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London: Scientists have found a new HIV variant with higher virulence and more damaging health impact in the Netherlands. A team led by the University of Oxford identified about 109 individuals from the Netherlands with the new “VB variant” (for virulent subtype B). The results, published in the journal Science, revealed that individuals infected with […]
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 75,954,167 and 896,496, according to the CSSE.
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Washington: The United States on Thursday announced the killing of ISIS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a counterterrorism operation in northwest Syria. “Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place,” the […]
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New Delhi: Chinese People’s Liberation Army lost 42 soldiers, not four during the Galwan Valley clashes with the Indian troops in Eastern Ladakh, claims The Klaxon, an Australian newspaper, on Thursday. The clashes took place on June 15, 2020. The Indian security establishments remained silent over the claims made by the Australian newspaper report. The […]
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San Francisco: The 19-year-old teenager demanding Tesla CEO Elon Musk hand over $50,000 to stop him tweeting the location of Musk’s private jet has reportedly said he is creating dozens more accounts tracking the movements of other rich and famous people. Jack Sweeney, a college student and aviation enthusiast, said he had created 16 automated […]
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Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby explained that the US forces are intended to reinforce Eastern European NATO allies.
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New Delhi: A fresh wave of Conservative MPs have submitted letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson, breaking cover to criticise the UK Prime Minister as the fallout from the Downing Street parties scandal continued to imperil his premiership, The Guardian reported. The parties allegedly took place between March 28, 2020 and May 17, 2021. […]
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According to The Washington Post, the FBI insisted that the software was never used "in support of any investigation".
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Washington: NASA’s much awaited ‘Artemis 1’ mission, that aims to return humans to the Moon, has been delayed until March. It was earlier scheduled for launch in February. In a statement on Wednesday, NASA announced that the ‘Space Launch System’ rocket and Orion spacecraft will not be rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at the […]
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"We've made the point all along that it is not a requirement for any country around the world to choose between the United States and China. It is our intention to provide choices to countries when it comes to what the relationship with the United States looks like.
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 75,665,937 and 894,174, according to the CSSE.
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Austin: Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses as a huge swath of the US braced for a major winter storm that was set to put millions of Americans in the path of heavy snow and freezing rain. The approaching blast of frigid weather, which was […]
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Dubai: A streaming website that features Iranian state television programming has acknowledged suffering technical issues amid reports that dissident hackers played an anti-government message on the platform. Telewebion said it suffered “infrastructure” irregularities Tuesday and suffered an archive failure, without elaborating on the cause. The problems came as a video message circulated online claiming to […]
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Jakarta: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku early Wednesday, but it was not potential for a tsunami. The quake struck at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday local time (1925 GMT Tuesday), with the epicenter at 86 km northeast of Maluku Barat Daya district and the depth of 131 km under seabed, Xinhua reported citing […]
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries that are starting to lift Covid-19 measures to do so in a steady and slow way, as recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the world. “Since the Omicron variant was first identified just 10 weeks ago, almost 90 million cases […]
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Washington: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 381.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.68 million and vaccinations to over 9.95 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that […]
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New York: The New York Times said on Monday that it has bought Wordle, the free online word game that has exploded in popularity and, for some, become a daily obsession. It listed the purchase price as being in the low-seven figures, but did not disclose specifics. The Times, which has popular word games like […]
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 74,332,396 and 884,260, according to the CSSE.
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Kabul: The Unicef has urged the US State Department to reconsider the latter’s decision to suspend the Fulbright program for Afghanistan, which provides talented Afghan youth opportunities to build their future. The Fulbright program was first launched in 1952 in Afghanistan. It was suspended in 1997 and then re-launched in 2003 after the US and […]
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New Delhi: Tech giants such as Google and Facebook will be required to pay newspapers and other media outlets for using their stories, under new laws being drawn up by the UK Government, Daily Mail reported. Under the plans, which are modelled on a system that has been introduced in Australia, the platforms will be […]
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Trudeau and his family were moved to a different location in Ottawa, CBC said on Saturday, adding that trucks with banners denouncing Trudeau and Canadian public health measures were gathering along Wellington Street in front of the Parliament Buildings.
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Washington: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the coveted H1-B visas for FY2023 will run through March 1-18. In a statement on Saturday, the USCIS said that during the above mentioned period “prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using […]
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The Jalisco Civil Protection and Fire Department said on Twitter that the vehicle overturned at the Leon-Aguascalientes highway in the municipality of Lagos de Moreno on Saturday, reports Xinhua news agency.
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New Delhi: As part of the countrys ongoing humanitarian help, India supplied the fourth batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan comprising three tonnes of essential life-saving medicines. The shipment was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul. “India stands committed to continue its special relationship with the people of Afghanistan and provide humanitarian […]
