London, January 4 (IANS) The UK's Royal Mint has announced that it will commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 95th birthday with a new 5 pound coin, the media reported.
On April 21, Queen Elizabeth II wil
Washington, January 4 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 85 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.84 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
UNITED NATIONS, JANUARY 3 (IANS): The UN Support Mission in Libya has announced the establishment of the Advisory Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF).
"The committee's mandate wi
London, January 3 (PTI): Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned that the current tiered system of lockdown to arrest the spread of COVID-19 may have to be toughened further as the UK grapples with the ne
Washington, January 3 (PTI): The homes of the two highest-ranking members of the US Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have been vandalised, police said, amid a polit
RIYADH, JANUARY 3 (IANS): Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the lifting of the ban on all international flights as well as land and sea entry, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The two-week ban was part of the
OTTAWA, JANUARY 3 (IANS): Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a field in Alberta, Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.
In a statement on Saturday, the RCMP said that the private
Beijing, January 3 (PTI): China has revised its National Defence Law, expanding the power of its armed forces headed by President Xi Jinping to mobilise military and civilian resources to defend its national in
Beijing, January 3 (PTI): China's first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 travelled more than 400 million km by Sunday morning and is expected to enter Mars orbit next month, the country's space agency
Karachi, January 3 (PTI): At least 11 coal miners from Pakistan's Shia Hazara community were killed and four others injured on Sunday by unidentified gunmen who initially kidnapped them in the restive
Washington, January 3 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 84.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.83 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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London, January 2 (IANS): Another 53,285 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 2,542,065, according to official figures released o
Washington, January 2 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 83.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its
Washington, January 2 (IANS): In yet another grim milestone, the overall number of coronavirus cases in the US, the hardest-hit country in the world by the pandemic, has surpassed the 20 million mark, according
Geneva, January 1 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency use validation for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening the door for countries to expedite their own regulatory appro
New York, January 1 (IANS) Human activities such as groundwater removal and other natural causes are leading to sinking of the Earth's surface and the phenomenon will affect 635 million people, mostly in As
Beijing, January 1 (IANS): China announced that it had granted conditional marketing authorisation for the first Covid-19 vaccine.
The inactivated vaccine, which got approval from the National Medical Produc
London, January 1 (IANS): Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB), an institution accused and blamed by political leadership for taking political maneuvering of the government and using it to nab to
Sanaa (Yemen), December 31 (AP): Yemen's prime minister renewed accusations on Thursday that the country's Shiite rebels and Iran were responsible for the deadly explosion at the airport in the southern
Washington, Decemebr 31 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 82.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.80 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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