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Washington: The US Supreme Court denied the appeal of Texas death row inmate Stephen Barbee, who is set to be executed on October 12, court records revealed."Petition Denied," the court records said on the Supreme Court's website on Monday.Barbee...

Wellington: New Zealand will review its electoral laws to ensure the rules remain fit for purpose and "meet the needs of the next generation of voters" ahead of the 2023 general election."Much has changed since the 1950s but most...

Washington: Users of the Telegram messenger in some regions, amid large-scale outages on Facebook, may experience problems loading chats and receiving notifications, Telegram said on Twitter.It said the company apologizes for the inconvenience.

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to raise the debt limit, lashing out at Republicans for threatening to use their power to block Democrats' efforts."Not only are Republicans refusing to do their job, but they're also...

Canberra: The Australian government has secured access to 300,000 courses of the "promising" treatment for COVID-19 as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections.Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Tuesday that...

Washington: The disruption in Facebook's operation was caused by configuration changes on backbone routers, according to the company's engineers."Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centres caused...

Shenyang: Over 16,000 residents in northeast China's Liaoning Province have been affected by extensive heavy rainfall beginning Saturday, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Monday.From 8 pm Saturday to 6 am Monday, most areas of...

Colombo/New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka, on Monday called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and had a productive discussion on further consolidating the India-Sri Lanka partnership.The Indian High Commission...

Kathmandu: The Nepali government has banned the import of betel nut, pea, peppercorn and dried date temporarily as the South Asian country is facing dwindling foreign exchange reserves amid surging imports.The central bank confirmed the ban in a notice...

Kabul: Amid rising tensions between the Taliban and Tajikistan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke on the phone with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in an effort to ease the situation. The development comes amid reports that the Taliban have...