London, March 4 (PTI): Sixty-four countries reduced their fossil carbon-dioxide emissions during the period between 2016 and 2019, but the rate of global reduction needs to increase tenfold to meet the Paris Ag
Nay Pyi Taw, March 4 (AP): Demonstrators in Myanmar protesting last month's military coup returned to the streets Thursday, undaunted by the killing of at least 38 people the previous day by security forces
Beijing, March 4 (PTI): China's national space agency on Thursday published high-resolution images of Mars captured by the country's Tianwen-1 probe, which is currently orbiting the Red planet.
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Dhaka, March 4 (PTI): Bangladesh will decide on relaxing the bail conditions and waiving the 17-year sentence of former prime minister Khaleda Zia due to her failing health after discussion with the Law Ministr
Baghdad, March 4 (AP): It began like any other Sunday in the Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad for worshipper Louis Climis. That day nearly 11 years ago would end with blood-stained pews, anguish and live
Yangon, March 4 (AP): Myanmar security forces were seen firing slingshots at protesters, chasing them down and even brutally beating an ambulance crew in video showing a dramatic escalation of violence against
Seoul, March 4 (AP): North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons at its main atomic complex, recent satellite photos indicated, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to expand his
BRASILIA, MARCH 3 (IANS): The coronavirus variant detected in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas is twice as contagious and capable of re-infecting those who already had Covid-19, according to a study The
GUANGZHOU, March 3 (IANS): Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and leading Chinese respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan have called for global solidarity and cooperation to fight against Covid-19
The Hague, March 3 (AP): The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday she has launched an investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories, plunging the court into the midst
Baghdad, March 3 (AP): At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if th
Washington, March 3 (PTI): Asserting that America is looking at the world with "fresh eyes", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his first major foreign policy speech on Wednesday plans to spell o
Yangon, March 3 (AP): Myanmar security forces shot and killed at least eight people Wednesday, according to accounts on social media and local news reports, as authorities extended their lethal crackdown o
Washington, March 3 (AP): FBI Director Christopher Wray bluntly labelled the January riot at the US Capitol as domestic terrorism Tuesday and warned of a rapidly growing threat of homegrown violent extremism th
Yangon, March 3 (AP): Police used tear gas and rubber bullets again on Wednesday to violently disperse protesters against last month's military takeover. Multiple reports from several cities and towns, diff
Washington, March 3 (PTI): In the first major setback to US President Joe Biden, Indian-American policy expert Neera Tanden has withdrawn her nomination as his top White House budget official after she faced st
Kabul, March 3 (AP): The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings
Washington, March 3 (IANS) The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 114.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.54 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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London, March 3 (IANS) Coronavirus-related deaths in England and Wales are falling fastest among those aged 80 and over thanks to the vaccine rollout in the UK, statistics from the Office for National Statistic
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), March 2 (AP): Cambodia on Tuesday received its first batch of 324,000 coronavirus vaccine doses from India that are part of the World Health Organization's COVAX initiative, as the co