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US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, hold a moment of silence and candelight ceremony in honor of those who lost their lives to Coronavirus on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, February 22, 2021. President Joe Biden called the milestone of more than 500,000 US deaths from Covid-19 \heartbreaking\ and urged the country to unite against the pandemic. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)World
US in mourning over 500,000 COVID deaths, UK sees hope

Unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, who often sought to minimize the disease, Biden has made the pandemic his top...

23 Feb 2021 7:46 AM IST

Donald Trump with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AFP file photo)World
Trump 'offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One'

During the Singapore summit, Trump gave Kim a glimpse inside his presidential state car in a show of their newly...

22 Feb 2021 11:15 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers his opening remarks at the Lanting Forum on bringing China-U.S. relations back to the right track, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing on Monday, February 22, 2021. (AP /Andy Wong)World
China urges US to lift trade restrictions, stop interference

China faces more opposition than ever in Washington due to its trade record, territorial disputes with neighbours

22 Feb 2021 10:54 AM IST

The rupee pared initial gains to fall 7 paise to 71.82 against the US currency in late morning deals on Thursday on bouts of dollar demand from banks and importers. (Photo: DC)World
15 Chinese biggies among portfolio investors

People's Bank Of China is also registered as a category 1 FPI

22 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hands over 100,000 additional doses of COVID vaccine to Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Health Minister Kerafa Naseem. (PTI)World
India gifts another 1 lakh COVID-19 vaccines to Maldives

This takes the overall gift of Covid vaccine doses for the Maldives to two lakh from India since New Delhi had gifted...

21 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST

Representational Image (Twitter@UAZ1203)World
Russia detects first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans

While the highly contagious strain H5N8 is lethal for birds, it had never before been reported to have spread to humans

21 Feb 2021 2:02 AM IST

This video frame grab taken from footage recorded in mid-June 2020 and released by China Central Television (CCTV) on January 20, 2021 shows Chinese (foreground) and Indian soldiers (R, background) during an incident where troops from both countries clashed in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley, in the Karakoram Mountains in the Himalayas. (Photo by - / CCTV / AFP)World
China shares dramatic video of mountain clash with Indian Army

Footage appeared to show Indian troops wading through a river towards Chinese soldiers in the barren and ice-covered...

20 Feb 2021 10:50 AM IST

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)World
US Citizenship Bill to help many Indians

Authors of the bill told reporters that the bill establishes a moral and economic imperative and a vision of immigration...

20 Feb 2021 1:30 AM IST

Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan (Twitter@ParveenKaswan)World
Touchdown confirmed: Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan played key...

As the team's operations lead, I am the primary point of communication between the GN&C subsystem and the rest of the...

19 Feb 2021 5:34 PM IST

In this undated handout photograph released by the Indian Army on February 16, 2021 shows People Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers during military disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the India-China border in Ladakh. (Indian Ministry of Defence / AFP)World
China admits 5 military officers, soldiers killed in Galwan clash with...

This is the first time China has acknowledged casualties and details of these officers and soldiers' sacrifice

19 Feb 2021 10:34 AM IST

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)World
EXPLAINER: What's up between Google, Facebook and Australia?

Google has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia while Facebook said it blocked users in the country from...

18 Feb 2021 10:55 PM IST

Customers waited over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their propane tanks in Houston (AP)World
Texas outages below half-million but water crisis persists

More than 320,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

18 Feb 2021 10:21 PM IST

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