The Hague, November 27 (AP) A total of 61 people who arrived in the Netherlands on two flights from South Africa on Friday tested positive for the coronavirus and were in isolation on Saturday as the world anxi
New York, November 27 (IANS) New York State Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday declared a disaster emergency for the entire state through January 15, 2022 amid a new wave of Covid-19 infections.
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London, November 26 (AP): WHAT IS THIS NEW COVID-19 VARIANT IN SOUTH AFRICA? South African scientists have identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-1
Brussels, November 26 (AP): A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, and stocks plunged in Asia and Europe in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19
Kabul, November 26 (IANS): Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid has said talks between Taliban and the US would resume in Qatar's capital Doha.
"The officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Seoul, November 26 (IANS): South Korean Unification Minister Lee In-young on Friday pitched the proposed declaration of a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War as a "good starting point" in the search
Khartoum, November 26 (IANS): At least 43 people were killed and 46 villages were burned and looted during a conflict between Arab nomads and farmers from the Misseriya Jebel tribe in West Darfur's Jebel Mo
Calais (France), November 25 (AP): President Emmanuel Macron appealed Thursday to neighbouring European countries to do more to stop illegal migration into France after at least 27 people died trying to cross t
Seoul, November 25 (IANS): North Korea appears to be continuing the operation of a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor at its mainstay Yongbyon complex, a US monitoring website has said, citing the release of s
Stockholm, November 25 (IANS): Shortly after Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected by Parliament as Sweden's first female Prime Minister, she tendered her resignation after facing the harsh
New Delhi, November 25 (IANS): On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the United Nations in Afghanistan has called for concrete actions to end violence against women.
Moscow, November 25 (AP): A fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia killed 11 people and injured more than 40 others on Thursday, with dozens of others still trapped, authorities said.
The blaze took pla
Dhaka, November 25 (PTI): The UN General Assembly has adopted a historic resolution to graduate three nations, including Bangladesh and Nepal, from the least developed country (LDC) category to the developing c
Benghazi, November 25 (AP): Libya's top electoral body on Wednesday disqualified the son and onetime heir apparent of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from running for president in elections to be held nex
Berlin, November 24 (AP): The three parties negotiating to form Germany's next government will finalise and present their coalition agreement Wednesday, two of the prospective partners said. The deal paves
New Delhi, November 24 (IANS): China has banned its celebrities from showing off their wealth on social media in the latest crackdown on the entertainment industry, Daily Mail reported.
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Copenhagen, November 24 (AP): Sweden's parliament on Wednesday approved Magdalena Andersson as the country's first female prime minister, tapping the finance minister who recently became the new leader
Beijing, November 24 (PTI): Fewer people are getting married in China in addition to the falling birth rates, hastening the demographic crisis in the world's most populous country, according to official dat
Seoul, November 24 (AP): New coronavirus infections in South Korea exceeded 4,000 in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic as a delta-driven spread continues to rattle the country after it ea
New Delhi, November 23 (IANS): China's birth rate has plummeted to its lowest level since 1978 as the government struggles to stave off a looming demographic crisis, The Guardian reported.
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