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Biden pledges to work with allies to address...
Washington (US), April 29: U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will work with allies to address threats from North...

Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 1.2 million despite decreased...
Ottawa (Canada), April 29: Canada reported 5,071 new COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total number to 1,200,057,...

Biden to address U.S. Congress on eve of...
Washington (US), April 29: U.S. President Joe Biden is ready to make his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday...

EU lawsuit against AstraZeneca might be hard to...
Rome (Italy), April 29: The European Union (EU) announced this week it was suing pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for breach of...

U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero as...
Washington (US), April 29: The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged at the record-low level...

Turkey confirms 43,301 new COVID-19 cases
Ankara (Turkey), April 28: Turkey on Tuesday reported 43,301 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,703 symptomatic patients, as the total number...

US, Russia Can Work on Mutual Interests if...
Washington (US), April 28: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he does not know if Russian President Vladimir...

Lavrov: Russian Government to Soon Present List of...
Moscow (Russia), April 28: The Russian government will soon present a list of unfriendly countries, the criteria are clear, Russian...

US Tries to Avoid Miscalculations When Coming Across...
Washington (US), April 28: The United States tries to avoid miscalculations with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy vessels when...

N. Korean schools partially start resuming in-person classes:...
Seoul (South Korea), April 28: North Korea appears to have started resuming in-person classes in schools, according to state media...

Moon says time approaching for resuming dialogue with...
Seoul (South Korea), April 28: President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that the time is drawing near for the two Koreas...

New cases bounce back near 800; untraceable infections...
Seoul (South Korea), April 28: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose to the highest in four days on Wednesday,...

Bangladesh approves Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik for emergency...
Dhaka (Bangladesh), April 28: The Bangladeshi government has approved the import and use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19.

EU pushes for voluntary return of immigrants denied...
Brussels (Belgium), April 28: The European Commission on Tuesday adopted a strategy on voluntary return and reintegration in a bid...

U.S. California to provide India supplies to combat...
Los Angeles (US), April 28: Some medical supplies would be flown out from California Governor's Office of Emergency Services to...

Brazil sees 1,139 more COVID-19 deaths
Sao Paulo (Brazil), April 27: Brazil's COVID-19 death toll on Monday reached 391,936 after registering 1,139 more fatalities in the...

U.S. must be ready to make concessions to...
Washington (US), April 27: The United States must be ready to make concessions to North Korea that could include temporary...

New virus cases in 500s for 2nd day;...
Seoul (South Korea), April 27: South Korea's daily new virus cases stayed in the 500s for the second straight day...

Moon says time approaching for resuming dialogue with...
Seoul (South Korea), April 27: President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that the time is drawing near for the two Koreas...

S. Korea calls in Japanese diplomat to protest...
Seoul (South Korea), April 27: The foreign ministry called in a Japanese diplomat on Tuesday to protest Tokyo's repeated claims...

Moon says time approaching for resuming dialogue with...
Seoul (South Korea), April 27: President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that the time is drawing near for the two Koreas...

Biden plans to raise capital gains taxes for...
Washington (US), April 27: U.S. President Joe Biden plans to raise capital gains taxes for households earning more than 1...

EU chief says "sofagate" underlines urgency to fight...
Brussels (Belgium), April 27: Ursula von der Leyen, the first female president of the European Commission, said on Monday that...

Spanish minister receives red-stained-knife death threat
Madrid (Spain), April 27: Spanish Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism Reyes Maroto said on Monday that she had been...

Japanese PM's leadership shaken by LDP's hefty election...
Tokyo (Japan), April 27: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday said that focusing on tackling the increasingly serious COVID-19...

Biden, Modi have phone conversation on tackling COVID-19
Washington (US), April 27: U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday promised to support India hit hard by COVID-19 in a...

Pandemic trend remains stable as Italy starts reopening
Rome (Italy), April 27: Italy took a first decisive step towards a post-pandemic phase on Monday, the first day of...