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Rome: Italy opened polling stations for snap parliamentary elections at 07:00 a.m. local time (05:00 GMT) on Sunday.The citizens are electing 400 members of parliament and 200 senators, after the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned in...

Geneva: British music stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, US basketball legend Shaquille O´Neal and other celebrities will donate personal objects for a campaign launched Saturday to support healthcare in Ukraine.Seven months into Russia´s war, the WHO Foundation --...

London: The EU must take Vladimir Putin's threats seriously as the Russian President could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told the BBC hinting that the war has reached a...

New Delhi: As many as 4,912 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in India, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.The total caseload rose to 4,45,63,337 while the overall toll rose to 5,28,487 as 38 more succumbed to the disease.A...

Canberra: The world's largest penguin species is facing extinction within the next 30 years, Australian researchers have warned.Barbara Wienecke, a senior research scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), revealed that projected studies suggest the iconic emperor penguin could...

New York:  China has accused the US of sending “very wrong, dangerous signals” on Taiwan after the US secretary of state told his Chinese counterpart that the maintenance of peace and stability over Taiwan was vitally important.Taiwan was the...

Washington: The US says it will ease Internet curbs on Iran to counter Tehran's clampdown on protests which were sparked by a woman's death in police custody leading to 35 deaths in the worst unrest in Iran for years."We...

Geneva: The United Nations has said its investigators have concluded that Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine, including bombings of civilian areas, numerous executions, torture and horrific sexual violence.The team of three independent experts on Friday presented their first...

London: Tennis great Roger Federer bid adieu to his career and fans in an emotional speech here after defeat in a doubles match alongside longtime friend and rival Rafael Nadal.The 41-year-old Swiss legend teamed up with another great of...

Islamabad: Pakistan should suspend international debt repayments and restructure loans with creditors after recent floods added to the country’s financial crisis, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing a UN policy memo.The memorandum, which the UN Development Programme will...