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Colombo: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its World Food Programme (WFP) have revealed that a whopping 6.3 million people face moderate to severe acute food insecurity.A report released in Rome and Colombo simultaneously warned that...

New Delhi: India has registered 4,369 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.According to the bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,45,04,949 while the death toll rose to 5,28,185 as 20 more succumbed to the disease.Total of...

New Delhi: India has recorded 5,221 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 47,176, the Health Ministry said on Monday.As many as 11 fresh fatalities took place in the last 24 hours, taking the total...

London: Queen Elizabeth II's corgis are going to live with her son Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, the BBC has confirmed.The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York will take on Muick and Sandy - two young corgis...

Kiev: An aerial alert has been declared throughout Ukraine, Ukrainian media reported.The Ukrainian Obozrevatel news agency also attached a map of aerial alarms, which covers the whole country.On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine after...

Belgrade: The European Union is ratcheting up pressure on Serbia so that it chooses a side in the EU-Russian row, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday.He spoke a day after hosting EU envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav...

London: Charles III was formally proclaimed king at an elaborate ceremony at St James' Palace by an Accession Council on Saturday.Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now Charles III, the BBC quoted the proclamation as saying.The proclamation was made...

Nairobi: Governors of most of Kenya's 47 counties have declared a war on corruption in the country.Thirty of the newly elected governors are first-timers on the job.Many of them have hit the ground running since they were sworn...

Copenhagen: Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II is now Europe's longest-serving monarch and also its only reigning queen after the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.Hailed for unifying and modernizing the Danish monarchy in her 50 years on the...

Ramallah: At least 37 Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses told the media.The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that among the injured were...