Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said, adding no tsunami alert was issued. The quake …
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Brussels: Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced that exploratory talks with German biopharmaceutical company, CureVac to purchase a potential Covid-19 vaccine have concluded. Von der Leyen, president …
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Rome: Italy reported 840 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the highest single-day surge since May 16 Thursday’s figure, which took the overall caseload to 256,118, also represented the 11th time …
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New York: Armed with the Democratic Party’s nomination, former US Vice President Joe Biden formally launched his battle against President Donald Trump in a “life-changing election”, asserting that he would lead …
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Tehran: Iran marked the Defence Industry Day by launching a number of military hardware and projects. In a virtual ceremony on Thursday attended by President Hassan Rouhani and Defence Minister Amir …
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Tokyo: A recent poll shows that more than half of Japanese companies want the Tokyo Olympic Games to be cancelled or postponed again. Japan’s Kyodo news agency said on Thursday that …
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New Delhi: Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ speech at the party’s National Convention has created a buzz on social media, mainly among the Indian-American and Tamilian community as she used …
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Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 22.5 million, while the deaths have increased to over 792,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the …
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Bangkok: Police in Thailand have arrested nine people in a sweep targeting activists involved in recent anti-government protests, it was reported on Thursday. Among the nine people arrested on Wednesday …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump said that Washington would invoke the “snapback” mechanism against Iran, seeking to restore all the pre-2015 UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic. “Today, I am …
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