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
Seoul, December 6 (IANS): South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating rose 1.0 percentage point to 40.5 per cent last week, a new poll revealed on Monday.
The negative assessment on Moon's c
Nay Py Taw, December 6 (IANS): Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, was on Monday sentenced to four years in prison after she was "fou
Ramallah, December 6 (IANS): Palestine has sent 100 Covid-19 samples to an Israeli hospital to test for the Omicron variant, a senior official said.
The West Bank does not have labs to test for the new varia
Madrid, December 6 (IANS): The ongoing eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has caused damages worth 842,33 million euros ($953 million), according to the regional Treasury Dep
Seoul, December 6 (IANS): The South Korean government will beef up efforts to monitor fake news on North Korea that "distort the policy environment" for inter-Korean relations, officials said here on
Canberra, December 6 (IANS): A new poll has revealed that Australia's main opposition Labor Party is the favourite among voters to win the next federal election.
The latest Newspoll, which was published
Brussels, December 6 (IANS): Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels to protest against the Belgian government's latest measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Twenty people we
Los Angeles, Dec 6 (IANS) Police are warning the public againt burglars who pose as gardeners targeting Asian-American homes in Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County, the media reported.
Burglaries have occ
New York, December 5 (AP): CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo on Saturday less than a week after new information emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as the politician fac
New Delhi, December 5 (IANS): The US and 22 other allies have issued a joint statement expressing deep concern on the reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan secu
Jakarta, December 5 (IANS): At least 13 people died and 98 others were injured after Mount Semeru in Indonesia's East Java erupted, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday.
"Tw
New Delhi, December 5 (IANS): Pakistan human rights and political activist Idris Khattak has been convicted of espionage and sentenced to 14 years rigorous imprisonment, Dawn reported.
"Khattak was foun
Tel Aviv, December 5 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday urged world powers to take a hard line against Iran in negotiations to curb the country's nuclear program, as his top defense and
Athens, December 4 (AP): Pope Francis warned Saturday that the “easy answers” of populism and authoritarianism threaten democracy in Europe and called for fresh dedication to promoting the common go