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Republicans sue Vice President Pence in bid to...
Washington (US), December 29: In a far-fetched bid to overturn the result of the U.S. election, House Representative Louie Gohmert...

U.S. House passes bill to boost stimulus checks...
Washington (US), December 29: The Democrats-held House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill to boost the second round of...

UN underscores need to learn lessons from COVID-19,...
United Nations, December 29: The United Nations (UN) on Sunday commemorated the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, underscoring the...

UN chief welcomes holding of presidential, legislative elections...
United Nations, December 29: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday welcomed the holding of the presidential and legislative elections...

Security Council condemns attacks on UN mission in...
United Nations, December 29: United Nations Security Council on Monday condemned Friday's attacks against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in...

NYS COVID-19 test positivity rate, hospitalizations trend down:...
New York (US), December 27: Of the 201,442 COVID-19 tests reported on Friday in New York State, 10,806 were positive,...

Honduras reports decline in deaths from traffic accidents...
Tegucigalpa (Honduras), December 27: At least 1,157 people lost their lives in Honduras due to road accidents in 2020, a...

UN chief calls for peaceful elections in Niger
United Nations, December 27: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for peaceful and safe legislative and presidential elections in...

UN chief wants peaceful, credible elections in CAR
United Nations, December 27: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for peaceful, inclusive and credible general elections on Sunday...

California becomes first U.S. state to surpass 2...
Los Angeles (US), December 26: California on Thursday became the first state in the United States to surpass 2 million...

Over 100,000 New Yorkers suffer from power loss...
New York (US), December 26: More than 100,000 New Yorkers woke up Christmas morning on Friday without electricity after a...

NYS COVID-19 test positivity rate down, hospitalizations up:...
New York (US), December 25: Of the 226,296 COVID-19 tests reported on Wednesday in New York state, 12,568 were...

U.S. House Republicans block Democrats' bid to pass...
Washington (US), December 25: Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday blocked an attempt from House Democrats to...

Trump's pardoning of convicted Blackwater guards not positive:...
United Nations, December 25: U.S. President Donald Trump's pardoning of four security guards from the private military firm Blackwater who...

UN assessment team stranded in Ethiopia: spokesman
United Nations, December 25: One of the two UN teams tasked to assess the humanitarian needs in Ethiopia's Tigray region...

UN redeploys peacekeepers from South Sudan to CAR...
United Nations, December 25: The United Nations is redeploying peacekeepers from South Sudan to the Central African Republic (CAR) to...

UN chief happy with climate action, sad about...
United Nations, December 25: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres would be happy with the progress in global climate action, but sad...

Trump vetoes annual defense bill despite passage in...
Washington (US), December 24: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year...

Mexico to use China-built light rail car for...
Mexico City (Mexico) Dec 23: Mexico on Tuesday received the first wagon of its first China-built light rail car as...

Most populous county in U.S. sees COVID-19 cases...
Los Angeles (US), December 21: Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, on Friday hit a...

NYS COVID-19 test positivity rate, hospitalizations trend down:...
New York (US), December 21: Of the 197,251 COVID-19 tests reported on Saturday in New York State, 9,957 were positive,...

CDC panel recommends frontline essential workers, 75+ seniors...
Washington (US), December 21: An advisory panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted Sunday to...

US Senate majority leader says Congress has reached...
Washington (US), December 21: U.S. Congress has just reached an agreement on the long-awaited COVID-19 relief package, and lawmakers will...

UNGA president calls for ensuring COVID-19 vaccines accessible...
United Nations, December 21: Volkan Bozkir, president of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), on Sunday called...

Uganda's second deputy PM dies aged 85
Kampala (Uganda), December 20: Uganda's Second Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has died in a hospital in the capital...

UN chief condemns attack in Somalia's Galkayo
United Nations, Dec 20: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the attack that took place in Galkayo...

U.S. to shut down two consulates in Russia
Washington (US), December 20: The United States planned to close its consulate in Vladivostok, Russia, and to suspend operations at...