BUCHAREST, November 15 (Reuters): Romanian officials will check all intensive care units after a fire killed 10 people at a hospital treating coronavirus patients, the government said on Sunday.
The fir
WASHINGTON, November 15 (Reuters): President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, but re
CAIRO, NOVEMBER 15 (IANS): Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry has unveiled 100 newly-discovered ancient coffins in the Saqqara necropolis of Giza near the capital Cairo.
"We announced today th
MANILA, November 15 (Reuters): The death toll from the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines this year has climbed to 67, while many areas remained submerged in a northern region hit by the worst floodi
EIN BOKEK, Israel, November 15 (Reuters): At the lowest point on earth, in the middle of a giant salt lake where animals and plants have no chance of surviving, a jolly man dressed in red with a flowing wh
(Reuters): The transition to President-elect Joe Biden's administration remained in political limbo on Sunday, a day after tens of thousands of President Donald Trump's supporters poured into the n
New York, November 14 (IANS): As the coronavirus pandemic batters the US with a brutal winter surge, the Donald Trump administrations vaccine coordination chief remains optimistic about a best case scenario of
BANGKOK, November 14 (Reuters): Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn told well-wishers of the importance of unity as he marked the opening of a new railway line on Saturday, after thousands of protester
ISLAMABAD, NOVEMBER 14 (IANS): In an out of the box approach aimed at nabbing rapists, a Pakistani police officer lured his own daughter to be used as bait.
The incident took place in Sindh's Kashmore, w
WASHINGTON, November 14 (Reuters): U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more fiscal stimulus to
ADDIS ABABA, November 14 (Reuters): Two airports in Ethiopia's Amhara state which neighbours Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire late on Friday, the gover
MANILA, November 14 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday cleared his newly appointed police chief of any violation of rules when he celebrated his birthday in May during one of the w
WASHINGTON, November 14 (Reuters): U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that Facebook Inc has been part of the problem when it comes to election-related interference.
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HANOI/MANILA, November 14 (Reuters): Vietnam was bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country's central coast early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that cou
WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 14 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 53.2 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,301,020, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Saturday mo
WASHINGTON, November 14 (Reuters): Al Qaeda's second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives a
TOKYO, November 14 (Reuters): Japan's daily coronavirus infection tally rose to record 1,731 on Saturday, hitting a new high for a third straight day, public broadcaster NHK said.
Tokyo on Saturday
GENEVA, NOVEMBER 14 (IANS): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that there is "an urgent need" for a globally
BANGKOK, November 14 (Reuters): Thousands of people protested in Bangkok on Saturday in the latest in months of anti-government demonstrations that have also called for reforms to Thailand’s pow
MOGADISHU, November 14 (Reuters): A rifle on his back, Mohamed Yasin tries in vain to chase away the swarm of yellow-coloured insects that have invaded his farm as his camels mill about nearby.
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