New Delhi, November 8 (IANS): A senior World Health Organization official has cast doubt on Turkmenistan's claim that it has zero Covid cases, the BBC reported.
"[It] has been spreading worldwide as
Glasgow, November 8 (IANS): Activists on Monday demanded focus on introducing climate science to the curricula in schools by asking politicians gathered at the ongoing 26th Conference of Parties to the UN Frame
Beijing, November 8 (PTI): Wang Yaping on Monday became the first Chinese woman astronaut to walk in space as she moved out of the under-construction space station and took part in extravehicular activities for
Seoul, November 7 (AP): North Korea has conducted artillery firing exercises to bolster its defense capability, state media reported Sunday, its latest weapons test as Pyongyang continues to pressure Washington
Baghdad, November 7 (AP): Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he was unharmed. The attack
Tel Aviv, November 7 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett rejected the promised reopening of the main US diplomatic mission for the Palestinians in Jerusalem, saying there was no room in the contested c
New Delhi, November 6 (IANS): A 29-year-old rights activist and lecturer of economics has been shot dead in northern Afghanistan, in what appears to be the first known death of a women's rights defender sin
Freetown (Sierra Leone), November 6 (AP): An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking
United Nations, November 6 (IANS): A Nepalese peacekeeper serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was named the recipient of the 2021 UN Woman Police Officer of the Year.
Superintendent Sangya
United Nations, November 6 (AP): The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar said Friday that preliminary evidence collected since the military seized power on February 1 shows a
Greenland, November 6 (AP): While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved.
The Arctic i
Glasgow, November 5 (AP): The generation of young people who will inherit a warmer future is telling the generation that caused carbon pollution to clean up its mess from both inside and outside United Nations
Dharamsala, November 5 (IANS): Mayor-elect Aftab Pureval, the son of a Tibetan mother and an Indian father, has been appointed the first Tibetan-American to this post in the history of Cincinnati city in Ohio.
New Delhi, November 5 (IANS): The latest resurgence of Covid-19 in China has shown a tendency of spreading among schools, affecting students and kindergarten children, as at least four places have detected outb
Seoul, November 5 (AP): South Korea's conservative former top prosecutor, who has called for a stronger US security guarantee to neutralize North Korean nuclear threats, won the main opposition party's
New York, November 5 (AP): New York prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump's business dealings have convened a new grand jury to hear evidence in the probe as the previous panel's term
Seoul, November 4 (IANS): North Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that its development of new weapons is an "inevitable choice" to prevent a war and protect its people, accusing the U
Bangkok, November 3 (AP): A court in Myanmar on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Danny Fenster, an American journalist jailed for the past five months, and added a new charge against him, his lawyer s
Washington, November 4 (PTI): China has been taking "incremental and tactical actions" to press its claims at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India and has unsuccessfully sought to prevent New D
Geneva, November 4 (AP): A 53-country region in Europe and Central Asia faces the real threat of a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic in the coming weeks or already is experiencing a new wave of infections,