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Washington: The US has struck a partnership agreement with Pacific island nations amid concern in Washington over growing Chinese influence.It also announced $810m in financial support and said it would recognise Niue and Cook Islands as sovereign states, BBC...

London: Two major British museums are opening up their collections to archaeologists and officials from Cambodia, in response to allegations that valuable items are sitting illegally in the UK.The first visit is to the Victoria & Albert Museum on...

Moscow: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are discussing the possibility of creating a single currency, Pavel Knyazev, ambassador at large of the Russian Foreign Ministry and sous-sherpa of Russia in BRICS, said on Thursday."The possibility and...

Tokyo: India will invest more in Sri Lanka to help it battle its worst economic crisis since independence 75 years ago.Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the assurance to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe when the two met briefly on...

New Delhi: Drawing an analogy to the way Ayodhya has held on to Lord Ram after so many aeons, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the hymns of the legendary Lata Mangeshkar have kept the conscience of...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom's prime minister, Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a royal decree.The king meanwhile on Tuesday issued a decree ordering a cabinet reshuffle,...

New Delhi: India recorded 3,615 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 40,979 as per the Health Ministry data on WednesdayAs many as 14 fresh fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 5,28,584.A total...

Ouagadougou: Eleven soldiers were killed in an attack on a supply convoy in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the Burkina Faso government said in a statement.According to the statement on Tuesday, a supply convoy under military escort heading to...

Doha: Qatar is spending about $200 billion to prepare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is 17 times more than Russia invested in organizing the tournament in 2018, The Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday.For the first FIFA World...

Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized President Joe Biden on Tuesday for making US policy on Taiwan "more ambiguous."In his keynote speech at the inaugural Global Taiwan Business Forum in Kaohsiung, Pompeo said there were concerns...