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Moscow: After nine years' wait, President Vladimir Putin Monday granted Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Reuters reported. Snowden, 39, fled the United...

Moscow: At least 13 people were killed, including seven children, in a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk on Monday, TASS news agency reported, citing the Russian Investigative Committee.According to the committee, 14 children and...

Hyderabad: One of the exciting celestial events of the year ''Jupiter Opposition with Sun'' will occur at 1.03 AM on Tuesday.Planetary Society of India (PSI) Director N Sri Raghunandan Kumar in a release here on Monday said as a...

New Delhi: India recorded 4,129 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 43,415 as per the Health Ministry data on Monday.As many as 7 fresh fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 5,28,530.A total of...

Manila: Super typhoon Noru slammed Luzon island in the Philippines with heavy rainfall and winds on Sunday afternoon, leaving five people dead, as it blew away from the Southeast Asian country on Monday.Bulacan province Governor Daniel Fernando said Monday...

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...