Jakarta, February 20 (IANS): At least 52 among dozens of short-finned pilot whales stranded on a beach in Indonesia's East Java province died on Friday morning, local media reported.
"We are suspect
Singapore, February 20 (IANS): Covid-19 vaccinations for people aged 60 to 69 will start around the end of March, with the rest of the population to follow suit in April, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Fr
Cape Canaveral (Florida) February 20 (AP): The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface.
Kathmandu, February 19 (PTI): Members representing the amicus curiae in a case against Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's dissolution of the House of Representatives have argued before the Supreme Court
Berlin, February 19 (AP): The UN human rights office said Friday that it has asked the United Arab Emirates for evidence that an Emirati princess held against her will for almost three years is still alive.
Tokyo, February 19 (AP): Cooling water levels have fallen in two reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant since a powerful earthquake hit the area last weekend, indicating possible additional damage, its
Beijing, February 19 (PTI): As the spectre of ageing population coupled with declining birth rates continue to loom large despite relaxation of the one-child policy in 2016, a concerned China has approved three
London, February 19 (AP): Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are holding their first meeting of 2021 on Friday, and vowing to share coronavirus vaccines with the world's poorest countries though
Nairobi (Kenya), February 19 (AP): The scale of violence in South Sudan is a lot worse than during the country's five-year civil war, a United Nations commission announced Friday, accusing senior officials
Yangon (Myanmar) February 19 (AP): A young woman who was shot in the head by police during a protest last week against the military's takeover of power in Myanmar died Friday morning, her brother said.
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Beijing, February 19 (PTI): Four Chinese soldiers were killed in the fierce clash with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) acknowledg
Canberra, February 19 (AP): Australia's prime minister on Friday urged Facebook to lift its ban on news access for Australian users and return to the negotiating table with media organisations, warning that
San Diego, February 19 (AP): After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country starting Friday as they wait for courts to decide o
Washington, February 19 (AP): The United States is back in the Paris climate accord, just 107 days after it left.
While Friday's return is heavily symbolic, world leaders say they expect America to prove
Bangkok, February 19 (IANS): The mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus developed by Chulalongkorn University of Thailand, is scheduled to enter the first stage of human trials soon, according to a university off
Brasilia, February 19 (IANS): The Brazilian government announced on Thursday that it has formally withdrawn its 2017 suit against the Canadian government at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over commercial ai
Jerusalem, February 19 (IANS): Israel has begun developing a long-range ballistic missile interceptor, named Arrow-4, together with the US.
"The Israel Missile Defense Organization, in the Directorate o
Cape Canaveral, February 19 (AP) A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Friday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer
Washington, February 19 (AP): The Biden administration said Friday it's ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, in a sharp repudiation of former Presiden
BEIJING, FEBRUARY 18 (IANS): A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted rumours about China on the situation in Myanmar, saying that Internet rumours are nothing but that, aiming at destroying