Wellington, January 24 (IANS): A teary-eyed Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday made her last speech as the Prime Minister of New Zealand with successor Chris Hipkins beside her.
The outgoing Labor leader on her last
Hong Kong, January 24 (IANS) Around 92 per cent of the population in the Chinese capital of Beijing will have Covid by January 31, a new study published in peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine has revealed.
Islamabad, January 24 (IANS) Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has called for fresh round of protests against the decision to appoint Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi as the careta
Seoul, January 23 (IANS) South Korea reported 9,227 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the lowest number in more than three months, health authorities said, amid a slowdown in infections and less testing over the Lu
Beijing, January 22 (IANS) Eight in 10 people in China have now been infected with Covid-19, a prominent government scientist has claimed.
Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of China's Center for Diseas
Los Angeles, January 22 (IANS) At least nine people were killed in a shooting on Saturday night in California's Monterey Park, where thousands of people had gathered for the Lunar New Year festival, reports
Washington, January 21 (IANS) Nikki Haley, the Indian American Republican who is eyeing a bid for the White House in 2024, has been accused of plotting to become former President Donald Trump's vice-preside
Islamabad, January 21 (IANS) The Petroleum Division has warned the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) that the stocks of petroleum products may dry up as banks are refusing to open and confirm Letters of Credit (LCs)
Tokyo, January 21 (IANS) Downgrading the deadly Covid-19's legal status to seasonal flu will trigger more infections, putting millions at long Covid and death risk for people in Japan, the media reported on
New Delhi, January 21 (IANS) Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday joined the growing debate on the serious side-effects of Covid-19 vaccines, saying he had "major side effects from my second booster shot"
Wellington, January 21 (IANS) Chris Hipkins, New Zealand's incumbent minister for police, education and public service, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as the country's next Prime Minister following th
Colombo, January 20 (IANS) Visiting External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday reassured India's strong ties with Sri Lanka and insisted that New Delhi would standby it southern neighbour which is go
Dharamsala, January 20 (IANS) Over 220,000 Tibetans age 60 and above may die in the ongoing Covid-19 surge in China, according to an estimate by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) based on demographic d
Moscow, January 19 (IANS) After Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that he is not certain that Vladimir Putin is actually holding the office of the President of Russia or is even alive, the Kreml
Taipei, January 19 (IANS) Chinese cyber authorities have announced an internet censorship crackdown to ensure there are no "gloomy sentiments" caused by pandemic "rumours" during the lunar n
Islamabad, January 19 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday called upon the Iranian authorities to investigate the cross-border terrorist attack in the Panjgur district of Balochistan province and bring the perpetrators
Former US President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to regain control of his powerful social media accounts in order to make a comeback for the White House.
San Francisco, January 19 (IANS): Former US
Los Angeles, January 18 (IANS) Nearly 26,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US in the week ending January 12, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Childr
Hong Kong, January 18 (IANS) China may see nearly a staggering 36,000 deaths a day during Lunar New Year holidays, data analytics company Airfinity has forecast.
The Lunar New Year festival began on January
Kathmandu, January 18 (IANS) With the second body recovered at the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in central Nepal on Tuesday, 71 bodies had been found with the last missing victim remains to be confirm