Category: FOREIGN

Thailand delays AstraZeneca rollout over clot fears

Thailand delays AstraZeneca rollout over clot fears

Mar 12, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Thailand has delayed the rollout of the AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine over reports of blood clots, ... Read More

Australians offered cheap flights to boost tourism

Australians offered cheap flights to boost tourism

Mar 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Australians will be able to buy half-price flights to a dozen domestic holiday spots under ... Read More

Brazil COVID surge reaches new level

Brazil COVID surge reaches new level

Mar 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Brazil has exceeded 2,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time, as infection ... Read More

China and Russia to build lunar space station

China and Russia to build lunar space station

Mar 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   China and Russia have announced plans to build a lunar space station. Russian space agency ... Read More

Myanmar recalls UK Envoy after pro-Suu Kyi remarks

Myanmar recalls UK Envoy after pro-Suu Kyi remarks

Mar 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Myanmar has recalled its ambassador to the UK after he spoke out against a military ... Read More

Thailand launches yacht quarantine for tourists

Thailand launches yacht quarantine for tourists

Mar 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Visitors to Thailand can now spend their mandatory two-week coronavirus quarantine on a yacht. The ... Read More

Myanmar protesters flee after being trapped

Myanmar protesters flee after being trapped

Mar 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Dozens of Myanmar protesters who were trapped overnight by security forces have now fled the ... Read More

Huge explosions rock Equatorial Guinea’s main city

Huge explosions rock Equatorial Guinea’s main city

Mar 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   At least 15 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a series ... Read More

Party Official dies in custody in Myanmar

Party Official dies in custody in Myanmar

Mar 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   An official from Aung San Suu Kyi's party has died in custody in Myanmar after ... Read More

YouTube bans channels run by Myanmar Military

YouTube bans channels run by Myanmar Military

Mar 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar's military amid ongoing violence following a coup ... Read More

China to tighten grip on Hong Kong elections

China to tighten grip on Hong Kong elections

Mar 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  China's top law-making body has unveiled plans to ensure only "patriots" can govern Hong Kong, as ... Read More

India man arrested for beheading teenaged daughter

India man arrested for beheading teenaged daughter

Mar 5, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested a man suspected of beheading ... Read More

Italy blocks AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

Italy blocks AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

Mar 5, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The Italian government has blocked the export of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia. The ... Read More

Microsoft accuses China over email cyber-attacks

Microsoft accuses China over email cyber-attacks

Mar 3, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Microsoft has blamed a Chinese cyber-espionage group for attacks on its mail server software. The ... Read More

Australian Cabinet Minister denies rape allegation

Australian Cabinet Minister denies rape allegation

Mar 3, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Australia's Attorney General Christian Porter has identified himself as the cabinet minister at the centre ... Read More