January 4 (PTI): China on Monday vehemently refuted the US charge that the novel coronavirus was leaked from a bio lab in the country and asserted that the pandemic was likely to have been caused by separate ou
New York, January 4 (IANS): US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris meet an early 2021 political test as two of their Democratic party colleagues seek to win knife edge special elections in Ge
New Delhi, January 4 (PTI): United States President Donald Trump, in an extraordinary one-hour phone call, told Georgia's election chief to reverse President-elect Joe Biden's win and urged him to "
New Delhi, January 4 (PTI): The United Kingdom on Monday began rolling out the Oxford University vaccine developed by AstraZeneca as protection against COVID-19, with an 82-year-old Oxford-born dialysis patient
Moscow, January 4 (IANS): The Russian Strategic Missile Forces will conduct more than 200 exercises of various levels in 2021, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
"In 2021, the Strategic Missile F
Tokyo, January 4 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that his government was mulling the declaration of another state of emergency in Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures due to an u
Washington, January 4 (IANS): US Senate Republicans were divided amid efforts to challenge the 2020 Electoral College results, which affirmed Democrat and former Vice President Joe Biden's victory over sitt
London, January 4 (IANS) The UK's Royal Mint has announced that it will commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 95th birthday with a new 5 pound coin, the media reported.
On April 21, Queen Elizabeth II wil
Washington, January 4 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 85 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.84 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
UNITED NATIONS, JANUARY 3 (IANS): The UN Support Mission in Libya has announced the establishment of the Advisory Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF).
"The committee's mandate wi
London, January 3 (PTI): Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned that the current tiered system of lockdown to arrest the spread of COVID-19 may have to be toughened further as the UK grapples with the ne
Washington, January 3 (PTI): The homes of the two highest-ranking members of the US Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have been vandalised, police said, amid a polit
RIYADH, JANUARY 3 (IANS): Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the lifting of the ban on all international flights as well as land and sea entry, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The two-week ban was part of the
OTTAWA, JANUARY 3 (IANS): Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a field in Alberta, Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.
In a statement on Saturday, the RCMP said that the private
Beijing, January 3 (PTI): China has revised its National Defence Law, expanding the power of its armed forces headed by President Xi Jinping to mobilise military and civilian resources to defend its national in
Beijing, January 3 (PTI): China's first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 travelled more than 400 million km by Sunday morning and is expected to enter Mars orbit next month, the country's space agency
Karachi, January 3 (PTI): At least 11 coal miners from Pakistan's Shia Hazara community were killed and four others injured on Sunday by unidentified gunmen who initially kidnapped them in the restive
Washington, January 3 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 84.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.83 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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London, January 2 (IANS): Another 53,285 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 2,542,065, according to official figures released o
Washington, January 2 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 83.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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