Washington (IANS) A massive winter storm stretching from the Great Lakes all the way down to the Rio Grande along the Mexican border has killed at least 57 people across the US as of Tuesday, media reports said.
Storm-related deaths have been…
Beijing (IANS) China's National Health Commission has announced that it will no longer be publishing daily Covid-19 infection figures, as the virus rips through the population with the abandonment of rolling lockdowns, mass tracking of citizens…
Chennai (IANS) Naela Quadri Baloch, a senior leader of the Balochistan freedom movement who currently lives in exile in Canada, is a fearless fighter for the Baloch cause.
The former college professor and her husband, an independent filmmaker…
Taipei (IANS) China is staging one of its biggest incursions so far in the seas and skies around Taiwan, according to data from the island's Defence Ministry, media reports said.
It said that 71 Chinese air force planes, including fighter…
Kathmandu (IANS) The last leg of negotiations in Kathmandu over new government formation statrted on Sunday as the deadline set by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to submit the name of the Prime Minister is inching closer.
Top guns of the ruling…
Houston (IANS) The US Energy Department has declared a power emergency in the country's second-largest state Texas amid an Arctic winter blast that was feared to cause a shortage of electricity in the state.
The Electric Reliability Council…
Kathmandu (IANS) Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal is likely to be made the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
A meeting between Prachanda and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist, K.P. Oli on Sunday…
Beijing (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday said that his country is ready to work with India towards the "steady and sound" growth of bilateral relations.
"China and India have maintained communication through the diplomatic…
Johannesburg (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and around 50 others were injured on Saturday following a gas explosion at Boksburg in South Africa, officials said.
William Ntladi, a spokesperson for Ekurhuleni Emergency Management Services,…
Houston (IANS) Thousands of people were without power as the Arctic blast rushed into the south-central US state of Texas, bringing freezing temperatures expected to last through Christmas.
As of 11:00 p.m. Central Time on Thursday (0600 GMT…