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In this May 29, 2020, file photo, a protester holds a Hong Kong colonial flag in a shopping mall during a protest against Chinas national security legislation for the city, in Hong Kong. Thousands of people from Hong Kong are fleeing their hometown since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory in the summer 2020. (AP/Kin Cheung, File)

Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Some are leaving because they fear punishment for supporting the pro-democracy protests that swept the former British...

1 Feb 2021 10:33 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)

Navalny, Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

Other nominees include former U.S. President Donald Trump, NATO and the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR)

31 Jan 2021 11:25 PM IST

A worker in protective overall disinfects a vehicle from the World Health Organization convoy while they were visiting the Baishazhou wholesale market on the third day of field visit in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP)

WHO teams visits Wuhan food market in search of virus clues

WHO said on Twitter last Thursday that the team plans to visit Wuhan Institute of Virology and laboratories at...

31 Jan 2021 12:16 PM IST

People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 23, 2021. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Navalny brother, aides under house arrest ahead of Russia protests

Kremlin critics say authorities are dramatically ramping up pressure on the opposition in an effort to intimidate...

30 Jan 2021 12:38 PM 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)

WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan

The highly politicised mission had been beset by delays, with China refusing access until mid-January

30 Jan 2021 12:07 PM IST

In April 2018, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it had received 1,90,000 H-1B visa petitions.

Biden admin withdraws move to rescind work authorisation for H-1B...

Spouses of Indian professionals on H-1B visas, are the biggest beneficiary of the Obama-era rule that gave employment...

28 Jan 2021 7:39 PM IST

US President Joe Biden (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

US terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence

A DHS statement noted the potential for violence from a broad range of ideologically-motivated actors

28 Jan 2021 6:18 PM IST

Covaxin, (Image Source: Titter@TheEquityPandit)

Sri Lanka President receives free Indian COVID vaccines under...

The consignment came after the country approved emergency use of Oxford AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine

28 Jan 2021 4:56 PM IST

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (via AP)

WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

The visit will be tightly tethered to the science of how the virus jumped from animals to humans

28 Jan 2021 4:27 PM IST

Picture used for representational purposes only (Image Source: Pixabay)

China deploys anal swabs to test for Covid-19

The method can increase the detection rate of infected people

27 Jan 2021 9:15 PM IST

US President Joe Biden (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

US announces restoration of relations with Palestinians

U.S. administration believes this remains the best way to ensure Israel's future

27 Jan 2021 6:20 AM IST

When the researchers tested the sera of 20 participants who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine they found that it could act against the engineered coronavirus variants. (Photo:AFP)

Pfizer or Sinopharm? 'Vaccine diplomacy' in Middle East

The Israeli government made documents public that showed the extent of its collaboration with Pfizer in its vaccination...

26 Jan 2021 12:38 PM IST