A major 7.5-magnitude quake off the coast of Alaska triggered small tsunami waves Monday, US agencies said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Residents evacuated...
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China’s Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.9% in third quarter, as per official data released by Chinese National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. Releasing the data in Beijing on...
The flights between Bangladesh and India will resume from October 28 under the ‘air-bubble’ arrangement between the two countries. Announcing this through a Facebook post on Saturday, the Ministry...
Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the...
Mexico plans to vaccinate more than 116 million people, or roughly 90% of its population, against the novel coronavirus by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical...
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun has called for expansion of Quad, saying like-minded countries and groupings must join hands to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. Addressing...
The United States says time has come to accept that dialogue and agreements will not make China change its aggressive behaviour. US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien lambasted China...
East China’s coastal city Qingdao has locked down some parts of local residential compounds and hospitals after three asymptomatic COVID-19 patients were found on Sunday. As per preliminary investigation,...
A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, addressing the...
India and Myanmar have agreed to work towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in the Rakhine state in the first quarter of 2021. The announcement came through a...