Online Desk ; Hundreds of youths clashed with police in cities across Tunisia late on Monday, throwing stones and gasoline bombs in the capital as security forces used tear gas and water…
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Biden pushes unity two days before taking over crisis-laden White House
Online Desk ; On the cusp of becoming president, Joe Biden pressed Monday for unity, while President Donald Trump remained secluded in the White House at the center of a capital inundated…
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
Online desk : President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million…
Leaving office, Trump has lowest approval rating of his presidency
Online Desk ; President Donald Trump will leave the White House this week with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with just 34 percent of Americans supporting the job he has…
WHO pandemic review panel highlights effective multilateralism in COVID-19 response
Online desk ; A latest interim report by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response highlighted effective multilateralism in the preparation and response to the COVID-19 crisis, saying that the consequences…
Seven UN members lose right to vote over unpaid dues
online desk ; Seven countries including Iran have lost their right to vote in the UN General Assembly because of unpaid dues, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Monday. The UN charter calls…
India confirms 447 cases of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination
Online desk ; A total of 447 cases of Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFIs) after the COVID-19 vaccination have been reported over the past two days, out of whom three required hospitalization,…
Man found ‘living in airport for three months’ over Covid fears
Online desk ; A man too afraid to fly due to the pandemic lived undetected in a secure area of Chicago’s international airport for three months, US prosecutors say. Aditya Singh, 36,…
Samsung chief jailed for 2.5yrs over graft scandal
Online desk ; The de facto chief of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling…
UK vaccinating 140 people per minute
Online desk : Britain’s vaccine rollout is limited by a “lumpy” manufacturing process with production changes by Pfizer and a delay by AstraZeneca that could lead to brief supply disruption, Vaccine Deployment…
Fears about Sudan’s Darfur after 130 killed in days of fighting
Online desk : The latest inter-ethnic violence to rock Sudan’s restive Darfur left 47 dead on Monday, after 83 died in separate weekend clashes — and following shortly after a peacekeeping mission…
COVID infects over 94.4 million people globally
Online desk ; The confirmed cases of coronavirus globally surpassed 94.4 million with over 2.02 million deaths till Sunday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The US remained…