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VIENNA: A senior South Korean diplomat will hold talks in Vienna this week with Iran and world powers over how to resolve the issue of frozen Iranian assets held in the Asian country, the South Korean foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Indirect talks between...
WASHINGTON: President Biden on Tuesday reiterated his belief that schools in the United States should remain physically open despite the wave of coronavirus cases driven largely by the omicron variant. Biden noted during remarks at the White House that...
NEW YORK: A person receives a fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Medical Centre in Israel. Read all the latest updates on COVID-19 here. The United States reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases on Monday after the long...
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Government on January 4 announced a $1.2 billion economic relief package amidst a severe foreign exchange crisis even as Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa claimed that the country will not default on its international debt despite...
WASHINGTON: Since being discovered in November, Omicron variant of coronavirus has rapidly emerged as the dominant COVID stain in most parts of the world. Though initial studies have suggested the new mutated variant is milder than processor Delta, a...
BRUSSELS: The alliance has confirmed that the NATO-Russia Council meeting will take place on January 12, calling on Moscow to consider "NATO’s concerns about Russia’s actions," the NATO official told TASS on Tuesday. "The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg...
WASHINGTON: On Monday, India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had a broad-ranging telephonic conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken . The conversation was on bilateral and global issues, including the current state of affairs...
LIVE IND vs SA Live Score 2nd Test, Day 2: Shardul Thakur's 5-Wicket Haul Rattles South Africa; Hosts 7-Down INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA 2ND TEST, DAY 2 LIVE UPDATES Ind vs SA Test, Johannesburg: Hello and welcome to our cricket coverage on Day 2 of the 2nd...
MELBOURNE: The Australian states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria on Tuesday reported record high number of daily Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations, as the country's overall infection tally surpassed the 500,000 mark. NSW, the epicentre of Australia's...
CALIFORNIA: The test result of a wastewater sample from California showed that the Omicron Covid-19 strain was present in the US state even before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it the newest 'Variant of Concern', a media report said citing...
WASHINGTON: A divided nation will experience an ominous split-screen moment Thursday when President Joe Biden uses the anniversary of the January 6 attack on Congress to warn of threats to US democracy and Donald Trump goes live with his conspiracy theories....
NEW YORK: Some school systems around the US extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in Covid-19 cases, while others pressed ahead with in-person classes amid a seemingly growing sense that Americans...