The United States has been facing a spectacular surge in cases in recent months. Since the end of November, the number of daily deaths
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Over 50 HK activists held for breaching security law
Over 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the city’s national security law, local media reported, in the
Kim admits mistakes as party congress opens: KCNA
The gathering is the first of its kind in five years, only the eighth in the nuclear-armed North’s history, and comes weeks before US
George W Bush to attend Biden inauguration
Republican former US president George W Bush will attend the inauguration of Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Washington on January 20, his
China moves to stamp out virus outbreak in city of 11 m
Ten major highways leading into the city of Shijiazhuang, around 300 kilometres (200 miles) south of Beijing, have been closed and a bus terminus
Country is ‘broke’: Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro
The subsidies which have kept millions of Brazilians from destitution ended as the pandemic, which has killed almost 200,000 people in the country, only
What’s behind North Korea’s biggest political event
US welcomes arrest of LeT commander Lakhvi
Pompeo praises Jaishankar for advancing US-India ties
Hong Kong mass arrests chill democracy movement
Pak Shiites continue sit-in over killing of 11 miners
Residents and relatives of the slain miners, who were members of the minority Shiite Hazara community, began the protest Sunday after IS militants abducted
Chinese Communist Party clamps new rules for members
As China’s ruling Communist Party gears up to celebrate its centenary year, it has revised rules for its 92 million members, stipulating that no
Pakistan’s minority commission team visits vandalised Hindu temple
A delegation of Pakistan’s National Commission for Minorities led by its chairman Chela Ram Kewlani on Wednesday visited the Hindu temple that was vandalised
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange denied bail by London court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday because a judge said there is a risk he may abscond while the United States
Pak PM Imran Khan urges Shia Hazaras to bury slain miners
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday urged the protesting minority Shia Hazara community members to bury the bodies of 11 coal-miners killed by
Sudan says it signed ‘Abraham Accords’ with US
Sudan on Wednesday said it signed the “Abraham Accords” with the US, paving the way for the African country to normalise ties with Israel.
EU regulator approves Moderna coronavirus vaccine
The EU’s medicines watchdog approved a coronavirus jab by US firm Moderna on Wednesday, giving a shot in the arm for Europe’s slow-moving vaccine
UK reports highest daily Covid-19 deaths since April
The United Kingdom has recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 daily deaths for the first time since April as the government struggles to deal with