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London: Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died, Buckingham Palace announced late Thursday. She was 96."The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return...

Moscow:  The summer of 2022 has become the hottest ever recorded in history of Europe, the EU's Earth Observation Programme Copernicus said on Thursday."The average temperature for Europe from June to August 2022 was about 1.34°C above the...

Moscow: Hundreds of classified NATO files have been leaked online by hackers who accessed the national headquarters of the Portuguese armed forces, media said Thursday.The Diario de Noticias reported that US intelligence informed Portugal about the unprecedented cyberattack after...

Colombo: Sri Lankan Education Minister Susil Premajayanta wants school bags of students checked to ensure that they are not carrying drugs.The Island newspaper on Thursday quoted the Minister as telling this to Parliament on Wednesday.The Minister said a...

New Delhi: India recorded 6,395 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 50,342 as per the Health Ministry data on Thursday.As many as 19 fresh fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 528090.A total of...

London: British Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday that she hopes to find a "negotiated solution" to the row between Britain and the European Union (EU) over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland."My preference is for a negotiated solution,...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday condemned Western sanctions imposed because of Russia's war in Ukraine as "a fever that poses a threat to the entire world".In a speech to an economic forum in Vladivostok, he said Russia...

Ho Chi Minh: At least 14 people have died and others injured after a huge fire at a karaoke complex in southern Vietnam near Ho Chi Minh City.The fire broke out on the upper floor of the establishment...

New Delhi: India has recorded 5,379 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.The total caseload rose to 4,44,72,241 while the death toll rose to 5,28,057 as 27 more succumbed to the disease.On the other hand, 7,094...

Washington: The FBI recovered a document describing a foreign government’s nuclear capabilities during its search of Mar-a-Lago, a US media report has said.The Washington Post on Tuesday cited unnamed sources and did not identify the foreign government named in...