Atlanta, January 6 (AP): Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the pa
London, January 6 (IANS): England's third national lockdown has legally come into force, with MPs set to vote retrospectively on it later.
All of the UK is now under strict virus curbs, with Wales, North
Atlanta, January 6 (AP): Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the pa
Washington, January 6 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 86 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.86 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its l
Geneva, January 6 (IANS): A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Wuhan city has been denied entry to China.
Two members had already set o
AMSTERDAM, January 05 (Reuters): The Dutch government was caught off guard by the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by EU regulators in December and has been unable to start vaccinating due to logist
BERLIN, January 05 (Reuters): Germany is set to extend its nationwide lockdown until the end of the month and introduce new tougher restrictions in a bid to get control of surging coronavirus infections, source
New Delhi, January 5 (PTI): The Union government has not banned the export of any COVID-19 vaccine that has been granted restricted emergency use approval by the drug regulator, the Health Ministry said on Tues
BRASILIA, January 5 (Reuters): Brazil's government said on Tuesday that India is not restricting the export of coronavirus vaccines made there, which the South American country aims to buy and import w
Seoul, January 5 (IANS): The South Korean government on Tuesday called for the early release of an oil tanker which was seized by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Gulf over what Tehran c
Dharamsala, January 5 (IANS): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has congratulated Nancy Pelosi on securing a fourth term as Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
He also wished her a Happy New Ye
Washington, January 5 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 85.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.85 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its
January 5 (PTI): Former United States President Barack Obama has warned of threats to the fundamental principles of America's democracy, a day after the emergence of the leaked audio in which President Dona
January 5 (PTI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed a new stay-at-home lockdown until at least mid-February to battle through the "critical moment" in the coronavirus pandemic, wh
January 4 (PTI): China on Monday vehemently refuted the US charge that the novel coronavirus was leaked from a bio lab in the country and asserted that the pandemic was likely to have been caused by separate ou
New York, January 4 (IANS): US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris meet an early 2021 political test as two of their Democratic party colleagues seek to win knife edge special elections in Ge
New Delhi, January 4 (PTI): United States President Donald Trump, in an extraordinary one-hour phone call, told Georgia's election chief to reverse President-elect Joe Biden's win and urged him to "
New Delhi, January 4 (PTI): The United Kingdom on Monday began rolling out the Oxford University vaccine developed by AstraZeneca as protection against COVID-19, with an 82-year-old Oxford-born dialysis patient
Moscow, January 4 (IANS): The Russian Strategic Missile Forces will conduct more than 200 exercises of various levels in 2021, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
"In 2021, the Strategic Missile F
Tokyo, January 4 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that his government was mulling the declaration of another state of emergency in Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures due to an u