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Wildlife vets take samples from dead elephants found in Hwange National park, Zimbabwe. (AP)

Zimbabwe investigating deaths of 22 elephants, more expected

Zimbabwe has been facing successive climate-induced droughts in recent years, leaving animals with less water and...

3 Sept 2020 10:58 AM IST

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. (PTI Photo)

Kangana slams Mumbai CP for liking' derogatory tweet on her

The Mumbai police however denied the accusations stating that the commissioner had never liked such a tweet

3 Sept 2020 10:57 AM IST

Kanye West. (Photo: AFP)

Lawsuit seeks to ban Kanye West from Arizona ballot

West has already qualified to appear on the ballot in several states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee and...

3 Sept 2020 10:38 AM IST

Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani, Adar Poonawalla named in Fortunes 40 Under 40 list. (PTI Photo)

Ambani siblings feature on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list

As Jio board members, they helped seal the company's recent megadeal with FacebookÂ- $5.7 billion for a 9.99% stake

3 Sept 2020 10:29 AM IST

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak at a news conference at the State Department in Washington. (AP)

Pompeo announces fresh restrictions on senior Chinese diplomats in US

Washington cast the move as a response to Beijing's restrictions on American diplomats in China

3 Sept 2020 10:13 AM IST

Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi's Twitter account hacked, asked followers for donations via...

Faked tweets were sent from 45 accounts and hackers accessed private messages in 36 and downloaded Twitter data from...

3 Sept 2020 9:50 AM IST

People look at an electric pole downed by Typhoon Maysak in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on September 3, 2020. - At least one person was killed and more than 2,000 people evacuated to temporary shelters in South Korea as a powerful typhoon churned across the peninsula, authorities said on September 3. (AFP)

Typhoon pummels South Korea, ship missing in rough waters

North Korea's state TV showed widespread flooding in the eastern coastal cities, but the country didn't immediately...

3 Sept 2020 9:48 AM IST

Dexamethasone has been in widespread use in intensive care wards treating COVID-19 patients in some countries. (PTI Photo)

Steroids hailed as 'strongly recommeded' drug for seriously ill COVID...

The analysis found that steroids improve survival rates of COVID-19 patients sick enough to be in intensive care in...

3 Sept 2020 9:29 AM IST

President Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that threatens to cut federal funding to lawless cities, including Seattle, Portland, New York and Washington. (AP)

Trump threatens to cut federal funds to 'lawless' cities

NYC Governor Andrew Cuomo said that Trump was trying to cut off funding that states and cities must receive to recover...

3 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST

United Airlines is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers when federal aid expires on October 1. (AFP Photo)

United Airlines to cut 16,370 jobs ï»¿as COVID hammers demand

US passenger airlines are still collectively losing more than $5 billion a month as 30% of planes remain parked

3 Sept 2020 9:15 AM IST

Vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of the potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in Seattle. The US federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. (AP File)

US states told to be ready for vaccine distribution by November 1

The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a vaccine approval driven by political considerations...

3 Sept 2020 9:02 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)

Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Navalny

The findings which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement added to tensions between Russia and the...

3 Sept 2020 8:40 AM IST