ISLAMABAD, August 19 (Reuters): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has played down differences with longtime ally Saudi Arabia after his army chief visited Riyadh in a bid to ease a row over policy towards the
Zurich, August 19 (IANS): Residents of a town in Switzerland saw to their disbelief snowing flakes of chocolates after a ventilation system in a world-famous chocolate factory malfunctioned.
The company, Lin
BRASILIA, August 19 (Reuters) - Flames are ravaging Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, approaching the region's main highway and threatening endangered species amid a near-record number
New Delhi, August 19 (ANI): It seems Saudi Arabia is in no mood to mend ties with Pakistan whose Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa who flew in to Riyadh to placate an angry Saudi leadership failed to secure
New York, August 19 (IANS) The number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 22 million, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) In a first direct challenge to US President Donald Trump in the run-up to the November presidential election, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has said the platform would remove Trump p
GENEVA/MANILA, August 18 (Reuters): Nations that hoard possible COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on T
ADDIS ABABA, August 18 (Reuters): Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday replaced the defence minister, his former ally Lemma Megersa, as part of a reshuffle ahead of elections in the heavily divided na
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Mauritius has arrested the captain of a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground off its coast, causing a devastating oil spill in one of the world's most pristine maritime environments, police sai
MANILA, August 18 (Reuters): The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of whom were u
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, August 18 (Reuters): A U.N.-backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted a Hezbollah member of conspiracy to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing that se
KABUL, August 18 (Reuters): More than a dozen rockets struck Kabul on Tuesday, wounding at least ten people, including children, prompting some foreign embassies to order a lockdown, officials and sources
MANILA, August 18 (Reuters): A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging roads and buildings including a hospital and a sports complex being used
DAKAR, August 18 (Reuters): Each day, fishmongers in Congo Republic pile up hundreds of dead sharks on the shore and begin lopping off fins and bartering over hammerheads and other endangered species.
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LONDON, August 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Former world leaders called on Tuesday for urgent global action to stop coronavirus creating a "COVID generation" with millions of children deprive
Leidschendam, NETHERLANDS, August 18 (Reuters): There is no evidence that the leadership of the Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, or the Syrian government, were involved in the 2005 bombing t
BAMAKO, August 18 (Reuters): Gunfire was heard on Tuesday at an army base outside Mali's capital Bamako as the Norwegian Embassy and a security source said a possible military mutiny was under way.
HONG KONG, August 18 (Reuters): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was not too bothered about U.S. sanctions against her but the Chinese-ruled city will complain to the World Trade Organizatio
GENEVA, August 18 (Reuters): The world must administer widespread anti-flu vaccinations this year to help to ward off the risk of complicating coronavirus infections, World Health Organization senior advis
Washington, August 18 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 21.8 million, while the deaths have increased to over 772,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Tuesday