BANGKOK, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): Thirteen people have been killed due to flash floods in Thailand's Nakhon Si Thammarat province, disaster management officials said on Saturday.
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Washington, December 5 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 65.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.51 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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United Nations, December 5 (IANS): As the world awaits the first wave of Covid-19 vaccinations, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), hailed the "incremental" nature of scientifi
Washington, December 4 (PTI): China is the "greatest threat" to democracy and freedom since World War II and Beijing was preparing for confrontation with the US and intended to dominate the world &quo
SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has urged US President Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during his last days in the White House.
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Warsaw (Poland), December 4 (AP): Polish government officials insisted on Friday that they are sticking to their tough negotiating position ahead of a key European Union summit next week that should finalise th
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): TIME magazine has put an Indian American teen "scientist and inventor" Gitanjali Rao on its first ever 'Kid of the Year' cover, selected from a field of more than
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030, due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number to mor
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): Equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, medicines and medical equipment will be secured in global response to the ongoing global pandemic, according to speakers at a special se
SINGAPORE, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): Singapore on Friday announced its decision to contribute $5 million to support low- and lower-middle-income countries procure Covid-19 vaccines.
The announcement was made in a j
London, December 4 (PTI): Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced an ambitious new target to reduce the UK's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 68 per cent by 2030 compared to the levels in 1990.
Tokyo, December 4 (PTI): Scientists have discovered single-celled microorganisms in an "inhospitable" deep ocean environment where temperatures touched 120 degrees Celsius, findings that shed lig
Dhaka, December 4 (AP): Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday started sending a first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the proces
Washington, December 4 (PTI): US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has named her Chief of Staff, Domestic Policy Advisor and National Security Advisor -- an all-women team -- which she said has the experience
Washington, December 4 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 65 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.50 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University
Washington, December 4 (AP) Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he'
Canberra, December 4 (AP): China's senior diplomat in Australia said Prime Minister Scott Morrison overreacted to a social media post about alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, adding t
KABUL, DECEMBER 3 (IANS): Negotiators from the Afghan government, as well as the Taliban, have agreed on procedural rules to continue the peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, it was confirmed by both the
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 3 (IANS): The Covid-19-related school closures risk pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into "learning poverty" - meaning that they are unable to read an
Lahore, December 3 (PTI): A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has handed down 15 years jail term to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson of the Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD), in a te