WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): Micro-blogging site Twitter on Saturday flagged a series of tweets posted by US President Donald Trump, who still disputes the outcome of the November 3 election that has project
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for multi-lateralism and reformed global governance to tackle global threats.
"The Covid-19 pandemic provides overwhelmin
BEIRUT, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): A trial chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has sentenced Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash to life imprisonment for conspiring to assassinate former Lebanese Prime Ministe
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): Child poverty is expected to remain above pre-coronavirus levels for at least five years in high-income countries, a new Unicef report has revealed.
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TEHRAN, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): An Iranian journalist, accused of fanning unrest during the 2017-18 nationwide protests, was executed on Saturday after the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against him.
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WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): In yet another grim milestone, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 70 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.59 million, according
Mexico City, December 11 (AP): The lower house of Mexico's congress has unanimously approved a law that would prohibit all forms of physical punishment of children by parents, caretakers, teachers or guardi
New York, December 11 (IANS): The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is poised to cross its final regulatory hurdle in a matter of hours. The US Food and Drug Administration has signalled imminent closure, saying
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 11 (IANS): Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been awarded the UN's highest environmental honour in the Policy Leadership category for his global climate action work and his com
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 11 (IANS): Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that life is "a waking nightmare" for 12 million children in Yem
LONDON, DECEMBER 11 (IANS): The UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said that Sunday will be a "point of finality" for the post-Brexit trade talks if the European Union (EU) does not "mov
London, December 11 (PTI): Humans, followed by ferrets, and to a lesser extent cats, civets and dogs are the animals most likely to be infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a new study which analyse
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 11 (IANS): People in Ethiopia's conflict-rideen Tigray state reportedly are running out of food because of a lack of access for the UN and its partners, it was announced.
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Brussels, December 11 (AP): European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels
Terre Haute (US), December 11 (AP): The Trump administration Thursday carried out its ninth federal execution of the year in what has been a first series of executions during a presidential lame-duck period in
KABUL, DECEMBER 11 (IANS): The UN General Assemblys (UNGA) resolution on the situation in Afghanistan was adopted on Friday by a majority of 131 votes, supporting an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace
Hong Kong, December 11 (AP): Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, according to local med
December 11 (PTI): United States President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been named by the prestigious TIME magazine as '2020 Person of the Year' for changing the American
San Francisco, December 11 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told his more than 50,000 employees that they will not be required to get vaccinated before returning back to work when the company reopens off
Washington, December 11 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 69.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.58 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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