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Washington: US President Joe Biden says Washington never planned to send troops to Ukraine, but the US has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that there will be consequences in case of any aggression."They never were on the table," Biden...

Washington: Some 25 million people fall victims to human trafficking and forced labor every year in a global criminal enterprise that earns crime syndicates profits of about $150 billion, a senior Biden administration official said during a press briefing.“An...

Washington: The US government has successfully set up its First Production Unit (FPU) to extend the operational life of the nation’s arsenal B61 directly dropped or “gravity bomb” nuclear weapons, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced in a...

Beijing: Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global announced on Thursday about its plans to exit from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and move its listing to Hong Kong, the BBC reported on Friday.The firm has come under intense pressure...

Moscow: The staff of the US Embassy in Moscow living in Russia for over three years must leave the country by January 31, 2022, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday following the US move to order...

Washington: Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 three days before he was to face Joe Biden in their first presidential debate in September 2020, Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a new book by former White House chief of staff...

Kinshasa: The Chinese embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) issued an alert on Wednesday advising citizens to immediately evacuate from three provinces of the African country due to growing incidence of armed attacks and abductions against...

Hong Kong: Scientists at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have become the first in Asia to succeed in isolating the new Omicron coronavirus variant from clinical samples, the university said."Researchers at the Department of Microbiology at The University...

Paris: Argentina's Lionel Messi has crowned the Ballon d'Or award for a record-extending seventh time, as his former club Barcelona's Alexia Putellas clinched the women's award after a stellar season with the Catalan club.Messi, 34, beat another favorite Robert...

Brussels: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must explore ways to engage with China on issues like arms controls in the wake of the country's growing military capabilities, the organization's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday."We need to engage...