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Italian Prime Minister to offer resignation as government wobbles

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Giuseppe Conte survived two confidence votes in Parliament last week but crucially lost his absolute majority in the Senate with the defection of an ally.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Greta Thunberg calls for urgent action to address climate, ecological crisis

The young climate activists reminds the world of the promises made to the younger generation.

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Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. File

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Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military

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The new order immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.

Joe Biden signing a series of orders at the White House on January 20. AFP

At Davos forum, Xi warns world leaders against ‘new Cold War’

‘Rejecting, threatening or intimidating others will push the world into division’

Power point: WEF founder Klaus Schwab, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the virtual Davos meet on Monday .

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Italian Prime Minister to offer resignation as government wobbles

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. File

Greta Thunberg calls for urgent action to address climate, ecological crisis

Joe Biden signing a series of orders at the White House on January 20. AFP

Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military

Power point: WEF founder Klaus Schwab, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the virtual Davos meet on Monday .

At Davos forum, Xi warns world leaders against ‘new Cold War’

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U.S. President Joe Biden. File

Joe Biden to sign executive orders to promote ‘Made in America’ products

Re-elected Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa addresses journalists after the announcement of electoral results in Lisbon, Portugal on January 24, 2021.

Center-right incumbent wins Portugal's presidential election

COVID-19

Joe Biden reimposes ban on travellers from Europe, adds South Africa to list PTI

Reversing his predecessor Donald Trump’s policy, U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday re-imposed a ban on travellers from Europe and Brazil. The White

‘U.S. to reinstate travel bans’

Australia okays Pfizer vaccine, to begin in February 2021

New Zealand confirms first coronavirus case in months

Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro

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Prachanda-Nepal faction expels PM Oli from Nepal Communist Party
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Pakistan court jails Hafiz Saeed’s 3 aides in terror financing case
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Pakistan man killed during TikTok stunt on railtrack
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U.S. government to review Taliban deal
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Europe

After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden
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Scottish leader seeks ‘legal referendum’
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Coronavirus | Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer
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‘We will go after the aggressors’: Macron says France will tighten legislation on incest
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Israel extradites woman wanted for sex crimes
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Israel opens embassy in U.A.E expanding new relations
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Houthis | Yemen’s rebels and revivalists
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Saudi Arabia intercepts ‘hostile target’
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Joe Biden reimposes ban on travellers from Europe, adds South Africa to list

Dutch police use tear gas, water cannon amid rioting

Greta Thunberg calls for urgent action to address climate, ecological crisis

Italian Prime Minister to offer resignation as government wobbles

Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military

Pak. Baloch dissident, who died in exile in Canada, buried amid tight security

Russia hits out at U.S. over Navalny rallies

Russia formally protested to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Monday over social media posts it said promoted anti-Kremlin demonstrations and accused

‘U.S. to reinstate travel bans’

President Joe Biden will re-impose a COVID-19 travel ban on most non-U.S. citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a

Israel extradites woman wanted for sex crimes

Ex-teacher abused students in Australia

Uganda High Court orders end to Bobi Wine’s house arrest

Despite the orders, he claimed the military still surrounds his Kampala home

At Davos forum, Xi warns world leaders against ‘new Cold War’

‘Rejecting, threatening or intimidating others will push the world into division’

Signal rolls out some WhatsApp features in own app

The features come as Signal experienced a surge in demand after WhatsApp’s privacy update prompted users to look for alternatives.

Joe Biden to sign executive orders to promote purchase of American products

Monday’s order asks agencies to update the existing ‘Buy American’ government procurement rules

SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare programme

SpaceX has previously launched to orbit more than 800 satellites of the several thousand needed to offer broadband internet globally, a $10 billion investment it estimates could generate $30 billion annually to help fund Musk's interplanetary rocket program, called Starship.

Oxfam urges radical economic rejig for post-COVID world

Anti-poverty campaigner Oxfam on January 25 warned that the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic will lead to the biggest increase in global

Australia okays Pfizer vaccine, to begin in February 2021

Residents and workers at aged-care facilities, frontline healthcare workers and quarantine workers are among the groups being prioritised for the first doses.

Former Trump White House press secretary plans to run for governor of Arkansas: U.S. media

The daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sarah Sanders had been widely expected to run for the office after leaving the White House

New Zealand confirms first coronavirus case in months

New Zealand Health Chief Ashley Bloomfield said 15 people had been identified as close contacts of the woman and were being contacted.

Center-right incumbent wins Portugal's presidential election

Rebelo de Sousa, a center-right moderate and former leader of Portugal's Social Democratic Party, will serve a second and final 5-year term.

Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro

Sunday's protests were called by conservative groups that had once backed the President, while those on Saturday had come from the Left.

After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden

Joe Biden “stressed his commitment to bolstering the transatlantic relationship” via NATO and the EU.

Plane crash kills 4 football players, club president in Brazil

Players of Palmas were on their way to Goiania to play a match against Vila Nova.

Israel opens embassy in U.A.E expanding new relations

The embassy would be in a temporary office while a permanent location is prepared.

WEF's online Davos summit begins; Modi to address the meet on Thursday

The physical meeting will be held in Singapore in May.

U.S. vows support to Taiwan as Chinese incursions enter Day 2

Aircraft carrier enters South China Sea to promote ‘freedom of the seas’

Scottish leader seeks ‘legal referendum’

If SNP wins May polls, Sturgeon says she will seek another vote despite Johnson’s opposition

Italy to take legal action against vaccine makers over delays

Pfizer had said it was slowing supplies to Europe

Estonia to get first woman Prime Minister as government deal clinched

The party councils of the the opposition, center-right Reform Party and the ruling left-leaning Center Party were expected on Sunday to vote in favor of joining a Cabinet headed by Reform's prime minister-designate and chairwoman Kaja Kallas

Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan: White House

The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House, says President Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain

Prachanda-Nepal faction expels PM Oli from Nepal Communist Party

Mr. Oli had been accused of violating party statute by the splinter group.

Kremlin says Vladimir Putin ready for dialogue if U.S. willing

Relations between Moscow and Washington have been at their lowest since the end of the Cold War, with the two sides at oddsover Russia's role in Ukraine

Kremlin says U.S. interfering in Russian 'domestic affairs'

President Vladimir Putin's spokeswoman Dmitry Peskov told a State TV channel

Coronavirus | Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Protection takes up to three weeks to kick in and we don’t yet know the impact of vaccines on transmission, says Professor Jonathan Van-Tam

U.S. condemns Russia’s use of harsh tactics against protesters, journalists

The United States has strongly condemned Russia’s use of harsh tactics against protesters and journalists demanding the release of jailed opposition

Ageing dams in India, U.S., other nations pose growing threat: UN report

The analysis includes dam decommissioning or ageing case studies from the U.S., France, Canada, India, Japan, and Zambia and Zimbabwe

11 of 22 trapped miners rescued from gold mine in China

Twenty-two miners were trapped about 600 meters underground following an explosion on Jan 10 at a partially built gold mine in Qixia, in Shandong Province

One of 22 workers trapped in China gold mine rescued

Reports said the worker was in weak condition but no other details were given.

Citizenship data is latest rollback of Trump census efforts

The U.S. Census Bureau is suspending efforts to create neighbourhood-level statistics on the citizenship and age of residents, using 2020 census

Argentina’s abortion law enters force under watchful eyes

Supporters of the law say they expect lawsuits from anti-abortion groups in Argentina’s conservative provinces and some private health clinics might refuse to carry out the procedure.

‘We will go after the aggressors’: Macron says France will tighten legislation on incest

The French President’s comments came after the publication of a book accusing a top French political commentator of abusing his stepson sparked outrage across the country.

Britain’s Boris Johnson presses Joe Biden for new trade deal

White House press secretary has said that the administration had no timeline for forging a new trade deal as Mr. Biden's attention is largely focused on getting the coronavirus pandemic under control

Pakistan court jails Hafiz Saeed’s 3 aides in terror financing case

Six-month jail term for Saeed’s brother-in-law, two others

Pakistan man killed during TikTok stunt on railtrack

A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said

U.S. charges Texas man with threatening to ‘assassinate’ Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

Prosecutors asked a judge to keep the man in jail ahead of a court appearance, according to court records.

The Hindu Explains | What are the implications of U.S. President Joe Biden rejoining the Paris climate agreement?

What areas will Mr. Biden focus on to cut emissions? What does his policy mean for other countries?

Armin Laschet | The man who may succeed Merkel

Germany’s ruling party CDU has elected a Merkel-confidant as its new chief

U.S. government to review Taliban deal

It wants to ascertain if the outfit is ‘living up to its commitments to reduce violence in Afghanistan’

Trump impeachment trial to begin on February 8: Chuck Schumer

It will give the ex-President more time to prepare a defence

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The Income Tax department searched Paul Dhinkaran’s residence and official premises on January 20

41K | I-T raids on Paul Dhinakaran expose ₹120 crore of unaccounted income

Chinese civilians reportedly entered Indian territory and asked villagers to leave the area. Photo: Special Arrangement

22K | Chinese using Indian roads to trespass, say Ladakh villagers

A nurse fills a dose of Covishield vaccine in an injection to administer it to a frontline worker at Rajawadi hospital in Mumbai on January 16, 2021.

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Chinese civilians reportedly entered Indian territory and asked villagers to leave the area. Photo: Special Arrangement

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7K | Troubled waters: On Palk Bay fishing conflict

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7K | Coronavirus | 2 die in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana days after COVID-19 shot

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ will release worldwide on March 26

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Tension mounted at the GGH with hundreds of ASHA workers, CITU members and activists staging a sit-in in front of the hospital, alleging the ASHA worker’s death was due to the advers effect of the vaccine.

6K | Family, activists blame COVID-19 vaccine for ASHA worker’s death days after taking the jab in A.P.