Washington, July 4 (AP): After nearly six months in office, grappling with a pandemic every step of that way, President Joe Biden was determined to party.
This is a holiday weekend, Biden declared on Friday
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Nicosia (Cyprus), July 4 (AP): Cyprus search crews discovered four charred bodies outside a fire-swept mountain village on Sunday in what the interior minister called the most destructive blaze in the east
Atami (Japan), July 4 (AP): More than 1,000 soldiers, firefighters and police on Sunday waded through a giant mudslide that ripped through a resort town southwest of Tokyo, killing at least two people and leavi
Beijing, July 4 (AP): Two astronauts on Sunday made the first spacewalk outside China's new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-metre-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm. Liu Bom
Manila, July 4 (AP): A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops assigned to fight Muslim militants crashed and exploded while landing in the south Sunday, killing at least 42 army soldiers on
Tokyo, Jul 3 (AP): A powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in a town west of Tokyo following heavy rains on Saturday, leaving at least 19 people missing, offi.jpg)
Wakefield, Jul 3 (AP): Massachusetts state police said nine suspects have been taken into custody following an hourslong standoff that prompted the partial closure of Interstate 95. Police said the suspects
Rio de Janeiro, Jul 3 (AP): A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has authorised a criminal investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro's response to allegations of potential corruption within his Health Minist
Rome, Jul 3 (AP): The Vatican's criminal tribunal on Saturday indicted 10 people, including a cardinal, on charges including embezzlement, abuse of office, extortion and fraud in connection with the Secreta
Tehran, Jul 3 (AP): Iran's sole nuclear power plant is back online following an emergency shutdown two weeks ago, state TV reported Saturday. The report quoted Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, spokesperson for t
Kiev, July 3 (IANS): Ukraine's Ministry of Finance confirmed that Ukraine has received a $350-million loan from the World Bank, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Friday. In late June, Ukrainian Pr
San Francisco, July 3 (IANS): Elon Musk has confirmed that the Tesla Cybertruck will be equipped with a 4-wheel directional steering, resulting in a feature similar to the Hummer EV's 'Crab mode'.
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS): The Walt Disney Company has decided to reinstate its production of branded merchandise in Bangladesh after more than eight years of pulling out of factories in the country, said apparel in
Istanbul, July 3 (AP): Turkey's foreign ministry has slammed a US report on human trafficking that criticised Ankara for providing operational, equipment, and financial support to an armed militia in Syria
Washington, July 3 (IANS): US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the drawdown in Afghanistan is "on track", but troops will not leave the country in the next few days. When asked by repor
United Nations/Geneva, July 3 (PTI): The world is in a very "dangerous period" of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuing to evolve and mutate,
Tokyo, July 3 (IANS): Two bodies were found and about 20 people remained missing after a massive mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit Atami city of Shizuoka prefecture in central Japan on Saturday, local a
Washington, July 2 (AP): As the last US combat troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, the question arises: When is the war really over? For Afghans the answer is clear but grim: no time soon. An emboldened Tal
Geneva, July 2 (AP): The head of the World Health Organisation says the world is in a very dangerous period of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the more contagious delta variant is identified in nearly 100 countri
Islamabad, July 2 (PTI): Pakistan on Friday rejected India's claims that a drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex here last week and said no proof has been shared with it to substantiate
