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London: The United Kingdom has registered 42,302 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, hitting a six-month high for daily infections, the department of health said on Wednesday.The death toll has risen by 49.The overall number of COVID-19...

New Delhi: Union minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the leader of the house in Rajya Sabha, sources said on Wednesday.He will succeed Thawar Chand Gahlot who has been appointed the governor of Karnataka, the PTI reported.The Parliamentary...

Guwahati: Assam on Wednesday reported 22 more COVID-19 deaths, raising the caseload to 5,40,453, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission, Assam.As many as 2,046 more people tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours,...

Beijing: China will send 431 athletes, including 24 Olympic champions, to the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.The figures were confirmed as the Chinese delegation was unveiled in Beijing on Wednesday.The delegation, including 298 female athletes and 133 male athletes, will...

Tokyo: The daily increase in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, where the Summer Olympics are set to begin in nine days, has for the first time since mid-May risen above 1,000, the Fuji Television Network reported on Wednesday.The news service...

Washington: A group of US-based activists started a 1,300-mile rally from the city of Miami to the nation’s capital in order to call on authorities in Washington, DC to lift the embargo on Cuba, participant Phil Wilayto said on...

Moscow: The Russian president's special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said in an interview with Sputnik that the only way for the Afghan warring parties to break the political deadlock and end the violence was to form a transitional...

Mexico City/ Buenos Aires: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that US-funded organizations were behind the recent protests in Cuba.On Sunday, Cuba witnessed its largest protests since 1994, fueled by anger over shortages of basic goods....

Buenos Aires: The Venezuelan government is willing to have another round of talks with the opposition, but only if certain conditions are met, President Nicolas Maduro has said."The Kingdom of Norway has arrived to promote a dialogue in Mexico....

Tel Aviv: Israel is easing the blockade of the Gaza Strip starting Monday, expanding the fishing zone up to 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers), Lt. Col. in the Israel Defense Forces, Avichay Adraee, said Monday."In light of the ongoing...