British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday tougher restrictions brought in last week were starting to have an effect on the spread of COVID in some parts of the country, cautioning that it was still early days. “What we are now seeing, and it’s very, very important to stress that these are early days, we are now seeing the beginnings of some signs that that is starting to have…

Iranian television station Press TV said its Facebook account was blocked. It is reported that about 4 million users of the social network have subscribed to the Iranian media page. “Facebook has blocked a Press TV account with almost 4 million subscribers, claiming that an English-language international news channel is not allowed to use the platform,” message TV channel. In the notice,…

Donald Trump, still scheming to reverse his election defeat and lashing out at Republicans opposing his efforts, converged with President-elect Joe Biden in Georgia on Monday for dueling rallies on the eve of two runoffs that will decide control of the US Senate. Trump, a day after the release of a bombshell recording in which he pressures Georgia officials to overturn his election loss in the southern…

Beijing: Tech billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma has “disappeared” from public life and has not been spotted for at least two months amid the conflict with the Chinese regulators. The Financial Times reported that Ma was recently replaced as a judge in the final of TV show ‘Africa’s Business Heroes’. “His photograph was removed from the judging webpage, and…

MOSCOW-. Russia reported 23,351 new COVID-19 cases in the past day, a record low since November 18, and the total caseload hit 3,260,138, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Monday. The growth rate in new cases slowed to 0.7%. The lowest daily growth rates were registered in the Altai Republic (0.09%) and the Kostroma Region (0.1%). Moscow confirmed 3,591 new coronavirus cases in…

Miami, Jan 4 (IANS)  At least 12 people were injured in two separate shootings that took place in the US state of Florida’s Miami-Dade County, officials said. In the first shooting, two gunmen, who have not been identified yet, started shooting at people near a basketball court in Little River Park on Sunday, injuring eight people, Xinhua news agency quoted an NBC News report as saying.…

The coronavirus caseload surpassed 85.09 million on Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total case count globally reached 85,095,602 while the death toll climbed to 1,842,590 in the morning, reports UNB. The US, which remained the world's worst-hit country in terms of the number of cases and deaths, has crossed the grim milestone of 20 million cases on New…

The global pandemic may have brought everything to full stop but it could not deter the New Year eve. The COVID-19 pandemic has halted the entertainment and the regular activities in many ways across the world but the New Year was celebrated at the two main popular places of NEW YEAR Eve on earth — Australia Opera House and Dubai Burj Khalifa in a spectacular way. Taking the New Year protocols…

WASHINGTON:- Veteran talk show host Larry King has been hospitalised with Covid-19, US media reported Saturday. Citing a "source close to the family," CNN reported that King, one of the network's biggest stars, has been hospitalised for more than a week at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. King, 87, has Type 2 diabetes and has had a long history of medical issues, including…

Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways decided to provide complimentary Covid-19 PCR tests to all its passengers who board the flights from Abu Dhabi. However, passengers travelling to China have to arrange a Covid-19 PCR test at an approved SEHA or G42 clinic. Sharing this information with its passengers, Etihad Airways tweeted, “We’re providing complimentary COVID-19 PCR tests on all Etihad Airways…

Donald Trump and Joe Biden each claim to be ahead in the US presidential election, even as the final outcome hangs on a razor's edge and both sides ramp up for legal action. The Trump campaign is challenging vote counts in the key states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The BBC projects Biden won Michigan. US media forecast he took Wisconsin. No result has emerged in Pennsylvania.…

Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing President Donald Trump’s pathway to reelection. A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. But Biden’s…

Chhabed Sathee, New York Correspondent: The Baitul Mamu Mosque in Manchester, Connecticut, USA has been taken hostage by the Bangladeshi Syndicate through various irregularities and unconstitutional activities. In order to protect the House of Allah Mosque from this organized clique, the worshipers have to unite and move. Otherwise, irregularities and unconstitutional activities will continue by the…