MOSCOW, August 29 (Reuters): Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years
KARACHI, Pakistan, Augut 28 (Reuters): Pakistan's flooded financial capital of Karachi was plunged into chaos on Friday with power cuts, streets under water and cellphone outages caused by heavy rain a
BERLIN, August 28 (Reuters): German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that global efforts to combat climate change were insufficient, and that she would accelerate the fight to combat it in coming ye
ADDIS ABABA, August 28 (Reuters): The number of dolphins washed up dead near a Mauritius oil spill site increased to 38 on Friday, a government official told Reuters.
"I can confirm we have so far
MEXICO CITY, August 28 (Reuters): Gearing up for a key election next year, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has wielded corruption as both a stick with which to beat political adversaries, and
TEL AVIV/GAZA, August 28 (Reuters): Israeli aircraft and tanks struck Hamas facilities in Gaza on Friday and militants fired half a dozen rockets towards southern Israel, its military said, as mediators st
BERLIN, August 28 (Reuters): German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday the coronavirus pandemic was likely to worsen in coming months, and that her government would respond by prioritising the welfare
Seoul, August 28 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a typhoon-hit area in the country's Hwanghae province and called for all-out efforts to minimize damage to fields and a reduction in harvests
TOKYO, August 28 (Reuters): Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, announced his resignation because of poor health on Friday, ending a stint at the helm of the world's third-b
August 28 (ANI): Terming Covid-19 as a "new and powerful invisible enemy" US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that the US would produce a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this yea
Washington, August 28 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has officially accepted the Republican Party's nomination for a second term in office.
His acceptance on Thursday night came during a speech from t
Washington, August 28 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 24.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 829,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Friday
Geneva, August 28 (IANS): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of millions of pe
BRUSSELS, August 27 (Reuters): The European Commission has made a 336 million euros ($396 million) downpayment to British drug maker AstraZeneca to secure at least 300 million doses of its potential COVID-
KHARTOUM, August 27 (Reuters): Flood waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital
BEAUMONT, Texas, August 27 (Reuters): Hurricane Laura barreled through southwest Louisiana, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing a 14-year-old girl after making landfall early on Th
GENEVA, August 27 (Reuters): The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that his agency was setting up a review committee to evaluate the performance of its International Health Regul
MILAN, August 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The world's first entirely virtual art museum is set to open next month, hoping to bring masterpieces to anyone in the world with an internet connection,
BAMAKO, August 27 (Reuters): Coup leaders in Mali have released ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from detention, a junta official said on Thursday.
A group of military officers, who call themselv
DONG HOA, Vietnam, August 27 (Reuters): While coronavirus lockdowns caused many men across the world to grow their hair longer than usual, none compare with Vietnam's Nguyen Van Chien who has gone almo