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San Francisco: Twitter on Sunday permanently suspended an account of the U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, for "repeated violations" of the company's COVID-19 misinformation policies."We permanently suspended the account (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy. We've...

Khartoum (Sudan): Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday announced his resignation from his post in the wake of the political crisis in the country."I announce to you my resignation from the post of prime minister to make way...

Washington: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has contracted the coronavirus and will remain quarantined at home for at least five days, he said in a statement released by the US Department of Defense."I tested positive this morning for COVID-19....

Paris: Amid Covid restrictions in France, only 874 vehicles were set ablaze on New Year's Eve as part of decades-old tradition.In 2019, 1,316 cars were set on fire, CNN quoted Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin as saying on Saturday.The car-torching...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has expressed hope that the security guarantees negotiations with Russia will result in significant progress.On late Thursday, Biden held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the leaders agreed to hold...

Moscow: Russia will take measures to ensure strategic balance and eliminate threats if the United States and NATO do not respond to proposals on security guarantees in an adequate time frame, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Sputnik.The Russia-US...

Hefei: The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," has achieved a continuous high-temperature plasma operation for 1,056 seconds in the latest experiment, the longest time of operation of its kind in the world.The breakthrough...

Moscow: Russia said on Thursday that there was no question of recognising the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for now.Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia had not received any Taliban notification on sending an envoy to Moscow."We have not...

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed over the telephone with his French, German and UK counterparts coordination on Russia regarding the tensions with Ukraine as well as US concerns over Iran’s nuclear program, State Department spokesperson Ned...

Washington: The US has urged the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to release the arrested employees of a media organisation as "journalism is not sedition."US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said, "The Hong Kong government’s December 29...