A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of four men accused of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, saying...
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Russia claims cyberattack may be plot to hurt ties with Biden
Top Russian officials are attempting to bat down claims that Russia is behind a massive cyberattack on the US.
Fauci says herd immunity could require nearly 90% to get coronavirus vaccine
Author: Thu, 2020-12-24 23:36 Herd immunity against the novel coronavirus could require vaccination rates approaching as high as 90%, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most...
Christmas Eve concert held in Paris’ fire-wrecked Notre Dame
Author: Associated Press ID: 1608841068361079200 Thu, 2020-12-24 15:19 PARIS: Wearing hard hats and protective suits, the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the...
Myanmar’s jade diggers take a deadly gamble to survive
Fri, 2020-12-25 00:47 YANGON: Thousands of people at the world’s largest jade mining site in northernmost Myanmar are turning to a hazardous illegal search...
Filipinos find a way to celebrate Christmas amid coronavirus quarantine
Author: Fri, 2020-12-25 00:51 MANILA: Filipinos are expected to find new ways of celebrating Christmas due to a disruption in festivities brought by coronavirus-related...
6.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Philippines: USGS
Author: AFP ID: 1608860030034502900 Fri, 2020-12-25 03:46 MANILA: A 6.3-magnitude quake rocked the Philippines Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with residents in the...
Police killing of unarmed Black man ignites fresh outrage in US
Author: AFP ID: 1608860958524535200 Fri, 2020-12-25 04:51 COLUMBUS, US: The fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man by police in Columbus, Ohio — the...
Fast-spreading UK coronavirus variant: All your questions answered
A scary new strain of coronavirus, innocuously named B.1.1.7, has recently exploded across southeast England, prompting the government to tighten lockdowns on the region....
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