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Australia says Google, Facebook close to media pay deals

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While the digital giants can afford the likely cost of paying for the Australian news they link to, they are concerned about the international precedent that Australia could set.

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Donald Trump remains a dominant force in GOP

70% of Republicans approve of the former President’s job performance, according to a recent poll

Historic moment: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaking to presspersons after the Senate acquittal .

Russia’s Foreign Minister holds talks on climate with U.S. envoy

Two agree to cooperate further within the Arctic Council

Myanmar junta warns public not to harbour fugitive political activists

Police hunting seven people who have lent vocal support to the protests

Power point: An armoured vehicle on a street in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday.

Australia says Google, Facebook close to media pay deals

Historic moment: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaking to presspersons after the Senate acquittal .

Donald Trump remains a dominant force in GOP

Russia’s Foreign Minister holds talks on climate with U.S. envoy

Power point: An armoured vehicle on a street in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday.

Myanmar junta warns public not to harbour fugitive political activists

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UAE publishes first photo from Mars probe

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File.

Russia’s increasing poverty rates fuel political discontent

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Coronavirus | Japan formally approves its first COVID-19 vaccine PTI

Japan’s Health Ministry said it had approved the vaccine co-developed and supplied by Pfizer Inc.

New Zealand imposes 3-day lockdown on Auckland after 3 COVID-19 cases emerge

Coronavirus | Oxford University to test its vaccine on children

China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says

Pakistan approves fourth COVID-19 vaccine

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Fire destroys 100 fuel tankers in Afghanistan
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Sri Lanka says it scrapped port deal as Indian firm rejected terms
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Pakistan approves fourth COVID-19 vaccine
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Highly contagious COVID-19’s U.K. variant found in Sri Lanka for first time
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U.K. media watchdog fines Khalsa TV for violence, terror references
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U.K. economy slumps by record 10% in 2020 after COVID-19 hit
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U.K.'s Duchess Meghan wins privacy case against tabloid newspaper
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BBC World News barred from airing in China
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UAE publishes first photo from Mars probe
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India gifting 2,000 metric tonnes of rice to Syria
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U.S. blacklisting of Yemen's Houthis to be lifted on February 16: Blinken
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Australia says Google, Facebook close to media pay deals

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in this file photo.

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle expecting second child

Russia’s increasing poverty rates fuel political discontent

U.S. President’s staffer resigns over comments to journalist

Myanmar junta warns public not to harbour fugitive political activists

Pakistan Army conducts exercises in Thar Desert

Donald Trump remains a dominant force in GOP

70% of Republicans approve of the former President’s job performance, according to a recent poll

UAE publishes first photo from Mars probe

The picture “captured the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, emerging into the early morning sunlight”

Coronavirus | Japan formally approves its first COVID-19 vaccine

Japan’s Health Ministry said it had approved the vaccine co-developed and supplied by Pfizer Inc.

New Zealand imposes 3-day lockdown on Auckland after 3 COVID-19 cases emerge

New Zealand has not had any local virus cases for months until the recent infections and was ranked the best performing in an index of almost 100 countries based on containment of the coronavirus

Trump morally responsible for U.S. Capitol attack, says Mitch McConnell

But in his vote on Trump’s impeachment, McConnell said “not guilty” because he said a former President could not face trial in the Senate.

Senate acquits Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection

In the vote, seven of the 50 Senate Republicans joined the chamber's unified Democrats in favouring conviction.

Fire destroys 100 fuel tankers in Afghanistan

20 injured in the blaze, say officials

Russia’s Foreign Minister holds talks on climate with U.S. envoy

Two agree to cooperate further within the Arctic Council

Donald Trump impeachment trial comes to standstill as Senate votes to allow witnesses

Final vote is likely to be delayed

Clubhouse | The new network on the block

The voice-based app, started last year, already has 2 mn users and is worth $1 bn

Biden wants to close Guantanamo Bay prison

Unfulfilled promise from Obama’s term

Coronavirus | Oxford University to test its vaccine on children

It will be tested on 300 volunteers

Tensions high as mass protests in Myanmar enter second week

UN demands release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Draghi sworn in as Italy's new PM as country hopes to turn page

The appointment of the 73-year-old known as "Super Mario" capped weeks of political instability for the country still in the grips of the health crisis that has killed more than 93,000 people

Strong quake hits off Fukushima in Japan, triggers blackouts

The quake hits off Fukushima just weeks before the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2011 quake that devastated northeast Japan

In PLA military strategy document, clues to China’s border moves

In the view of the PLA think tank, India carried on with some aspects of what it inherited from British

China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says

The team had requested raw patient data on the 174 cases of COVID-19 that China had identified from the early phase of theoutbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019

Sri Lanka says it scrapped port deal as Indian firm rejected terms

Answering the Opposition's query in Parliament on Thursday on the deal, Ports Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena said a Cabinet sub-committee appointed to examine the deal had proposed new terms.

Pakistan approves fourth COVID-19 vaccine

Cansino Bio is the only vaccine for which Pakistan conducted a clinical trial, with around 18,000 volunteers participating from across the country.

India gifting 2,000 metric tonnes of rice to Syria

India is gifting 2,000 metric tonnes of rice to Syria following a request from the Arab republic, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.

U.K. media watchdog fines Khalsa TV for violence, terror references

The fines are for broadcasting a music video for a song called Bagga and Shera and a discussion programme, Panthak Masle.

Melbourne starts five-day virus lockdown, no spectators at Australian Open

The lockdown, which has shut restaurants and cafes for all but takeaway, hit just as Melbourne had geared up for the biggest weekend in nearly a year, with Lunar New Year celebrations, Valentine's Day and Australian Open crowds.

Britain's Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

The barrister best known for heading the United Nations' special investigative team looking into Islamic State crimes in Iraq.

U.N. says one of the 28 peacekeepers wounded in Mali has died

There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack, but Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have staged regular attacks on UN peacekeepers and soldiers.

U.S. blacklisting of Yemen's Houthis to be lifted on February 16: Blinken

The decision, reversing the former Trump administration's blacklisting of the Houthis, is part of a policy shift by U.S.President Joe Biden aimed at easing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and intensifying diplomacy to end Yemen's gruelling civil war.

Appeals Court won't delay ex-cop's trial in George Floyd's death

The appeals court also dismissed the state's request to hold a joint trial for Derek Chauvin and the other three former officers who face charges

Modi, Biden discussed Myanmar on February 8: MEA

“India and the U.S. have agreed to remain in contact and exchange assessments on the situation”

Donald Trump impeachment trial | Trump lawyers demand acquittal in 'unjust' impeachment trial

They say his speech telling supporters to fight was rhetorical

Trump lawyers set to rebut impeachment case

Republican lawmakers are likely to vote in his favour

In court, Navalny mocks Putin

Kremlin critic spars with prosecutor

UN agencies flag Yemen’s child malnutrition crisis

About 400,000 children under the age of five are in danger of dying of acute malnutrition in war-torn and impoverished Yemen, UN agencies said on

Former European bank chief Draghi set to be Italy’s new PM

He has managed to get almost all key parties on board

Telegram will ensure ads are ‘privacy conscious’, says founder Durov

The Dubai-based app grew popular last month, crossing 500 million monthly active users in the first week of January, after users contemplated WhatsApp’s policy update.

Twitter’s Dorsey and Jay-Z starting Bitcoin Trust to promote Bitcoin Development in India, Africa

The single line job description said, “mission: make bitcoin the internet’s currency.”

Biden moves to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico

Move is part of a plan to roll back immigration policies started under the Trump administration

EU aims to release virus recovery fund by summer

Once that is ratified, “the (European) Commission will go to the market, raise money, and disburse,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

U.K. economy slumps by record 10% in 2020 after COVID-19 hit

This makes it likely that Britain will escape two straight quarters of contraction - the standard definition of recession in Europe - even though the economy is set to shrink in early 2021 due to the effects of a third COVID lockdown.

Plane slides off taxiway at Pittsburgh Airport

No injuries were reported.

Highly contagious COVID-19’s U.K. variant found in Sri Lanka for first time

It was the third variant of coronavirus to be detected in the country, he said, mentioning four different locations from where samples have been tested positive for the new U.K. variant.

Slap sanctions on Myanmar, say UN rights envoy and U.S.

‘UNSC resolutions for such situations mandate action’

Law firm details sexual misconduct by global ministry leader

India-born Ravi Zacharias' mobile devices found more than 200 photographs of younger women

Just 270 crypto addresses laundered $1.3 bln in dirty funds last year, research shows

A cryptocurrency address is a set of random letters and numbers that represents a location on a virtual network

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15K | Wellbeing quiz: on sleep

A view of IIT Madras

14K | Higher studies and the marginalised | Ph.D. entry in IITs tougher for students from marginalised communities

Lufthansa did not provide details on the number of flight attendants who have been terminated. File Photo.

13K | Lufthansa terminates services of 103 India-based flight attendants

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi after resigning as MP, during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.

10K | They wanted me to abuse Modi every day: Dinesh Trivedi

9K | On the history of agriculture: The Hindu Science Quiz

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Complex inauguration, Kochi Refinery in Kochi on Sunday.

8K | Modi in TN, Kerala updates | PM launches five developmental projects in Kerala, several crores worth projects in Tamil Nadu

The impeachment charge being read out to senators before they vote during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.

8K | Senate acquits Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection

A view of Supreme Court. File Photo.

8K | Inter-caste marriages the way forward to reduce communal tensions: Supreme Court