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