Tokyo, December 8 (IANS): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The temblor occurred at around 2.
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Harare, December 8 (IANS): The Zimbabwean government has expressed deep concern at the growing number of Covid-19 cases in the country driven by the Omicron variant and plans to bar the unvaccinated from boardi
Jerusalem, December 7 (AP): Israel on Tuesday announced the completion of an enhanced security barrier around the Gaza Strip designed to prevent militants from sneaking into the country. The 65-kilometer (40
Berlin, December 7 (AP): Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany's first female chancellor on Nov 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited with r
Washington, December 7 (AP): President Joe Biden on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a visit to the World War II Memorial in the nation's capital. The Decem
Moscow, December 7 (AP): Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that a Russian military buildup near Ukraine could signal plans by Moscow to invade its ex-Soviet neighbor. The Kremlin insists it has no
Beijing, December 7 (IANS): More than 20 provincial-level regions of China have completed modifications to their local childbirth regulations since the country passed an amendment to its Population and Family P
Nay Pyi Taw, December 7 (IANS): The four-year jail sentences of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, as well as deposed President Win Myint
New York, December 7 (IANS): The Indian-origin owner of a petrol station in the US state of Georgia was killed on his daughter's birthday in a brazen daylight robbery in front of a bank that shares a buildi
New Delhi, December 7 (IANS): Pakistani decision makers are holding extensive consultations on whether to attend the virtual summit on democracy convened by US President Joe Biden this week, as certain issues a
Washington, December 7 (IANS): Indian-origin Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force and SpaceX's first flight surgeon, has been selected by NASA among the 10 new astronauts who could fly to
Seoul, December 7 (IANS): South Korea added the largest number of job positions last year due to an increase in employment in the health, social welfare service and public administration sectors amid rapid agin
San Francisco, December 7 (IANS): Taking on US President Joe Biden, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that America does not need his administration's ambitious $1 trillion infrastructure bill, or any of the gove
Seoul/Washington, December 7 (IANS): The US has completed the construction of a new long-range radar in Alaska that is designed to give early warnings for incoming ballistic missiles from North Korea and o
Geneva, December 6 (AP): The World Health Organization said Monday that the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services in many countr
New Delhi, December 6 (IANS): WhatsApp on Monday announced that its users will now have the option to turn on disappearing messages by default for all new chats. Meta-owned platform said that it is adding tw
London, December 6 (IANS): The London High Court has ruled against a petition filed by a trade union of senior civil servants for a judicial review of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to over
Beijing, December 6 (AP): China's central bank expanded the supply of money for lending Monday as Beijing tried to reassure its public and investors the economy can be protected if a troubled real estate de
London, December 6 (AP): Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes began receiving their awards on Monday in scaled-down local ceremonies adapted for pandemic times. For a second year, the coronavirus has scuttled th
New Delhi/Kabul, December 6 (IANS): The Taliban-led government, controlled today by the Haqqani Network, a loyal proxy of Pakistan, is in the news once again for having summarily killed several former members o
