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Sacramento police says multiple victims reported in shooting 03 Apr 2022 - 02:21 pm

Sacramento: Police in Sacramento say multiple victims have been reported after a shooting in the city's downtown. The Sacramento Police Department says the...

China finds new virus subtype as daily cases exceed 13,000 03 Apr 2022 - 01:58 pm

China added more than 13,000 new Covid-19 infections with state media reporting a case infected with a new subtype of the omicron variant....

Lithuanian documentary maker Kvedaravicius killed in Ukraine's Mariupol 03 Apr 2022 - 01:10 pm

Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed on Saturday in Ukraine's Mariupol, a city whose fate he had documented for many years, according...

Pakistan's president approves PM Khan's request to dissolve parliament: Presidency 03 Apr 2022 - 12:45 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's President Arif Alvi on Sunday approved Prime Minister Imran Khan's advice to dissolve the lower house of parliament, which was to...

Opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka protest state of emergency 03 Apr 2022 - 11:09 am

Opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka on Sunday marched in the capital, Colombo, protesting against the president's move to impose a nationwide curfew and...

Pakistan parliament deputy speaker blocks vote seeking PM Khan's ouster 03 Apr 2022 - 10:57 am

Islamabad:Imran Khan survived a move to oust him asPakistan's prime minister on Sunday, getting a reprieve when the deputy speaker of parliament blocked...

WHO suspends procurement, supply of Bharat Biotech covid vaccine Covaxin 03 Apr 2022 - 10:51 am

The World Health Organization suspended procurement and supply of Covaxin, a Covid-19 vaccine made by Bharat Biotech International Ltd., citing issues following an...

Hungarians head to polls in the shadow of war in Ukraine 03 Apr 2022 - 10:46 am

Polls opened across Hungary early Sunday as voters in the Central European country faced a choice: take a chance on a diverse, Western-looking...

Evacuation attempts of people from Mariupol to continue on Sunday: Ukraine Dep PM 03 Apr 2022 - 10:34 am

Work on evacuating people with the help of Red Cross from Mariupol will continue on Sunday with buses attempting to come close to...

Blast in Baku kills 1, injures 31; gas leak suspected 03 Apr 2022 - 10:31 am

Baku, Azerbaijan:An explosion struck a building in the capital of Azerbaijan and set off a fire early Sunday, killing one person and injuring...

Baltic states stop Russian gas imports 03 Apr 2022 - 09:39 am

Riga: The head ofLatvia's natural gas storage operator said that the Baltic states were no longer importing Russian natural gas. "If there were...

Kremlin says talks with Ukraine not easy 02 Apr 2022 - 09:08 pm

Russia's talks with Ukraine have not been easy, but the main thing is that they are continuing, RIA news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman...

Russian group says 208 detained in protests 02 Apr 2022 - 08:31 pm

A Russian group that monitors political arrests says 208 people were detained in demonstrations held Saturday across the country protesting Russia’s military operation...

Sri Lanka imposes weekend curfew 02 Apr 2022 - 05:03 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's government imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday even as hundreds of lawyers urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to revoke a state...

Pakistan PM accuses United States of backing move to oust him 02 Apr 2022 - 04:28 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the move to remove him was an attempt at regime change backed by the...

Ukrainian photographer and Reuters contributor, Maksim Levin, killed covering war 02 Apr 2022 - 03:51 pm

Lviv: Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian news website and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was...

Ukraine faces big battles in eastern and southern regions, says senior official 02 Apr 2022 - 03:47 pm

Heavy battles are coming up in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions and for the besieged city of Mariupol in particular, Ukrainian presidential adviser...