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Tear gas has been used and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a man of colour in the US city...

A Georgia man who received his last salary in more than 90,000 oil-soaked cents from a disgruntled former employer experienced a change for the better and eventually paid out his large chunk of coins.

Caribbean: A recently published Human Rights report by the US State Department has turned the political environment upside down in the Caribbean region after...

The United Nations requested international donors to pledge up to $10 billion on Tuesday to support Syrians fleeing a decade of civil war during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that the necessity for humanitarian assistance has never been so great.

The United States has imposed a moratorium on an important trade agreement with the country, making the restoration of a democratic government in Myanmar a necessary condition. The US is also imposing separate economic sanctions on Myanmar.

The 25-year strategic pact between China and Iran has been considered a significant event in view of the increasing mobilization in the world. Experts say that this treaty will have far-reaching effects for the Gulf region and the rest of the world. This is being seen as another major challenge to the US-led world order.

In a firing incident at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, USA, ten people, including a policeman, were killed, and a suspect was detained in the case. Boulder's police chief became emotional after the officer's death.

On Monday,22 March 2021, AstraZeneca announced that its coronavirus vaccine is 80 per cent effective against the noble virus among the elderly and poses no blood clot risks. The figures came in after phase III trials in the US, as European countries shun AstraZeneca vaccines for fears of blood clots.

Eight people, including at least six Asian women, have been killed in a shootout at three different spas in Georgia, USA.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the world's leaders to increase the equal participation of women in society.