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In this May 5, 2018 photo, a giant image of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, adorns a tower in Doha, Qatar. Saudi Arabia will open its airspace and land border to Qatar in the first step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided US defense partners. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)World
Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, easing the Gulf crisis

Kuwait, which had been mediating throughout the dispute, was first to announce the diplomatic breakthrough through its...

5 Jan 2021 11:27 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)World
Trump in phone call presses Georgia's election chief to 'find' votes...

The Trump campaign and several of the president's allies have launched dozens of attempts to challenge the poll results...

4 Jan 2021 12:47 PM IST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes her oath of office as the Speaker of the 117th Congress after being re-elected at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, January. 3, 2021. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)World
Nancy Pelosi re-elected as Speaker of US House of Representatives

Following the election of the House Speaker, Pelosi administered the oath to the rest of the members of the House

4 Jan 2021 11:47 AM IST

US President Donald Trump delivers an update on \Operation Warp Speed\ in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)World
In a first, Congress overrides Trump veto of defense bill

Trump had lashed out at GOP lawmakers, charging that 'Weak and tired Republican 'leadership' will allow the bad Defense...

2 Jan 2021 1:53 PM IST

Biden, a Democrat, has promised to lift the suspension on H-1B visas, saying Trumps immigration policies are cruel (Image: AFP)World
IT staff caught in US H-1B freeze

Trump's proclamation extends freeze till March 31 citing job loss

2 Jan 2021 12:58 AM IST

South Korea reported 808 new cases Monday, raising its national total to 57,680 with 819 deaths (Image:AP)World
South Korea detects first coronavirus variant cases

The new strain, which experts fear is more contagious, prompted more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions on...

29 Dec 2020 1:35 AM IST

After nearly a weeks delay and under pressure from all sides, President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion Covid-19 relief bill December 27, the White House said, extending benefits to millions of Americans struggling through the pandemic. The package \providing coronavirus emergency response and relief\ is part of a larger spending bill that, with Trumps signature, will avoid a government shutdown. (AFP)World
Trump finally signs massive coronavirus relief and spending package...

He had been under growing pressure from both sides of Congress to sign the bill

28 Dec 2020 11:13 AM IST

A vehicle is on fire after an explosion in the area of Second and Commerce Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 in Nashville, Tenn. Buildings shook in the immediate area and beyond after a loud boom was heard early Christmas morning. (AP)World
Motor home explodes in Nashville, possible human remains found near...

The blast came just moments after officers responded to reports of gunfire in the area

26 Dec 2020 2:07 PM IST

Christians on the screen attend an online Christmas service for social distancing and a precaution against the coronavirus at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, December. 25, 2020. (AP/Lee Jin-man)World
South Korea reports record virus surge on Christmas Day

The nation has been held up as a model of how to combat the virus, but Friday saw a record 1,241 new infections

25 Dec 2020 1:11 PM IST

Britains Health Secretary Matt Hancock attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 23, 2020. - Britain on Wednesday introduced restrictions on travel from South Africa over the spread of another new variant of coronavirus, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said. \Were placing immediate restrictions on travel from South Africa,\ Hancock said, adding that two cases of the \highly concerning\ new virus strain had been discovered in Britain. (AFP)World
UK quarantines travelers from South Africa as one more Covid variant...

Hancock said the new variant has mutated further' than the one that recently prompted the British government to tighten...

23 Dec 2020 10:26 PM IST

In this file photo taken on December 02, 2020 the Moderna logo is seen at the Moderna campus in Norwood, Massachusetts where the biotechnology company is mass producing its Covid-19 vaccine. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)World
Pharma chief urges transparency in virus vaccine rollout

Takeda inked a deal with the Japanese government and US firm Moderna Therapeutics to import and distribute 50 million...

20 Dec 2020 12:32 PM IST

A healthcare worker prepares COVID-19 vaccine doses at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center on December 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images/AFP)World
China to start opening vaccination programme to general public

Sichuan is the first province to outline a timeline of its vaccination plans for the general public

18 Dec 2020 11:16 AM IST

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