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 …
Global Covid-19 cases top 22.5mn: Johns Hopkins Read More
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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Brasilia: Brazil reported 49,298 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 3,456,652, the Ministry of Health said. Meanwhile, 1,212 more patients died from the disease in …
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Wellington: New Zealand confirmed six new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, five of them from the community linked to the recent outbreak in Auckland, the health ministry said. One case is …
NZ reports six new Covid cases; tally at 1,299 Read More
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken a clear and unequivocal stand, saying the founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had made it clear that until the Palestinians …
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