BEIJING: The Chinese government is compiling a database of technologies that can be used to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Science and...
GENEVA: The number of single-day coronavirus cases globally has hit a new record high, said the World Health Organization (WHO). In a statement on Sunday,...
SAN FRANSISCO: Bytedance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has chosen Cloud major Oracle over Microsoft to run its US operations as a 'trusted tech partner',...
TEL AVIV/MANAMA: Israel and Bahrain have agreed to a peace agreement, brokered by the US, almost a month after the former reached a historic...
NEW YORK: Despite Democratic nominee Joe Biden's nearly 8 point lead against Donald Trump in national polls, US pollsters are red flagging the cracks...
UNITED NATIONS: India has called for action against terrorist groups by countries in order to meet their obligation to protect children and schools as...
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: The US and India have resolved to take concerted action against pan-Islamist terror groups Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS0 and also...
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged countries to use recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic to tackle climate change.
"We have a choice: business...
GENEVA: The "Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator" (ACT-Accelerator), a global collaboration led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to fasten the development, production and...
WASHINGTON DC: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic is significant on India's development and the immediate priority is a coordinated policy response, the International Monetary Fund...