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Moscow: Russia’s Defence Ministry has announced a ceasefire near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol for the safe evacuation of civilians. Russia’s armed forces and the formations of the Donetsk People’s Republic “from 14:00 Moscow time on April 25 will unilaterally cease all hostilities” to ensure the safe evacuation of the specified category of civilians (workers, […]

Jakarta: Three critically-endangered Sumatran tigers have been found dead after being caught in sling snares in a private oil palm plantation in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency said. The agency’s head Agus Arianto on Monday said the tiger carcasses were found on Sunday by a member of a non-governmental organisation, who thought […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 510.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.22 million and vaccinations to over 11.24 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

San Francisco: Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said. The outspoken Tesla CEO, the world’s wealthiest person, has said he wants to buy Twitter because he thinks it’s not living up to its potential as a platform for “free speech.” He says it needs to […]

Washington: Twitter’s board is negotiating with CEO Elon Musk over his bid to buy the social media platform and a deal could be announced as early as Monday, according to media reports. Twitter and Musk negotiated into the early hours Monday over his bid to buy the social media platform, The New York Times reported, […]

Brasilia: After a two-year suspension due to Covid-19, Brazil’s carnival returned this weekend, giving a boost to the country’s tourism sector. As millions of spectators enjoyed the traditional celebration at an unusual time of the year, the famous “blocos”, or musical troupes, returned to parade in the streets in cities such as Rio de Janeiro […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on his reelection, and said he looked forward to continue working together with him to deepen the India-France strategic partnership. Macron comfortably won a second term on Sunday. The second five-year term for the 44-year-old centrist spared France and Europe the seismic […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 509.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.23 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

Paris: Emmanuel Macron on Sunday (local time) won a second term in France’s presidential election with 58.2 percent of the vote, local media reported. Macron’s far-right challenger Marine Le Pen won 41.8 per cent of the vote in an election that saw the country’s highest abstention rate in 50 years, France 24 reported citing an […]

Hyderabad: SpaceX Founder Elon Musk has been investing in micro-blogging platform Twitter. Currently, he has a little over nine per cent. Despite this, he is still a minority stakeholder. Musk said the listed Twitter should go the private way to support free speech. He offered to buy 100 per cent of it for $54.20 per […]

In a heartwarming video on the internet, one can see the builders responsing sharply to save a dog’s life. When builders working near an irrigation channel in Pasaje Canton, Ecuador, received a radio alert that there was a dog being drowned in an irrigation channel, they rushed to save the dog using their bulldozer. The […]

New Delhi: Following Beijing’s reluctance to allow the return of Indians stuck at home since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, India has also suspended tourist visas for nationals of China. The government’s move came after thousands of Indians including more than 23,000 students, have been stuck in India for over two years as Beijing […]

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will take oath as the country’s new Foreign Minister in a day or two, a top official said. Bilawal was present at the time when the initial federal cabinet members took oath, however, he did not take the oath, Geo News reportedd. But Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb […]

Geneva: Nearly 170 cases of Hepatitis of unknown origin among children have been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), which says that there has been at least one death already. “As of 21 April 2022, at least 169 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported from 11 countries in the WHO […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 509.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.23 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

Kinshasa: A new Ebola case has been confirmed in Congo’s northwest Equateur Province in the city of Mbandaka, Congo health authorities said Saturday, declaring an outbreak nearly four months after the last one ended in the central African nation. The one case was confirmed in a 31-year-old man who began experiencing symptoms on April 5 […]

Wellington: New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday. A person who has travelled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant of Omicron, said the ministry. This is the first known detection of the […]

Washington: The police were responding to a shooting incident involving at least three victims in Washington, D.C., authorities have confirmed. The Metropolitan Police Department tweeted on Friday night that “the location of this incident is 2900 block of Van Ness Street, NW” and that they “are in the area conducting active sweeps”, reports Xinhua news […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 508.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.22 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India’s stand on the Russia-Ukraine war was predicated on the security challenges in its own neighbourhood and the US should understand that though it has a friend in India, that “friend can’t be a weak friend (and) the friend should be not weakened”. On Friday, the Union Minister said […]

London: An immunocompromised UK patient suffered the longest known days, 505, with Covid infections, claim researchers. Previously the longest known PCR confirmed case is thought to be 335 days. Researchers at the King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust studied nine immunocompromised patients, between March 2020 and December 2021, who tested […]

Kiev: Ukrainian authorities said that between 3,000 to 9,000 citizens of Mariupol may have been buried in a mass grave in Manhush, a village occupied by Russian troops and located less than 20 km away from the besieged port city. Citing satellite images by Maxar Technologies, which collects and publishes satellite imagery of Ukraine, the […]

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 507.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.21 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the […]

Houston: Four Indian-origin students were among the 58 aspiring public service leaders from 53 colleges and universities in the US selected as Truman Scholars 2022. The Indian-American Truman scholars are Amisha A Kambath, Eshika Kaul, Avi Gupta and Bhav Jain. The scholars will be awarded USD 30,000 in funding for post-graduate studies, along with leadership […]