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Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday that the coronavirus-related state of emergency will be in place in Tokyo from July 12 to August 22.The decision was made less than two weeks before the start of the...

Vladivostok: Russia hopes to receive explanations from Japan regarding the military alliance between Tokyo and Washington, as well as security threats in the region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.He said Japan assured Russia that it would never allow...

Washington: Haitian Ambassador to the United States Bocchit Edmond told Sputnik that it is too soon to talk about when presidential vote may take place after Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed."It is too early to say that, to...

New Delhi: Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed Civil Aviation Ministry, and Hardeep Puri, who headed this ministry, will head Urban Development and Petroleum Ministry.Scindia joined the government Wednesday in a reboot of the Union cabinet in which 36 new...

United Nations: The new report by the US State Department alleging that Havana has profited from exploiting its citizens through forced labour abroad is dishonest and represents offense to Cuba's health workers, Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Pedro...

Port-Au-Prince: Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday.Moise's wife, First Lady Martine Moise, is hospitalized, interim Premier Claude Joseph said.Joseph...

Kohima: The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Wednesday joined the nationwide Congress protest against skyrocketing fuel prices and increasing inflation, the PTI reported.NPCC working president Khriedi Theunuo said that common people are suffering due to the unprecedented...

New Delhi: Two ministers, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Santosh Gangwar, have resigned from the Union Cabinet, NDTV reported quoting sources hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega reshuffle.Nishank was Education Minister and Santosh Gangwar was Labour Minister. Both have...

Washington: The Biden administration has added eight additional nations that it advises US citizens not to travel to because of concerns about the continuing spread of the coronavirus there, the State Department announced on Tuesday."This week, the following Travel...

New Delhi: The Election Commission has appointed new chief electoral officers in Manipur and Kerala.The Commission issued separate notifications to appoint Rajesh Agrawal, a Manipur cadre officer, the chief electoral officer of the state in place of Prashant Kumar...