Published On: October 26, 2021 01:02 PM NPT By: Reuters
KHARTOUM, Oct 26: Sudan's military seized power from a transitional government on Monday and a health ministry official said seven people were killed by gunfire and 140 injured in clashes between soldiers and street protesters.
Published On: October 26, 2021 08:59 AM NPT By: Reuters
OTTAWA, Oct 26: Developed nations are set to be three years late meeting a pledge to commit a total of $500 billion to help poorer countries tackle climate change and realize this has damaged mutual trust, Alok Sharma, the president of the upcoming COP26 climate conference, said on Monday.
Published On: October 25, 2021 02:36 PM NPT By: Reuters
KHARTOUM, Oct 25: Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders on Monday in an apparent military coup, three political sources said, throwing a fragile transition towards democracy into disarray.
Published On: October 25, 2021 12:02 PM NPT By: Reuters
KHARTOUM, Oct 25: Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders on Monday in an apparent military coup, three political sources said.
Published On: October 25, 2021 09:05 AM NPT By: Reuters
NECOCLI, Colombia, Oct 25: The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.
Published On: October 24, 2021 10:57 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, Oct 24: A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to end a recent series of missile tests and resume negotiations, days after the North performed its first underwater-launched ballistic missile launch in two years.
Published On: October 23, 2021 10:11 AM NPT By: Associated Press
AP, Oct 23: Federal health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues, as the U.S. weighs beginning vaccinations in youngsters.
Published On: October 22, 2021 10:55 AM NPT By: Associated Press
AP, Oct 22: Scientists are monitoring the delta-related variant — known as AY.4.2. — to see if it might spread more easily or be more deadly than previous versions of the coronavirus. In a recent report, U.K. officials said this variant makes up 6% of all analyzed COVID-19 cases in the country and is “on an increasing trajectory.”
Published On: October 22, 2021 08:51 AM NPT By: Reuters
BALTIMORE, Oct 22: The United States would come to Taiwan's defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own territory, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday, comments that appeared to be a break with official policy.
Published On: October 18, 2021 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said in a statement on Facebook.