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Los Angeles: Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton has been awarded a $100m prize by Jeff Bezos, the multi-billionaire founder of Amazon.Bezos announced the award alongside his partner, Lauren Sanchez, reports BBC.Sanchez described Parton as "a woman who...

Ranchi: There has been a big change in the program of President Droupadi Murmu organized on Jharkhand Foundation Day and Tribal Pride Day.According to the program which has been released by the President's Secretariat late on Sunday evening, the...

Istanbul: The blast in Istanbul's popular pedestrian avenue that killed six and wounded 81 was confirmed to be a terror attack, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said."We evaluate this to be an act of terror, carried out seemingly by...

Washington: The United States will "vigorously" compete with China and speak out against human rights abuses in the country, but Washington will make sure that the competition does not turn into a conflict, President Joe Biden said on Sunday...

Ankara: The Sunday explosion in central Istanbul left four people dead and 38 injured, the governor of the Turkish capital, Ali Yerlikaya, said.The blast occurred on the pedestrian tourist street Istiklal on Sunday afternoon."According to preliminary data, as a...

Canberra: Tens of thousands of people in the Australian state of South Australia (SA) have been left without electricity after a severe thunderstorm hit the state.SA recorded more than 423,000 lightning strikes on Saturday as a storm system brought...

Houston: Two vintage planes collided in mid-air during an air show in Dallas, south central US state Texas, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).Videos on Twitter showed that following the collision on Saturday, the two aircraft rapidly descended, causing...

Kolkata: The final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup between England and Pakistan is sure to have some fireworks.With Pakistan coming from the depths of despair after suffering losses to India and Zimbabwe and with England having a...

London: A UK High Court judge has ordered Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son-in-law Imran Ali Yousaf to file a reply in a defamation suit they brought against the publisher of the Mail On Sunday and also...

Yangon: Myanmar exported over 177,000 tons of corn, earning more than 53 million US dollars in October, the state-run media citing the Ministry of Commerce reported on Saturday.During the period, the country shipped 174,970 tons of corn via sea...