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Buenos Aires: Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is the most effective one in the world, Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said on Saturday, receiving a new shipment of doses from Moscow at the Caracas airport.In December 2020, Moscow and...

Bangkok: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that Myanmar's military leadership was "not opposed" to a visit of an official ASEAN delegation to the country to help resolve the ongoing political crisis.Earlier in the day, ASEAN...

Washington: The global death toll from COVID-19 has gone past 3.077 million while the number of cases crossed more than 145 million said the US-based Johns Hopkins University in its latest update.Johns Hopkins University is the most credible institution...

Washington: Sixty per cent of the US public believe police should be held more accountable for mistreating African-Americans and say President Joe Biden is doing too little to reform law enforcement procedures, a new poll revealed on Friday.Confidence that...

Canberra: Australia on Thursday decided to cut the number of flights from India which is seeing a rise in COVID -19 cases and limited Australians who need to go there to "only very urgent cases".The National Cabinet, which is...

Moscow: US President Joe Biden is set to formally recognize the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people in the early 20th century, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported citing US officials.In March, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

Moscow: The Communists of Russia political party has asked the United Nations and UNESCO to declare monuments to the USSR founder Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) as the world cultural heritage, the head of the party's Central Committee Maxim Suraykin told...

N'Djamena: Chad's President Idriss Deby has died in a battle against rebels in the north, the Army said on Tuesday.The announcement came a day when provisional election results projected him to win a sixth consecutive term."Deby died while defending...

Washington: Russia amassed more troops along its border with Ukraine than in 2014 at the height of tensions between the two countries, US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday.“It is the largest buildup we have seen...

Brussels: The European Union has expressed concerns over Russia’s decision to declare 20 Czech diplomats "persona non grata" in response to the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats from the Czech Republic."The European Union stands in full support and solidarity...