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Berlin, Oct 28 (UNI/Xinhua) Germany registered 28,037 new Covid-19 infections within one day, almost 12,000 more than a week ago, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Thursday. The seven-day incidence rate soared to 130.2 cases…

Kabul, Oct 28 (UNI) Tajik officials have said that China has offered to build a $8.6 million military base on the border of Tajikistan with Afghanistan where Tajik military personnel will be stationed. The police outpost, which is later…

Indian-origin Canadian politician Anita Anand was on Tuesday appointed as the country’s new Defence Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over a month after his Liberal Party returned power in the snap polls and…

In recent weeks, the Chinese government has revealed new plans to consolidate its control over the media landscape in China. On October 8, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which oversees the country’s social and economic…

The leaders of Russia and China aren’t coming. Turkey nearly set off a diplomatic incident on the eve of the meeting. And the United States, Australia and France will be at the same table for the first time since Washington pulled the rug…

Donald Trump’s social media company will get tens of millions in special bonus shares in a new publicly traded entity if it performs well, handing the former president possibly billions of dollars in paper wealth based on current stock…

Bayern Munich usually deals out the thrashings in Germany, not the other way around. The Bavarian powerhouse got a taste of its own medicine on Wednesday when Borussia Monchengladbach knocked Bayern out of the German Cup with a fully…

Captain Eoin Morgan on Wednesday said England’s impressive run in the T20 World Cup so far has been a “huge compliment” of the progress made by the side in white ball cricket in recent times. England dished out a thoroughly clinical…

Washington, Oct 27 (UNI) There are 439 American still trapped in Afghanistan and the US is in contact with most of them, said the Pentagon during a Senate hearing. Khaama Press quoted US undersecretary of defense Colin Kahul as saying…

Dubai/New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on Wednesday visited the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, and also held talks with the Saudi Minister for Human Resources & Social Development…

Lucknow, Oct 27(UNI) The four suspects picked by the sleuths of the Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) from the New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani express train from Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhya (PDDU) Junction late on Monday night turned out to Bangladeshi…

Yinchuan, Oct 26 (UNI/Xinhua) Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has suspended in-person classes at 773 schools to control the spread of Covid-19, a regional education department official said on Tuesday. All six…

Washington, Oct 26 (UNI) US lawmakers will on Tuesday grill YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok executives about mounting concerns that their platforms can harm children and teenagers. The New York Times quoted a subcommittee of the Senate…

Washington, Oct 26 (UNI) US Senators and India Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Warner (Democrat) and John Cornyn (Republican) wrote to President Joe Biden on Tuesday urging him not to impose the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act…

Islamabad, Oct 26 (UNI) Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Moeenul Haq is tipped to be the country's new Foreign Secretary, according to a new set of top level transfers and postings proposed at the Pakistan Foreign Office. In case Pakistan’s…

Madrid, Oct 26 (UNI/Sputnik) A Jihadist suspect who was detained in Spain last week, was allegedly planning to commit a terrorist attack, the Cadena Ser broadcaster said on Tuesday, citing investigators. The suspect was detained in Malaga…

Doha/Kabul, Oct 26 (UNI) China and the Afghan Taliban wrapped up two days of talks in the Qatari capital on Tuesday, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assuring help to the Afghan people to overcome their difficulties and in turn…

Ottawa, Oct 26 (UNI) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau undertook a major overhaul of his cabinet on Tuesday, and in one of the biggest changes replaced long-time Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan with Procurement Minister Anita Anand, an…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools, joining a wave of similar measures emerging from Republican-controlled statehouses across the…

China continues to bully its neighbours to try to coerce them into behaviour that is more in keeping with its national security or economic interests, the Pentagon said on Monday. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby was speaking to…