AFP :The US Senate took the historic step Wednesday of confirming pediatrician Rachel Levine as President Joe Biden’s assistant secretary of health, making her the...
Reuters :Strung across remote mountain settlements, a secret network of activists and volunteers is helping spirit hundreds of defecting Myanmar policemen away from the military’s...
BBC :The Japanese owner of the giant cargo ship that has been blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal since Tuesday has apologised for the disruption to global...
Online Desk : Brazil topped 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has...
Al Jazeera News :India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the novel coronavirus, the health ministry said, adding to concern as the government...
AFP :North Korea slammed European Union human rights sanctions imposed against its senior officials this week as a “despicable political provocation” and the result of...
Al Jazeera :The deputy ruler of the emirate of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has died at the age of 75.Sheikh Hamdan, also...
AFP :The British government on Wednesday launched plans for what it said would be the biggest overhaul of asylum rules in decades, saying the current...
Al Jazeera :Israel has gone to the polls for the fourth election in less than two years, with the nation still divided over whether Prime...
Reuters :Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummelled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes,...
AFP :After two months of relatively smooth sailing, Joe Biden has landed in choppy waters: faced with a migrant rush on the border with Mexico,...
ReutersTwo police officers were seriously injured and at least two police vehicles were set on fire in the city of Bristol in southwest England during...
