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Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98.…

Chris Cuomo was hit with a new allegation of sexual harassment just days before CNN announced it was firing the anchor amid an investigation into work he did defending his brother from similar harassment allegations. Attorney Debra Katz…

Russia’s 15-year wait for a Davis Cup title ended Sunday after another clutch performance by Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the second singles match to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Croatia in the…

As many as 84 per cent of schools surveyed reported that most of their students had changed their minds about their first-choice destination or university – largely as a result of general uncertainty, difficulties with travel or financial…

Turkish police found a bomb under the car of a riot police officer assigned to work at an event attended by President Tayyip Erdogan in eastern Turkey, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday. The device was reportedly…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 4 (UNI) Team India will face off against France for the second time at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021 on Sunday as both teams battle it out for a third-place finish. The two teams had crossed…

Washington, Dec 5 : US President Joe Biden will hold a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, December 7, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has confirmed. "The leaders will discuss a range of topics in the…

Kabul, Dec 4 (UNI) Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqi on Saturday met Chinese Ambassador Wang Yu in Kabul and both sides discussed bilateral relations, trade, humanitarian aid, development and providing technical…

Washington, Dec 4: US officials alleged,  Iran adopted a harsher stance during the last round of nuclear talks  in Vienna, abandoning its previously suggested compromises and making additional demands, on Saturday. "What getting…

If not for the dozen or so Junior World Cup brandings around the stadium periphery, it would have been easy to mistake this for a men-versus-boys contest. At least that’s what it felt like when the two teams lined up for the anthems, almost…

Washington, Dec 3. The United States is committed to ensuring that Taiwan has the means to defend itself in the event of an attack from China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. "We've been very clear and consistent over…

Colombo says it expects Pakistan authorities to take required action over lynching of Sri Lankan national

Minsk, Dec. 3 : President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on Friday signed a directive on the development of relations between Belarus and China. According to the presidential press service, the document is aimed at further deepening the…

The European Union’s public health agency said on Thursday that the Omicron variant could be responsible for more than half of all Covid-19 infections in Europe within a few months. The estimate could lend weight to preliminary…

Indian-American Gita Gopinath, the chief economist of International Monetary Fund, is being promoted as IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, the fund announced Thursday. She would replace Geoffrey Okamoto who plans to leave the Fund…

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said China should be aware that any crisis with Taiwan would pull in Japan and its ally the US, warning of the disastrous effect on the economy of any military action. The comments drew a protest…

As the snow blanketed Scandinavia on Wednesday evening, six customers and 25 employees at an IKEA near the city of Aalborg found themselves stranded and forced to spend the night on the beds and sofas of the Swedish furniture superstore.…

Daniil Medvedev maintained his perfect record at the Davis Cup Finals to put Russia into the last four. Medvedev defeated Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Sweden in the quarterfinals of the…