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U.S. airlines were awaiting progress on COVID19 relief proposals in Washington that could include another $17 billion in payroll support for an industry bracing for a renewed slump in air travel as cases spike across the country.

Veteran Palestinian negotiator and women's rights advocate Hanan Ashrawi said on Wednesday she would quit her senior post in the Palestine Liberation Organization at the end of 2020, and called for political reforms.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce on Wednesday its final rule changing how it measures the costs and benefits of proposed new curbs on pollution, a move likely to limit the incoming administration's power to impose stringent regulatio...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his campaign will join an improbable case before the Supreme Court challenging election results in Pennsylvania and other states that he lost as he tries to look past the justices' rejection of a lastgasp bid to...

"Based on the 15th Finance Commission interim recommendations, the Govt released Rs 6,195.08 crore on 9th December 2020 to 14 States on account of the 9th equated monthly installment of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant," Office of Finance Minister Ni...

Five people have been killed in election violence in Ghana, police said on Wednesday, as tensions boiled over during a tightly contested race that both sides say they are on track to win.

Travellers to Norway will be able to undergo a mandatory tenday quarantine in a place of their choosing if they can document that they can respect quarantine conditions, the Nordic country's justice minister said on Wednesday.

Presidentelect Joe Biden on Wednesday will formally introduce his pick for defense secretary, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, amid concern from some in Congress that the Pentagon should be led by a civilian rather than a career officer.

BJP president J P Nadda said the saffron party's win in Rajasthan symbolises the trust the poor, farmers and labourers have in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, while senior party leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar stressed that people,...

Two allergic reactions were reported on the first day of the rollout of the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine, the head of Britain's medicine regulator said on Wednesday.

Cyprus on Wednesday ordered the closure of malls and restaurants until the end of the year to try to subdue an aggressive jump in COVID19 cases.

Asian Paints was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 3 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Reliance Industries and ITC.

BJP insiders say the defeat may foretell rising disillusionment in the middle class against the party, and it may also have to take on the unified strength of the MVA if the constituents enter into a pre-poll alliance in the local body polls.

Doctors are attending the veteran CPI(M) leader at the hospital's 'flu clinic'. Bhattacharya had stepped down from the CPI(M)'s politburo, the central committee and state secretariat in 2018.

For shareholders waiting for South African wine and spirits company Distell to deliver higher returns on their investments, 2020 was a year to forget.

The minister said despite several agreements to maintain peace and tranquility at the border, China had brought in tens of thousands of troops on their side of the border in complete disregard to the agreements.