New York, December 16 (IANS): US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn into office on the steps of the United States Capitol on January 20, 2021, just like other America
Singapore, December 15 (PTI): The Singapore Police on Tuesday said it is investigating social media posts showing people gathering here without permission in support of protesting Indian farmers and issued a &q
Kabul, December 15 (AP): A bombing and a shooting attack in Kabul killed at least three people, including a deputy provincial governor, while a deputy provincial council chief was killed in western Afghanistan
Moscow, December 15 (AP): A fire in a retirement home in Russia's southern Urals killed 11 people while three more were hospitalised with injuries, local officials said Tuesday.
The fire broke out in the
Washington, Deemberc 15 (PTI): US President-elect Joe Biden has told election-weary Americans that it is time to "turn the page", after the Electoral College affirmed his triumph over President Donald
London, December 15 (PTI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's invitation to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade on January 26, Downing Street said
Tel Aviv, December 15 (PTI): A total of 252 Jews, including infants and elderly, from India's north-eastern Bnei Menashe community on Tuesday landed at the Ben-Gurion airport here as immigrants and to start
GAZA, DECEMBER 15 (IANS): The Hamas movement has called for internal unity and popular resistance against Israel as it marked 33 years of its creation.
In a statement on Monday, Hamas said that it would cont
GENEVA, DECEMBER 15 (IANS): Around 1.8 billion people are at heightened risk of Covid-19 and other diseases because they use or work in healthcare facilities without basic water services, the World Health Organ
KABUL, DECEMBER 15 (IANS): US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said "it is imperative" that the peace talks between the negotiating teams of the Kabul government a
Washington, December 15 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 72.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.62 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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WASHINGTON, December 15 (AP) — The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudi
KHARTOUM, DECEMBER 14 (IANS): The US Embassy in Khartoum on Monday officially announced the removal of Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
"The congressional notification period of 45 da
CARACAS, DECEMBER 14 (IANS): The Venezuelan authorities said that they found 14 bodies after a boat carrying migrants bound for Trinidad and Tobago capsized en route.
The Venezuelan government said on Sunday
London, December 14 (AP): John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died.
ADEN, DECEMBER 14 (IANS): In a warning, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that 5 million Yemenis "will likely be living just one step away from famine in the upcoming year".
In a
DHAKA, DECEMBER 14 (IANS): After 49 years of the Liberation War, the Bangladesh government has approved a primary list of 1,222 martyred intellectuals who made sacrifices for the nation in 1971, a Minister anno
Washington, December 14 (PTI): Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID-19 vaccines, has warned that the next four to six months could be the wo
Beijing, December 14 (PTI): China's Chang'e-5 probe, that touched down on the moon and collected rock samples from the lunar surface to bring them back to Earth for the first time in nearly 45 years, co
Washington, December 14 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 72.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.61 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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