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In this file photo taken on October 30, 2017 people pass the entrance of the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London. - BBC on Thursday February 11, says it is disappointed at China banning its news channel. (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)World
BBC World News barred from airing in China - regulator

English-language BBC World News is not included in most TV channel packages in China but is available in some hotels and...

12 Feb 2021 1:05 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)World
Biden, Xi face off in marathon two-hour call

The call was to set the stage for the relationship under the new US leader, after it frayed under former president...

12 Feb 2021 12:50 AM IST

Members of a Chinese surveying team head for the summit of Mount Everest, also known locally as Mt. Qomolangma. China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (AP)World
Nepal bans three Indian climbers for six years for faking Mt Everest...

The climbers had received the certificates of climbing the 8,848.86m mountain by submitting false details to the...

11 Feb 2021 6:18 PM IST

State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)World
No change in policy on Jammu and Kashmir, says US

A longstanding goal of US policy in South Asia has been to prevent India-Pakistan conflict from escalating to interstate...

11 Feb 2021 10:27 AM IST

In this image from video, protesters flash the three-fingered salute as they march in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, February 6, 2021. (AP)World
Biden orders sanctions against Myanmar after military coup

Protesters seeking freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi and other party members detained by the military

11 Feb 2021 1:21 AM IST

Members of World Health Organization team depart from the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital after a field visit in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Saturday, January 30, 2021. (AP/Ng Han Guan)World
What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

The visit was politically sensitive for China which is concerned about any allegations it didn't handle the initial...

10 Feb 2021 9:45 PM IST

An act of sexual penetration by an adult on a minor under 15 will be considered a rape, said Justice Minister Eric Dupond-MorettiWorld
French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15

A push to set France's first age of consent three years ago in the wake of the global #MeToo movement failed amid legal...

10 Feb 2021 5:53 PM IST

Republican US Senator Jim Jordan speaks to the press after the first day of the impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, February 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. - The US Senate voted on February 9, 2021, to proceed with the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, rejecting defense arguments that it was unconstitutional. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)World
Trump trial begins but Republicans signal likely acquittal

The trial is clearly uncomfortable for many Republican senators, who had to flee to safety during the violence

10 Feb 2021 10:47 AM IST

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WHO mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirus

The experts spent one month in China, two weeks in quarantine and the same again on fieldwork

9 Feb 2021 6:15 PM IST

Biden and Modi committed that the US and India will work closely together to win the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, renew their partnership on climate change, rebuild the global economy in a way that benefits the people of both countries. (File photo / Saul LOEB / AFP)World
Biden, Modi commit towards greater Indo-US ties; work against COVID,...

A veiled message to Pakistan was also sent, with both countries resolving to 'stand together against the scourge of...

9 Feb 2021 10:20 AM IST

Cheng was the second high-profile Australian citizen to be held in Beijing, after writer Yang Hengjun was arrested in January 2019 on suspicion of espionage. (AP/file photo)World
Australian journalist arrested in China for 'supplying state secrets'

Cheng's detention came weeks after Australian authorities raided the homes of Chinese state media journalists

8 Feb 2021 12:34 PM IST

In this image from video, protesters flash the three-fingered salute as they march in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, February 6, 2021. (AP)World
Thousands protest army takeover in Myanmar's biggest city

The U.S. Embassy called on the military to give up power, restore the democratically elected government and release...

7 Feb 2021 11:13 AM IST

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