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U.S. President Joe Biden pushed for the first major legislative achievement of his term on Friday, turning to a bipartisan group of local officials for help on his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.

A more effective result can be produced if a public sector character is retained and operational freedom and ownership are separated, he said.

Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea have been freed, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Friday, some two weeks after the kidnappers made contact with the shipping company to discuss a ransom.

The COVID19 pandemic in Britain is retreating and the reproduction "R" number, which measures transmission rates, has dropped below 1 for the first time since July, adding to hopes that some lockdown restrictions could be eased next month.

Pakistan, largely reliant on the GAVI/WHO COVAX initiative for poorer nations, has also allowed private companies to import coronavirus vaccines and has agreed to exempt such imports from price caps.

Its often the case that movies based on true stories offer a glimpse of the real-life characters at the end. In The Mauritanian, the story of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahis 14 years behind bars, that real-life footage is the most en...

The prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump tried to influence the result of Georgia's 2020 presidential election suggested the former president knew what he was doing when he asked a state official to "find" one more vote than he needed to win.

Huawei took U.K. bank HSBC to court on Friday seeking documents the Chinese company says are key to its legal efforts to stop its chief financial officer from being extradited to the U.S. from Canada.

In response, Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh said there is a due process and asked the member to give in writing about the issue to the Chairman.

The finance minister presented the vote-on-account for an aggregate expenditure of Rs 60,784.03 crore for the first six months of the next fiscal.

The latest Facebook community standards enforcement report claims that changes made to the Facebook News Feed have made a critical and clear change to reduce hate speech, violence and nudity on the platform.

The 2021 Jawa Forty-Two gets three new colour options - Orion Red, Sirius White and AllStar Black.

Celebrities and fans also showered their favourite actor who was celebrating her birthday.

Featured in the For All Mankind: Time Capsule app are various 3D objects users can interact with, including family photos, a mixtape, and an Apple II computer. The AR app for iPhone and iPad can be downloaded for free today from the US-specific App Store...

Joe Biden has been very clear about restoring compassion and order to America's immigration system, according to a senior White House official who said the recent executive actions by the US President are just the beginning to correct the "divisive, inhum...

After a prosecution case rooted in emotive, violent images from the Capitol siege, Donald Trump's impeachment trial shifts on Friday to defense lawyers prepared to make a fundamental concession: The violence was every bit as traumatic, unacceptable and il...