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Nurses, female health care workers most at risk of distress during COVID-19 pandemic: Research

LONDON: Nurses and female health care workers are most at risk of experiencing psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new research. The...

US President Joe Biden says no need for ‘erratic’ Donald Trump to get intelligence briefings

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said his predecessor Donald Trump should not be given access to classified intelligence briefings, as is tradition for...

Self-reliance in defence equipment manufacturing crucial for maintaining India’s strategic autonomy: Rajnath Singh

BENGALURU: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said attaining self-reliance in manufacturing of defence equipment is a crucial factor for maintaining Indias strategic autonomy. The...

Steps that would improve efficiency of India’s markets welcome: US

WASHINGTON: Recognising that peaceful protests are a hallmark of a thriving democracy, the US has said it welcomes steps that would improve the efficiency...

Military back in power in Myanmar, Suu Kyi detained

Nay Pyi Taw: On the morning the country’s new Parliament session was to begin after elections won by a landslide by Aung San Suu...

Biden admin to remain committed to a strong US-India bilateral relationship: Pentagon

Washington: The Biden administration is going to remain committed to a strong bilateral relationship with India, the Pentagon has said, a day after US...

Allow US to prosecute Daniel Pearl’s killers: White House to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: Voicing outrage over the acquittal of those involved in the brutal murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002, the White House has asked Pakistan...

Disinformation being used to interfere in internal affairs of countries: India

WASHINGTON: India has called on technology companies to ensure transparency and a check on misinformation on their platforms, cautioning that there is a growing...

UK university scientists finalise nasal spray that blocks out COVID-19: Report

LONDON: A nasal spray which can prevent a coronavirus infection for up to two days is being prepped for mass production by scientists at...

Ageing dams in India, US, other nations pose growing threat: UN report

NEW YORK: Over a thousand large dams in India will be roughly 50 years old in 2025 and such aging structures across the world...

New UK variant of coronavirus may be more deadly, says Boris Johnson

London: Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK towards the end of last year may be more deadly, Prime...

First treaty to ban nuclear weapons adopted, without any nuclear power ratifying it

UNITED NATIONS: The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force on Friday, hailed as a historic step to rid the world of...

US down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, as ordered by Trump

WASHINGTON: The US military has met its goal of reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan to about 2,500 by Friday, a drawdown that...

13 WHO scientists arrive in Wuhan to probe Covid-19 origins; 2 barred after testing positive

BEIJING: Thirteen international experts of the WHO arrived in Wuhan on Thursday for the long-awaited probe into the origins of the deadly coronavirus pandemic,...

Ajit Doval meets Afghan leadership; discusses issues of mutual interest, counter-terrorism co-op

KABUL: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who arrived here on a two-day unannounced visit, on Wednesday met the top Afghan leadership and discussed issues...

Day after plane with 62 on board crashed, Indonesian divers find wreckage in Java Sea

JAKARTA: Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 23 meters (75 feet) in the...

Won’t be silenced, might build own platform in near future: Trump after indefinite Twitter ban

WASHINGTON: Outgoing US President Donald Trump has slammed Twitter for permanently suspending him, vowing that he and his support base would not be silenced. The...

Saudi Arabia’s king Salman gets coronavirus jab

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Thursday received a Covid-19 vaccine jab, more than three weeks after the kingdom kicked off a threephase inoculation...

US House will move to impeach Trump if he doesn’t resign ‘immediately’, says Speaker Pelosi

WASHINGTON: US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said the House would move ahead with the process to impeach President Donald Trump for...

Iran’s top leader bans corona vaccines from US, Britain

TEHRAN: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Friday banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a reflection of mistrust toward...

Washington chaos leaves image of ‘exceptional’ America in tatters

SYDNEY: The storming of the US Congress left America’s image as a beacon of democracy severely tarnished Thursday, with allies unable to hide their...

Thousands converge in Washington for Trump rally

WASHINGTON: Thousands of supporters of Donald Trump have converged here to attend a massive rally to be addressed by the US president on Wednesday...

Chinese Communist Party clamps new rules for its members; bans public dissent

BEIJING: As China’s ruling Communist Party gears up to celebrate its centenary year, it has revised rules for its 92 million members, stipulating that...

Will fight like hell to hold on to presidency: Trump refuses to concede defeat

DALTON: With mounting desperation, Donald Trump declared he would “fight like hell” to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to...

Pakistan’s SC orders reconstruction of vandalised Hindu temple

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) to start reconstruction of a century-old Hindu temple that was vandalised...

Extraordinary warning to Donald Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs

WASHINGTON: In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defence are cautioning against any move to involve the...

China’s new defence law expands power of its military headed by Xi

BEIJING: China has revised its National Defence Law, expanding the power of its armed forces headed by President Xi Jinping to mobilize military and...

China expects Joe Biden to end Donald Trump’s ‘cold war’ policy, restore ties

BEIJING: As Joe Biden is set to assume power this month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday hoped that the US President-elect would...

China’s Sinopharm says vaccine ‘79% effective’ against Covid-19

BEIJING: Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it was 79 percent effective, the Chinese pharma giant said Wednesday, lower than rival...

2020: How world rocked by COVID-19, US elections and Black Lives Matter

PARIS: The COVID-19 pandemic cast a long pall over 2020 but it also saw President Donald Trump beaten by Joe Biden in a tumultuous...

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