WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 9 (IANS): More than 2.93 million children in the US have so far been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic last year, according to official data.
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SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 9 (IANS): A US-based news organisation has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, alleging that the tech giants with their dominance over the digita
United Nations, February 9 (PTI): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the decision of the United States to re-engage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying the world organisation lo
HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 9 (IANS): Hong Kongs top court on Tuesday ordered media tycoon Jimmy Lai to remain in custody before his trial on charges of fraud and colluding with foreign forces.
As the Court of Final
United Nations, February 9 (AP): North Korea has modernised its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programmes and continuing to
Yangon, February 9 (IANS): Myanmar will conduct friendly cooperation with all countries while the country's foreign policy will not change, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing sai
Washington, February 9 (IANS) The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 106.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.32 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its
Washington, February 9 (IANS): A new study has suggested that the coronavirus variant first detected in the UK late last year is spreading rapidly across the US, raising concerns over another resurgence in the
New York, February 9 (IANS): After being torn between a fuller revenge against former US President Donald Trump and advancing incumbent President Joe Biden's agenda, both Democrats and Republicans have opte
February 9 (PTI): The United States has demanded the immediate and full restoration of the democratically elected government in Myanmar and said that America stands with the elected representatives of the Asian
Yangon, February 8 (AP): Myanmar's military government imposed a curfew and bans on gatherings of more than five people in the country's two biggest cities on Monday as protests against last week's
Washington, February 8 (AP): The Biden administration is set to announce this week that it will reengage with the much-maligned UN Human Rights Council that former President Donald Trump withdrew from almost th
Jerusalem, February 8 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday as his trial on corruption charges resumed in a Jerusalem courtroom just weeks before national elections in whi
Beijing, February 8 (PTI): China on Monday chose to ignore US President Joe Biden's comment that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping lacked democratic bone in his body but said that the two countries should
Rome, February 8 (AP): Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just and where basic
Nay Pyi Taw, February 8 (IANS): Thousands of people continued their protest for a third consecutive day in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, against last week's military coup, forcing police to u
Kathmandu, February 8 (IANS): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday said that the ongoing border disputes with India will be resolved through diplomatic talks.
Although Nepal and India held ministeria
Manila, February 8 (IANS): An offshore earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted the Davao Oriental province of the Philippines on Monday morning, authorities said.
The Philippine Institute of Vol
Yangon, February 8 (AP): A protest against Myanmar's one-week-old military government swelled rapidly on Monday morning as opposition to the coup grew increasingly bold.
The protesters at a major downtow
Kathmandu, February 7 (PTI): Hundreds of students belonging to the Nepal Communist Party's rival faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Sunday held a rally here against Prime Minister K P