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Canada-U.S. border agreement on travel restrictions extended to...
Ottawa (Canada) June 19: Canada announced on Friday that the Canada-U.S. border agreement on travel restrictions will be extended for...

U.S. Fed official sees first rate hike in...
Washington DC (USA) June 19: A U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Friday that he expects the central bank's first...

COVID-19 lab leak theory short on evidence, long...
New York (USA) June 19: The lab leak theory about the current COVID-19 pandemic just doesn't hold up, reported U.S....

UAE delivers 60,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Yemen's...
Aden (Yemen), June 18: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday dispatched a plane carrying a shipment of 60,000 COVID-19...

UK reports over 11,000 new coronavirus cases
London (UK), June 18: Britain has reported another 11,007 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number...

One in 100 deaths is by suicide: WHO
Geneva (Switzerland), June 18: One in a hundred deaths globally can directly be attributed to suicide, the World Health Organization...

Canada's using human rights as political tool at...
Geneva (Switzerland), June 18: Canada's spreading disinformation to frame China at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is nothing...

U.S. House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq war...
Washington (US), June 18: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to repeal the 2002 authorization for the Iraq...

EMA to look at full data of CureVac...
Brussels (Belgirm), June 18: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday it may not enforce a 50 percent efficacy...

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth federal holiday
Washington (US), June 18: U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday...

U.S. initial jobless claims rise to highest level...
Washington (US), June 18: After hitting pandemic lows in prior weeks, initial jobless claims in the United States unexpectedly rose...

Italy launches coronavirus "green pass"
Rome (Italy), June 18: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday signed a decree to create "green pass," a digital...

AU chairperson mourns passing of Zambia's first president...
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), June 18: Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Muhamat on Thursday expressed his deep...

EU launches action plan as relations with Russia...
Brussels (Belgium), June 17: Relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) are at the lowest possible level and a...

Land degradation undermines well-being of 3.2 bln people,...
United Nations, June 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that land degradation from climate change and the...

U.S. House votes to make Juneteenth federal holiday,...
Washington (US), June 17: The U.S. House voted Wednesday to make June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a federal holiday...

Study points to possible earlier COVID-19 infections in...
Washington (US), June 17: A new antibody testing study suggested SARS-CoV-2 infections happened in the United States earlier than previously...

U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero amid...
Washington (US), June 17: The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged at the record-low level...

UN chief calls for full respect of ceasefire...
United Nations, June 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the full respect of the ceasefire agreed...

Putin lashes out at U.S. after meeting with...
Geneva (Switzerland), June 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lashed out at the United States on arms control, human...

UK reports highest daily increase of COVID cases...
London (US), June 17: Britain has reported another 9,055 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest daily increase...

European Commission approves Portuguese recovery plan
Lisbon (Portugal), June 17: The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, announced here on Wednesday the...

EU should strive for dialogue of equals, says...
Madrid (Spain), June 16: In the present-day world, the European Union (EU) should strive for a dialogue on equal terms...

UN special envoy calls for ending war in...
United Nations, June 16: UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths on Tuesday called for ending the war in Yemen...

World Bank, AU join hands to deploy vaccines...
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), June 16: The World Bank (WB) and the African Union (AU)'s COVID-19 Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team...

UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers...
United Nations, June 16: A senior UN official on Tuesday condemned the killing of five health workers and the wounding...

Colombian president confirms car bomb blast at military...
Bogota (Colombia), June 16: Colombian President Ivan Duque on Tuesday confirmed that a car bomb exploded at a national army...