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Lagos: The death toll from a boat mishap in northern Nigeria's Kano state rose to 29 as more bodies have been retrieved, an official said on Wednesday.A total of 29 bodies have been recovered so far, mostly children and...

London: The United Kingdom has secured over 110 million shots of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against the coronavirus to cover the immunization efforts for two years, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday."Today the UK has ordered 114 million...

Tokyo: The Japanese government on Thursday withdrew its request for airlines to completely stop taking reservations for inbound international flights this month, local media reported Thursday.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida admitted that the transportation ministry's announcement the previous...

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...

London: UK manufacturers continued to face a challenging operating environment in November when supply chain disruptions and labour shortages drove input prices to their highest level in the last 30 years, London-based information and analytics provider IHS Markit said...

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...

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...

Baku: A military helicopter crash in Azerbaijan killed fourteen people and injured two others on Tuesday, the border service said.Earlier in the day, the border service said that the helicopter crashed at a training ground.Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev offered...

Bridgetown: Barbados has become the world's newest republic -- cutting its last remaining colonial bonds after nearly 400 years.The Caribbean island nation has removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and instated Dame Sandra Mason, as its first-ever...