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The World Health Organization said on Friday it was looking at biosecurity in countries where there are mink farms after Denmark ordered a nationwide cull of the animals due to a widespread coronavirus outbreak among them.

Italy recorded its highest daily number of infections on Thursday and cases surged by at least 120,276 in the United States, the second consecutive daily record as the outbreak spreads across the country.

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Actors Dipika Kakkar and Shoaib Ibrahim are currently vacationing in Goa. Shoaib took to Instagram to share a picture with wife Dipika, from the location.

The CDS slammed neighbouring Pakistan for stoking a proxy war in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan has continued to remain the epicentre of armed Islamic insurgency and terrorism. For three decades now, the Pakistan army and it's intelli...

West Indies allrounder Rovman Powell is counting down the days until the team's twoweek isolation comes to an end and is excited about playing in front of fans for the first time in months when face New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 match.

A former Russian deputy transport minister has acquired a controlling stake in weapons maker Kalashnikov, the company said on Friday.

Honda Motor Co on Friday more than doubled its fullyear operating profit forecast as it reported secondquarter earnings grew 28% amid a rebound in China after auto sales were squeezed by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Toyota Motor Corp more than doubled its fullyear operating forecast on Friday amid a rebound in sales in China that were hit by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, even as it reported secondquarter operating profit slid 24%.

The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, with fatalities sharply up on Thursday mostly because of mudslides as streets turned into rivers and bridges came tumbling down.

Dissatisfied with the response by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, regretted that instead of taking immediate remedial action in the interest of health of the people, the government stopped merely at iss...

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week, adding to signs that the economic recovery was losing steam as the COVID19 pandemic intensifies and fiscal stimulus ends.

A definitive result on the next U.S. president may still be elusive, but two days after Election Day, investors are back in 'buyeverything' mode counting on Republicans keeping control of the Senate and limiting regulatory change as well as on full centr...

U.S. stocks jumped on Thursday as investors bet that Republicans would retain control of the Senate and block any major policy changes under a possible Joe Biden White House that could dampen corporate profits.

Eleven kidnapped teachers have been freed in western Cameroon, where separatist insurgents are battling government forces, the church that runs the schools said on Thursday

U.S. oil fell nearly 1% on Friday as new lockdowns went into affect in Europe raising questions over the outlook for demand for crude, while ballots were still being counted in the U.S. election with its outcome undecided, keeping markets on edge.