SEOUL, DECEMBER 10 (IANS): North Korea's trade with China hit an all-time low in October due to Pyongyang's border closure with its ally in an effor to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, a report
BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 10 (IANS): The European Commission has unveiled an agenda to ramp up anti-terrorism efforts across the European Union (EU) and also heighten the bloc's fight against violent extremism.
DHAKA, DECEMBER 10 (IANS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for "positive and robust" international climate coalitions to "effectively move towards carbon neutrality" withi
Cape Canaveral (US), December 10 (AP): NASA has named the 18 astronauts half of them women who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme.
The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this
Washington, December 10 (PTI): The US government and 48 states have filed parallel antitrust lawsuits against Facebook, accusing the social media giant of anti-competitive conduct by abusing its market power to
Rome, December 10 (AP): The World Food Programme will receive its Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, in an event very different from the traditional pomp-filled celebration in the Norwegian capital because of the coro
ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 10 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan told opposition parties that the constitutional way to bring a government down was to move a no-confidence motion in Parliament and asked the Pa
TEHRAN, DECEMBER 10 (IANS): A railway line linking Iran's Khaf city to Afghanistan's Herat was officially inaugurated on Thursday, according to media reports.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 10 (IANS0: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the need to detect early warning signs of genocide.
Genocide never fails to shock the world when it occurs. But it is ne
LONDON, DECEMBER 10 (IANS): The European Union (EU) and Britain will come to a decision on a post-Brexit trade deal by the end of the coming weekend, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has tweet
United Nations, December 10 (PTI): More than 80 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide as of mid-2020, with existing and new conflicts as well as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affecting their liv
Washington, December 10 (PTI): President Donald Trump has approached the US Supreme Court against the results of last month's presidential election, which he alleges were rigged in favour of his Democratic
Washington, December 10 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 68.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.56 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In i
United Nations, December 10 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has confirmed that he will take a Covid-19 vaccine publicly when it becomes available to him.
When asked at a press conference here o
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 9 (IANS): Japan has taken up the difficult task in strife-torn Myanmar, of broking peace between the military and the Arakan Army (AA), amid spiraling rivalry with China in the Indo-Pacific.
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 9 (IANS): The US Supreme Court has rejected a challenge against President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania.
Republicans in the state wanted to overturn certification of the
Berlin, December 9 (AP): Germany's next parliamentary election, which will determine the country's new leader after Chancellor Angela Merkel's long rule, will be held on September 26, 2021.
Presi
Paris, December 9 (AP): Five members of a mountain rescue team were killed and a sixth was seriously injured when their helicopter crashed in the French Alps, authorities said.
The helicopter was carrying th
NAIROBI, DECEMBER 9 (IANS): A green pandemic recovery could cut upto 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the two degree celsius goal of the Paris Agreem
DHAKA, DECEMBER 8 (IANS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that despite the obligation of the global community to curb the crimes of genocide, many innocent people across the globe contin