Daily Monitor

January 25, 2021

Japan and IOC deny Tokyo Olympic cancellation report

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan reiterated on Friday their commitment to hosting the Tokyo Olympics this year and denied a report of a possible cancellation, Xinhua reports. […]
January 25, 2021

China takes new foreign investment top spot from US

China has overtaken the US as the world’s top destination for new foreign direct investment, according to UN figures released on Sunday. […]
January 22, 2021

Japan determined to hold Tokyo Olympics despite cancellation rumors

The Japanese government is determined that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, organizers said Friday, following an unconfirmed report that cancellation of the Games might be imminent. […]
January 21, 2021

UK and EU in row over bloc’s diplomatic status

A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over the status of the bloc’s ambassador in London. […]
January 20, 2021

Basic priorities of Swedish Chairpersonship presented in OSCE in Vienna

The first special meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) took place on January 14 in Vienna on the occasion of Sweden’s assumption of the chairpersonship to the Organization this year, Kazinform has learnt from the press service of the Kazakh MFA. […]
January 20, 2021

Limiting air pollution ‘could prevent 50,000 deaths in Europe’

World Health Organization estimates air pollution kills more than 7 million people each year […]
January 19, 2021

Kazakhstan to kick off COVID-19 vaccination next month

Country to begin mass vaccination with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine as of Feb. 1 […]
January 19, 2021

Covid-19: Brazil Begins Vaccinations as It Battles Virus Variants

The United States is hurtling toward 400,000 total deaths. A W.H.O. panel says the world failed in its initial pandemic response. […]
January 18, 2021

‘It was a non-event’: Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.

Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false claim that he won the 2020 […]
January 18, 2021

Covid-19: China’s economy picks up, bucking global trend

China’s economy grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades last year, official figures show, but remains on course to be the only major economy to have expanded in 2020. […]
January 14, 2021

Pakistan, Turkey have enviable relations: Air chief

Countries share common visiona to maintain stability, peace, prosperity, in region, Muslim countries: Pakistani official […]
January 14, 2021

Donald Trump impeached a second time over mob attack on US Capitol

The House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached Donald Trump for inciting a violent insurrection against the government of the United States a week after he encouraged a mob of his supporters to storm the US Capitol […]
January 13, 2021

Malaysia’s king declares state of emergency to curb spread of Covid-19

Medical personnel collect swab samples from a man for coronavirus testing in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia […]
January 13, 2021

US calls off UN envoy’s Taiwan visit to focus on Biden transition

Taiwan says it ‘respects’ US decision, but analysts say island might be quietly relieved. […]
January 12, 2021

Kazakhstan and Singapore hold political consultations

The foreign ministries of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Singapore have held the political consultations through videolink, Kazinform has learnt from the press service of the Kazakh MFA. […]
January 12, 2021

Turkic Council hails elections in Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan

Secretary-general of council conveys his sincere congratulations to countries […]
January 12, 2021

Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan sign deal to end Karabakh war

Leaders of the three countries have signed an agreement to end the the war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The pact is expected to take effect on Tuesday. […]
January 11, 2021

The state of the climate in 2021

After the turbulent year of 2020, BBC Future takes stock on the state of the climate at the beginning of 2021 […]
January 11, 2021

Kyrgyzstan election: Sadyr Japarov looks set for landslide victory

The frontrunner in Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election, Sadyr Japarov, appears to have won by a landslide, preliminary results suggest. […]
January 8, 2021

This Covid wave has trapped healthcare workers in a nightmare. I see it every day

Celebrating healthcare workers as ‘heroes’ obscures the systemic failures that forced us to fill the gap […]