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The UN has classified Siwi, the easternmost dialect of the Tamazight language spoken across North Africa as far as Morocco,…

US President Donald Trump teased 2024 run at a Christmas party (File) Washington, United States: Donald Trump — who finds…

COLOMBO: Tropical cyclone Burevi slammed into Sri Lanka’s eastern coast on Wednesday night and was expected to damage coastal buildings…

County election officials have until noon on Friday to finalise their vote counts, said Gabriel Sterling, who manages the Southern…

The country has secured COVID-19 vaccines for 60 million people from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, and for a further 25 million…

A US court has blocked two H-1B regulations proposed by the Trump administration (Representational) Washington: In a huge relief to…

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Wednesday declared Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender after the former premier failed to appear before…

The political leader and military general was a Founding Father who united the Thirteen Colonies of the Atlantic Coast of…

NewsUK News Live updates on coronavirus in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Wednesday, 2nd December 2020, 6:20 am…

The Russian president’s announcement came the same day Britain approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for a rollout starting next week File…

Vladimir Putin earlier ordered authorities to begin mass voluntary vaccinations next week Moscow: Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko on Wednesday…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin told health officials Wednesday to start widespread vaccinations next week, adding that the country had…

The EU27 are currently embroiled in a crisis after Poland and Hungary vetoed the bloc’s £980billion (€1.1trillion) seven-year budget, as…

NewsOpinionColumnists For all the bluster and macho posturing by Boris Johnson and his ministers – such as the recent melodramatic…

The reality of a Democratic White House and a Republican Senate will take some adjusting on Capitol Hill after four…

The UK has ordered enough doses of the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to immunize 20 million. (File) Now that Britain has…

BEIJING: A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since…

President Donald Trump is threatening to veto a defense policy bill unless it ends protections for internet companies that shield…

The Government’s election cybersecurity team has coined it the “most secure election in American history”. Attorney General Bill Barr has…

HealthCoronavirus The UK is the first country in the world to approve the use of a coronavirus jab Wednesday, 2nd…

Peter Liese, an EU lawmaker and a member of Angela Merkel’s party, in a statement called the decision as problematic…

Head of global policing agency says criminal organisations are planning to disrupt supply chains Lyon, France: Interpol on Wednesday warned…

LYON: Interpol on Wednesday warned authorities worldwide of the threat from organised crime groups during upcoming Covid-19 vaccination campaigns, including…

Dutch police confirmed they were called to reports of a stabbing in the shopping district Grote Marktstraat, on the coast of…

Health In her afternoon coronavirus briefing today, the First Minister announced that the first round of Covid-19 vaccines will be…

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that greater attention should be paid to the impact of the sanctions on…

Boris Johnson also said, “it is no part of our culture or ambition to make vaccines mandatory” London: British Prime…

BEIJING: China on Wednesday rejected US accusations it is weakening its enforcement of UN sanctions against North Korea, but said…

The EU’s coronavirus recovery fund, worth more than £1.5trillion, has been held up by Hungary and Poland as they rebel…

Health In her afternoon coronavirus briefing today, the First Minister announced that the first round of vaccines will be administered…

The cyclonic storm will pack gusts of up to 100 kms an hour when it makes landfall late in Sri…

We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law: Official London: Britain’s medical…

KABUL: Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace…

Deputy Assistant Secretary for North Korea Alex Wong accused China of seeking to undo a United Nations sanctions regime aimed…

‘Caste In The USA’ is a podcast series examining the pervasiveness of caste discrimination among Indians in the US, hosted…

Joshua Wong (R), 24, was prosecuted alongside fellow activists Ivan Lam (C) and Agnes Chow (L). (FILE) Hong Kong: Leading…

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, under pressure from months of street protests, survived a legal challenge Wednesday over his…

Although the federal General Services Administration has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election,…

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine must be transported at South Pole-like temperatures, a requirement that is already dictating who will be vaccinated…

Joe Biden has been a strident critic of China’s human rights record (File) Washington, United States: Joe Biden will keep…

LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday hailed UK approval for the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine as “fantastic”…

Hypersonic missiles can travel at more than five times the speed of sound and are difficult to track due to…

HealthCoronavirus Piers Morgan and Health Secretary Matt Hancock have pledged to inject the just-approved Covid-19 vaccine together, live on air,…

The new visa system will come into force from 1 January at the end of the Brexit transition period, which…

K-2 is one of the two 1,100MW nuclear power plants being constructed in Karachi Islamabad: Pakistan has started loading fuel…

NEW YORK: Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer who has led the most extensive efforts to damage his client’s political rivals…

The ancient monument is believed to have been built more than 4,500 years ago for the Fourth Dynasty leader Pharaoh…

All three were found guilty of organising and taking part in an unauthorised assembly near the police’s headquarters at the…

UK Health Secretary has set out how the vaccine will be rolled out London: Britain on Wednesday became the first…

BEIJING: A sexual harassment case against a powerful Chinese media figure began in Beijing on Wednesday, with his accuser calling…

News of Ms Trump’s alleged book plans surfaced last week, when an insider said the First Lady was in meetings…

NewsUK News The Debenhams website has been overwhelmed by bargain-hunters after the department store chain confirmed plans to start winding…

The Presidential Inaugural Committee with Varghese as an executive director also includes Tony Allen as chief executive officer, and Erin…

Pfizer and BioNTech earlier this week sought regulatory clearance for their vaccine in the EU. The U.K. became the first…

BERLIN: Britain’s approval of BioNTech-Pfizer’s vaccine against Covid-19 marks a “historic moment” in the battle against the pandemic, the US…

The Amistad Project of the Thomas Moore Society is one of the organisations putting forward a raft of legal challenges…

HealthCoronavirus The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in the UK – and officials said the vaccine will…

China’s embassy said the “rage and roar” from Australian politicians was an overreaction. Highlights China has rebuffed Australian Prime Minister’s…

TOKYO: Japan will give free coronavirus vaccines to all of its residents under a bill passed Wednesday, as the nation…

Iran has long been accused of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons though it denies the claims. Tensions in Iran surged on…

NewsUK News Live updates on coronavirus in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Wednesday, 2nd December 2020, 6:20 am…

The suspect to appeared to be suffering from psychiatric problems and had been under the influence of alcohol during the…

The revelations suggest coronavirus was silently circulating worldwide earlier than known. Testing has found Covid-19 infections in the US in…

WELLINGTON: Joining more than 30 countries, New Zealand on Wednesday took the symbolic step of declaring a climate emergency. Lawmakers…

Following months of litigation between the Small Business Administration and news organizations seeking data about who benefited from pandemic relief…

Russia’s Defence Ministry said the tank, also called the BMPT-72, is capable of combating “helicopters and low-flying low-speed aircraft”. The…

Good infrastructure facilities, including a pre-established network of warehouses and transportation capabilities, can help ensure a sufficient stock of critical…

Neera Tanden will be the first woman of colour to lead the OMB. Washington: Indian-American Neera Tanden is a brilliant…

UNITED NATIONS: Worldleaders, the top leadership of the UN and vaccine developers will address a two-day, special session of the…

President Donald Trump has been discussing the possibility of issuing pardons for his family members and some close associates, multiple…

Stephanie Grisham, the First Lady’s closest aide, accepted an interview with the magazine, the only exclusive given during Donald Trump’s…

William Barr said both the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security called the 2020 election the ‘most secure…

Images emerged Tuesday of four men working in the dead of night to remove the pillar. (FILE) Los Angeles: The…

PARIS: 2020 was a year turned upside-down by the novel coronavirus. But with the prospect of several vaccines coming online…

A top Georgia elections official on Tuesday lashed out angrily at the rhetoric surrounding the election and the threats of…

The deal struck between India’s neighbours comes as the nation is locked in a heated border dispute with China in…

The US issues up to 85,000 H-1B visas each year. The new rules included imposing salary requirements on companies employing…

Since coronavirus enters lungs through nasal passage, the spray could halt infection(Representational) Washington: Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and…

HONG KONG: Three prominent Hong Kong activists are facing jail on Wednesday after pleading guilty to inciting an “illegal assembly”…

A top Georgia elections official on Tuesday lashed out angrily at the rhetoric surrounding the election and the threats of…

Muslim Shahdan, a senior commander served in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in an airstrike on the…

Workers construct viewing stands for the 2021 Inaugural Parade in front of the White House. The U.S. Justice Department is…

SEOUL: China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a US analyst…

Mr Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s events will take place after Washington DC introduced new restrictions in order to…

In the eyes of China’s most nationalist ideologues, Australia is violating the most basic rule of China’s rise: If you…

China has refused to apologise for the controversial image. (Representational) Sydney: China’s embassy in Australia said politicians there had “misread”…

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down two Trump administration rules designed to drastically curtail the number of visas issued…

Under previous administrations, presidents have largely granted pardons after they have gone through a formal review process at the Justice…

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed on Friday after his car and bodyguards were targeted Riyadh: A senior Saudi minister on Tuesday…

It started out simply: A pop-up school on a sidewalk to teach reading, writing, math and art to Central American…

Attorney General Barr has told the President his department had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020…

Joe Biden urged lawmakers on Tuesday to pass a coronavirus aid package (File) Wilmington: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden urged lawmakers…

Federal investigators are looking into a potential “bribery-for-pardon” scheme involving presidential pardons, according to federal court documents unsealed by the…

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed on Friday last week. (File) New York: Just hours after the assassination of a top Iranian…

A compromise Massachusetts policing reform bill cleared the Senate Tuesday by a 28-12 vote, with support for the bill eroding…

The leaked Chinese document from the city of Wuhan suggests the infection and death rates were under-reported to the public.…

The monthly U.S. record of 58,740 COVID-19 deaths was set in April. (File) Washington: U.S. officials on Monday unveiled details…

President Donald Trump is discussing possibly launching a 2024 campaign to retake the White House on Inauguration Day and skipping…

The baby’s mother was being treated in hospital for injuries sustained in the rampage. (Representational) Trier: A baby was among…

The head of the agency responsible for approving COVID-19 vaccines said Tuesday after a meeting at the White House that…