Tehran, February 9 (AP): Iran's intelligence minister has warned the West that his country could push for a nuclear weapon if crippling international sanctions on Tehran remain in place, state television re
Beijing, February 9 (AP): China is ready to consider vaccine cooperation with Central and Eastern European countries, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday in a meeting held by video link with European leaders.
WUHAN, China, February 9 (AP) — A World Health Organization expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species
Yangon, February 9 (AP): Police cracked down on crowds of demonstrators against Myanmar's military takeover who took to the streets again on Tuesday in defiance of rules making the protests illegal.
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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.
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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.
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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