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Dushanbe: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday elaborated on China's solemn position on the Taiwan question.Wang made the remarks at a briefing after he attended a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the...

Montreal, Canada: A new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 was announced Monday here at the 24th International AIDS Conference to ensure that no child living with HIV is denied treatment by the end of...

Washington: A Texas man who was part of the US Capitol riot armed with a holstered pistol and threatened his own children to keep quiet about his role has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison,...

Washington: California’s governor has declared a state of emergency to speed up anti-monkeypox efforts, becoming the second state in the country in three days to take the step, Khaleej Times reported on Tuesday.Governor Gavin Newsom said that the...

Islamabad: PPP Senator Farooq H Naek has moved a constitutional amendment bill in the Pakistan Senate, with the aim of curbing the powers of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) in the appointment of judges of the superior courts...

Washington: The White House has warned that China may undertake military provocations in response to Nancy Pelosi's mooted visit to Taiwan, BBC reported on Tuesday.This could include firing missiles near Taiwan, or large-scale air or naval activities, spokesman John...

Birmingham:  Indian judoka Shushila Devi Likmabam bagged silver in the judo women's 48kg event after losing the final to Michaela Whitebooi of South Africa at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Monday.Shushila lost to Michaela in 4 minutes and...

Sacramento(US): A wildfire in California grew into the largest blaze in the state so far this year, as firefighting units braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions. Huge blazes are burning out of control in Montana, Idaho, and Hawaii...

United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed outrage after UN peacekeepers opened fire and killed two residents in a border town between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.In Kasindi, North Kivu province in the...

Washington: Former Democrat and US presidential candidate Andrew Yang has launched his centrist ‘Forward Party’, and asserted it will be the biggest one outside of the long-dominant Democrat and Republican behemoths.Yang, an entrepreneur who experienced a surprise surge...