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Hyderabad: Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognised language. Over the two millennia of Swahili’s growth and adaptation, immigrants from inland Africa, traders from Asia, Arab and European occupiers, European and Indian settlers, colonial rulers, and individuals from postcolonial nations – have used […]

The rockets landed at the Balad Air Base in Salahudin province, some 90 km north of Baghdad, causing no human casualties, Col. Mohammed al-Bazi from the provincial police told Xinhua news agency.

Islamabad: The ongoing power game turned ugly for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan even before the no-confidence vote as around two dozen disgruntled MNAs of the ruling PTI have come out in the open, The Express Tribune reported. Taking refuge at the Sindh House in the federal capital, several of these MNAs gave interviews to […]

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,631,708 and 968,329, according to the CSSE.

Moscow: The Russian Defense Ministry has presented documents which it said confirm the cooperation between the United States and Ukraine in the production of biological weapons. The department said that during the work, Ukrainian scientists identified six families of viruses, including coronaviruses, and three types of pathogenic bacteria. In addition, according to the ministry, the […]

Hyderabad: A student from Telangana has died in a road accident in Germany, according to information received by his family. Amar Singh, 27, died in an accident that occurred on March 13. Officials from Germany informed the family members on Wednesday night. A car in which he was travelling with a few friends met with […]

Wednesday's ruling came in response to a suit filed by Ukraine on February 27, accusing Russia of manipulating the concept of genocide to justify its military aggression.

Hyderabad: A development that has the potential to trigger yet another Covid crisis, the Israeli Health Ministry on Thursday has reported an entirely new strain of coronavirus, a combination of BA1 and BA 2 strains of Omicron, which has never been reported elsewhere in world. Although more details on the virulence and transmissibility of the […]

Amaravati: A man from Andhra Pradesh, who was accused of killing three members of a Kuwaiti family, has committed suicide in a prison in Kuwait. According to information reached Pillola Venkatesh’s family in Kadapa district on Thursday, he hanged himself in Kuwait central prison. Venkatesh (35) was accused of killing a man, his wife and […]

Hyderabad: Karolina Bielawska of Poland has been crowned Miss World 2021, beating contestants from other countries while India’s Manasa Varanasi made it to the list of top 13 contestants, in the pageant held in Puerto Rico. Indian-origin Shree Saini from the United States was declared the first runner up and the second runner up is […]

Biden made the remarks while responding to a reporter's question at the White House on Wednesday, the BBC reported.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the satirical series originally streamed on Netflix from 2017 to 2021.

The development was confirmed on Wednesday by Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, reports the Ukrayinska Pravda.

Meanwhile, neither the Chinese embassy in Delhi nor the Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed the proposed visit formally.

The White House had been avoiding applying the designation to Putin, saying it requires investigation and an international determination.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,631,708 and 968,329, according to the CSSE.

Tokyo: A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago […]

Washington: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on Wednesday as he appealed to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia. But he acknowledged the no-fly zone he has sought to close the sky to the Russians over his country […]

Washington: According to a new study led by Brigham Young University, students who participate in multiple field trips during the school year have higher test scores, perform better in class and have increased cultural conscientiousness over time. The study was published in the journal, ‘The Journal of Human Resources’. School field trips have been part […]

It wasn't immediately clear what North Korea launched on Wednesday morning or at what stage it had an apparent failure.

Crude prices were also pressured by a ramp-up in new coronavirus cases in major consumer China and over concerns about near-term demand expressed by oil exporter group OPEC.

Asked during her briefing on Tuesday about reports that India was planning to buy "discounted crude oil' from Russia, she said, "Our message to any country continues to be that obviously abide by the sanctions that we have put in place and recommended."

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,586,694 and 966,386, according to the CSSE.

"To make sure Putin and his enablers are held accountable, Canada has imposed severe sanctions on 15 more Russian officials - including government and military elites who are complicit in this illegal war," Trudeau said in a tweet.