Copenhagen, May 29 (IANS): The Danish government has launched its new digital "corona passport", an app named Coronapas, in a bid to facilitate travel within the European Union (EU) this summer.
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Damascus, May 29 (IANS): After scoring a sweeping victory in this weeks presidential election, incumbent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the vote was "a slap in the faces of enemies".
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Brasilia, May 29 (IANS): At least four people were killed after a fire broke out in a Covid-19 patient area at a public hospital in the Brazilian city of Aracaju, capital of Sergipe state, local authorities sai
Ottawa, May 29 (IANS): The remains of 215 indigenous children were discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops in western Canada, authorities said, adding an investigation into the matter has been lau
Paris, May 28 (AP): A man with severe schizophrenia who had been on a watch list for Islamic radicalism stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France and shot two other officers before police
Moscow, May 28 (AP): Belarus' authoritarian leader will discuss closer economic ties with Russia on Friday, as he seeks support from his main backer amid a bruising showdown with the European Union over the
Washington, May 28 (AP): Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the government is taking a very close look at the possibility of vaccine passports for travel into and out of the United States.
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Brussels, May 28 (AP): The European Commission said on Friday it has given one month to the Chinese-owned video app TikTok to answer complaints from an European consumers group over its commercial practices.
Berlin, May 28 (IANS): An 84-year-old man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of hoarding a stash of Nazi-era weapons, including an army tank, in the basement of his residence in the city of Kiel. The Wo
Washington, May 28 (PTI): A prominent Hindu American advocacy group alleged on Thursday that it has been threatened by Pakistan for recently launching a website exposing the role of the Pakistan Army in the 197
Damascus, May 28 (AP): Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country following an election described as illeg
San Francisco, May 28 (IANS): The death toll in a mass shooting in California's San Jose city has increased to 10 after an injured person succumbed in a hospital, authorities said.
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Ottawa, May 28 (IANS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has delivered a formal apology for the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War.
In June 1940, after Italy joined the war as a
Tokyo, May 28 (IANS): The Japanese government is likely to extend Covid-19 emergency measures in place for Tokyo and and eight other prefectures for another three weeks until June 20, local media reported on Fr
Wellington, May 28 (IANS): Job numbers in New Zealand reached a new high in April 2021, up 0.3 per cent since the previous March 2021 level, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Friday.
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Kabul, May 28 (IANS): A total of 23 Taliban militants were killed in airstrikes that targeted hideouts in Afghanistan's Balkh province, an army spokesman said on Friday.
The sorties, according to the spo
Kathmandu, May 28 (IANS): The Nepal government has decided to allow once-a-week flights to China, Qatar and Turkey as all international flights, except two flights per week to India, have remained suspended in
Hong Kong, May 28 (IANS): A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced several activists and opposition figures, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 months in prison.
The court sentenced the 73-year-old La
Melbourne, May 27 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday pledged extra vaccines and defence force support for Victoria, country's second-most populous state, which will be placed under
WASHINGTON, May 27 (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibilit