United Nations, December 14 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on a secondary school in Nigeria's Katsina state and the reported disappearance of at least 333 stu
London, December 13 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to go the "extra mile" in their pursuit of a post-Brexit trade agreem
Abuja, December 13 (IANS): Following an attack on the Government Science Secondary School in Katsina here, hundreds of students are feared missing.
Gunmen raided the school, where more than 800 students are
New York, December 13 (IANS): Global climate leaders took a major stride towards a resilient, net zero emissions future today, presenting ambitious new commitments, urgent actions and concrete plans to confront
Washington, December 13 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 71.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.60 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Washington, December 13 (IANS): The first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will begin arriving in US states from Monday, an official of President Donald Trump's administration said.
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WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced that 51 years after the self-proclaimed 'Zodiac Killer' randomly killed five people in Northern California's B
Washington, December 12 (AP): The US gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation's first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000
New York, December 11 (AP): The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term.
With numerous countries pledging to clean up their act and proj
Washington, December 12 (PTI): The US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election in several key battleground states won by Joe Biden, effectively ending Pr
United Nations, December 12 (AP): The global chemical weapons watchdog criticised Syria for failing to declare a chemical weapons production facility and respond to 18 other issues, while Russia accused the wat
SUVA, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has urged world leaders to act in the fight against climate change.
"We all signed the Paris Agreement. Now let's insist that we pu
TEHRAN, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): A senior Iranian official has said that foreign sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic are expected to continue for at least four to five years affecting Tehran's trade for se
DODOMA, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): The government of Tanzania has approved the installation of a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, an official said.
On Friday, Paul Banga, the Tanzania
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): Micro-blogging site Twitter on Saturday flagged a series of tweets posted by US President Donald Trump, who still disputes the outcome of the November 3 election that has project
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for multi-lateralism and reformed global governance to tackle global threats.
"The Covid-19 pandemic provides overwhelmin
BEIRUT, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): A trial chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has sentenced Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash to life imprisonment for conspiring to assassinate former Lebanese Prime Ministe
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): Child poverty is expected to remain above pre-coronavirus levels for at least five years in high-income countries, a new Unicef report has revealed.
The report titled, &qu
TEHRAN, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): An Iranian journalist, accused of fanning unrest during the 2017-18 nationwide protests, was executed on Saturday after the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against him.
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WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 12 (IANS): In yet another grim milestone, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 70 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.59 million, according