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Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media upon his arrival at the prime ministers office. (AFP)

Second hospital visit stokes health worries about Japan's Abe as he...

Abe surpassed a record for longest consecutive tenure as premier set by his great-uncle Eisaku Sato half a century ago

24 Aug 2020 11:31 AM IST

Alexei Navalny poses in his office in Moscow, Russia. (AP File Image)

Alexei Navalny's wife, aide visit him in Germany

The comatose Russian dissident was flown to Germany after doctors determined he was stable enough to be transported for...

24 Aug 2020 10:50 AM IST

People tie down their vessels along Lake Pontchartrain as they prepare for Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura. (AFP)

Residents flee as US Gulf Coast sees possible tandem hurricanes

The prospect of piggybacked hurricanes was reviving memories of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, which struck the...

24 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his first day in court in Christchurch on August 24, 2020. (AFP)

Court told New Zealand shooter planned to burn down mosques

The gunman pleaded guilty in March to 51 counts of murder and one count of terrorism the first terrorism conviction in...

24 Aug 2020 9:44 AM IST

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

China approves emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines

Emergency use authorization allows unapproved vaccine candidates to be used among people with high risk of infection on...

24 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

The authorization makes it easier for some patients to obtain the treatment but is not the same as full FDA approval

24 Aug 2020 8:58 AM IST

The Facebook-owned messaging platform will test out the new feature for glitches among a select few who have opted to be beta testers, before releasing a full-fledged version for general users.

Advanced search being tested in Whatsapp's latest beta update

Facebook Messenger Rooms has also been integrated into the app.

23 Aug 2020 11:45 PM IST

Headline billing at the virtual event went to The Batman, a dark, detective-style mystery take on the Caped Crusader played by Robert Pattinson, whose filming shut down midway through production in March due to Covid-19. (Photo | AFP)

The Batman', 'Black Adam' movie trailers have fans in a tizzy at...

Director Matt Reeves' Bruce Wayne in his second year as Batman is very human and very flawed .

23 Aug 2020 10:44 PM IST

Friends willl be shot at the iconic Stage 24 of the Warner Bros Studio lot in Burbank, California where the original NBC series, which ran from 1994 to 2004, was filmed. (Photo | Flickr - Kate Williams)

Friends' fans will have to wait for reunion special until it's safe...

Set to air on streaming platform HBO Max, the special one-off episode was scheduled for May 27 but filming was postponed...

23 Aug 2020 10:07 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

AA Edit | Rebuke for media, govt

Campaigns that the virus spread was part of a plan to destabilise India were carried not only on social media but the...

23 Aug 2020 8:09 PM IST

The lawsuit would argue that President Trumps far-reaching action is unconstitutional because it failed to give the company a chance to respond, NPR reported two weeks ago quoting a source. (Photo | AFP)

Due process not followed, says TikTok, to file suit against Trump...

The US government tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses, ByteDance said.

23 Aug 2020 7:06 PM IST