Geneva, March 17 (AP): A top World Health Organisation expert on vaccines says people should feel reassured that even if health authorities turn up a link between blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine, such c
Beijing, March 17 (PTI): China has asked its state firms in Myanmar to evacuate non-essential staff following attacks on Chinese factories and businesses by anti-coup protesters who accused Beijing of backing t
Berlin, March 17 (AP): The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it has confirmed that Iran has begun operating a cascade of advanced centrifuges at an underground site.
International Atomic En
PARIS, MARCH 17 (IANS): Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on trial over accusations of illegal campaign financing starting on Wednesday, two weeks after he was sentenced on separate charges of bribery.
Washington, March 17 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November's presidential election, according to a declassified intelligence assessment
Geneva, March 17 (AP): The World Health Organization reported there was a 10 per cent rise in new coronavirus cases globally last week, driven by surges in the Americas and Europe.
WHO said in its weekly upd
Vatican City, March 17 (AP): Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for bloodshed to end and dialogue to prevail in Myanmar, saying he symbolically kneels in that country's streets, where protests against the m
DHAKA, MARCH 17 (IANS): A major fire on Wednesday morning in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) here has left three Covid-19 patients dead, said DMCH Director Nazmul Haque.
Haque told IANS that the victim
MANILA, MARCH 17 (IANS): The Philippines has announced that it will temporarily suspend the entry of foreigners and some citizens as the Southeast Asian country battles a renewed spike in Covid-19 cases.
In
Kathmandu, March 17 (PTI): Nepal's ruling CPN-UML appeared to be headed towards a split with its faction led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli threatening to take disciplinary action against those taking par
Lahore, March 17 (PTI): Pakistan's anti-graft body on Wednesday reopened a money laundering investigation against embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz and summoned her on
United Nations, March 17 (PTI): The status of democracy depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women, whose exclusion from decision-making is a marker of a "flawed democracy", Kamala Harris has s
Seoul, March 17 (AP): Fresh off a stop in Tokyo, President Joe Biden's top diplomat and defense chief travelled to South Korea on Wednesday, a day after North Korea made sure it had their attention by warni
Hong Kong, March 17 (AP): The US sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city, just ahead of the Biden admin
Yangon, March 17 (AP): Protesters against the military takeover in Myanmar were not relenting Wednesday as the deadly crackdown on peaceful demonstrations took an increasing toll.
The verified death toll amo
Washington, March 17 (PTI): Vast amounts of ancient water may have been trapped beneath the surface of Mars, according to a NASA-funded study which challenges the current theory that the Red Planet's water
PHNOM PENH, MARCH 17 (IANS): The National Assembly of Cambodia on Wednesday expressed its "utter dismay" over the European Parliament's recent resolution on the mass trials against perpetrators li
Washington, March 17 (IANS) The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed the grim milestone of 120.6 million as the pandemic is still raging, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.66 million,
Atlanta, March 17 (AP) Shootings at two massage parlours in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspec
Yangon, March 16 (AP): At least two people protesting last month's military coup were reported shot and killed by security forces Tuesday after a morning of peaceful marches in parts of Myanmar.
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