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U.S. sees record-high daily COVID-19 deaths as new...
Washington (US), January 22: The United States registered a record high of over 4,300 daily COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday as...

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Accuses Qatar of Showing No...
Doha (Qatar), January 22: Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, accused the Qatari authorities on Thursday of not putting in...

Tedros welcomes U.S. announcement to maintain membership in...
Geneva (Switzerland), January 22: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that the organization welcomed the...

UN General Assembly adopts resolution to safeguard religious...
United Nations, January 22: The General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution to promote a culture of peace and tolerance...

Libya starts submission of candidates for unified executive...
Tripoli (Libya), January 22: Candidates for Libya's unified executive authority can be submitted in a one-week period starting Thursday, the...

McConnell Proposes 2-Week Window for Trump to Prepare...
Washington (US), January 22: US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to give former President Donald Trump two weeks to...

Trump's 'Diet Coke Button' Appears to Be Removed...
Washington (US), January 22: The red button on the US president's desk was supposed to summon an aide whenever the...

Daesh Claims Responsibility for Twin Terrorist Attacks in...
Moscow (Russia), January 22: The Daesh* terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the twin terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital...

Libya starts submission of candidates for unified executive...
Tripoli (Libya), January 22: Candidates for Libya's unified executive authority can be submitted in a one-week period starting Thursday, the...

Fauci Says Number of Coronavirus Cases May Be...
Washington (US), January 22: US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci told reporters that the number...

Incoming US Treasury Secretary Yellen Vows to Stay...
Washington (US), January 22: President Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, pledged during her conformation hearing to stay...

Biden signs executive order on mask challenge amid...
Washington (US), January 21: U.S. President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders upon his inauguration on Monday, with...

President Biden orders U.S. to rejoin Paris Agreement...
Washington (US), January 21: U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order returning the United States to the...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Holds Her...
Washington (US), January 21: Jennifer Psaki is returning to public politics, as she was picked as the 34th White House...

Western Peru Hit by 5.5 Magnitude Earthquake, EMSC...
Moscow (Russia), January 21: A 5.5 magnitude earthquake has been recorded near the western coast of Peru, the European Mediterranean...

White House Says Nothing to Announce About Potential...
Washington (US), January 21: The White House does not have anything to announce on a potential call between new US...

Japan Wants to Boost Alliance With US Under...
Tokyo (Japan), January 21: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Thursday that he wanted to further boost the...

EU welcomes Libyan Political Dialogue Forum's approval of...
Tripoli (Libya), January 20: The EU Heads of Mission to Libya welcomed on Tuesday the approval by the Libyan Political...

Nigeria expects to receive 100,000 doses of Pfizer...
Abuja (Nigeria), January 20: Nigeria is to receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by early February to combat the...

Amazon teams up with YELLOW, Georgia Tech to...
San Francisco (US), January 20: Amazon, Pharrell Williams' education equity nonprofit YELLOW, and the Georgia Institute of Technology on Tuesday...

Ex-President Park tests negative for COVID-19 after being...
Seoul (South Korea), January 20: Former President Park Geun-hye, now serving a 22-year prison term on corruption convictions, tested negative...

U.S. Texas to distribute largest COVID-19 vaccine this...
Houston (US), January 20: U.S. state of Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Tuesday that the largest shipment of COVID-19...

U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpass 400,000 on last day...
Washington(US), January 20: The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the United States surpassed the grim milestone of 400,000 on...

New virus cases rise from low plateau 1...
Seoul (South Korea), January 20: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hovered around 400 for the third straight day Wednesday...

Iran's President Accuses Trump of Impeding Start of...
Moscow (Russia), January 20: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday has accused US outgoing President Donald Trump of impeding Iran's...

Presidential Inaugural Committee Hosts Nationwide COVID-19 Memoria
Washington (US), January 20: Biden's inaugural events will start on Tuesday with a COVID-19 memorial and nationwide tribute in remembrance...

Humanitarian access to Ethiopia's Tigray still faces obstacles:...
United Nations, January 20: UN humanitarian access to Ethiopia's conflict-stricken Tigray region still faces obstacles, said the UN Office for...