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Washington: US President Joe Biden signed 15 executive orders and two agency actions on Wednesday evening after hitting the ground running on his first day in office. Moving with an urgency not seen from any other modern president, Biden…

Washington: US President Joe Biden has reversed the US process of withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO). Besides, he has also signed an executive order to have the United States rejoin the Paris climate agreement, the largest…

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden's spokeswoman has clarified that the Administration does not intend to lift Covid-19 ban on travellers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil. Reportedly, Donald Trump in a statement had stated…

Moscow: A judge on Monday ordered Alexei Navalny to be remanded in custody for 30 days, the Russian opposition leader's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter. His detention came despite demands from the US and the EU that Moscow…

Khartoum: Tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region have killed at least 83 people in the latest bout of violence. This has been known through a tally by the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD). “The death toll from the bloody events…

Moscow: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been detained by the cops on his arrival at a Moscow airport after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since his poisoning last summer. Navalny was detained at passport control…

Kampala: Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected amid accusations of vote fraud by his main rival Bobi Wine. Museveni won almost 59% of the vote, with Bobi Wine trailing with about 35%, the Electoral Commission…

Washington: Authorities in Houston have arrested a popular far-right internet celebrity accused of live-streaming his storming of the US Capitol on January 6. Anthime Joseph Gionet, who goes by the username “Baked Alaska” on social…

Sulawesi: An aftershock hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Saturday as rescue workers searched for locals trapped under debris after an earthquake killed at least 45 people. Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said no damage or…

Norway: Norway said Covid-19 vaccines may be too risky for the very old and terminally ill after officials said 23 people had died in the country a short time after receiving their first dose of the vaccine. Reportedly, 13 have been…