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Peru opened the ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after he waited almost seven months to enter the Inca citadel, while trapped in the Andean country during the coronavirus outbreak.

Belarus police will now be permitted to use combat weapons in the streets if needed, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, as security forces again clashed with protesters who want President Alexander Lukashenko to quit after a contested Aug. 9 election.

Cole Evan White joined torch-carrying white supremacists on a march through the University of Virginias campus and attacked anti-racism protesters the next day. Within a matter of days, he enrolled at a university in California.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo observed Columbus Day on Monday by dedicating a statue of the ItalianAmerican saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan.

Accusing the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation of not being concerned about the safety of women, Maharashtra BJP on Monday staged "aakrosh" (anger) protests across the state to "wake up the insensitive government". State BJP unit chief Chandraka...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan said India's first human space flight was targeted in August 2022, but owing to Covid-19's impact on the operations, there will be a slight slip in meeting the mission's target date.

Delhi Assembly's Peace and Harmony Committee on Monday examined two witnesses on complaints against Facebook, and both stressed the need for "more transparency" in the operation, functioning as well as grievance redressal system of the social media giant,...

A 37-year-old woman was booked in Nagpur for allegedly hiring contract killers to get rid of her husband, police said on Monday. Devika was held along with Chandan Natthuji Diyewar (28) for allegedly killing her husband Jaideep Lokhande, a Kelwad police...

A bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and Dinesh Maheshwari termed as 'mischievous" the PIL filed by 'Akhand Bharat Morcha' seeking banning of 'halal' for slaughter of animals.

A Wisconsin judge on Monday upheld Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate in the face of a conservative challenge.

Shah Rukh Khan wrote a hilarious review for Tahira Kashyap's new book The 12 Commandments of Being a Women, where she had talked about his films being a part of her real-life story.

Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Monday dissolved the Kerala unit of the party with immediate effect accusing the state president C K Nanu of destabilising the party. The party patriarch appointed Mathew T Thoma...

The high court also said that the moratorium on recoveries from sale of Anil Ambani's assets, as provided under section 96 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), would remain in operation for now.

Various committees organising huge Ramlila celebrations across Delhi, including at Red Fort grounds, have decided to "not hold the event" this year as the situation is not feasible and there are "too many restrictions" in the fresh guidelines issued for h...

BSE and NSE, the oldest and the largest bourses, respectively, also reported power outages but said their operations are continuing normally.

A 19-year-old girl was abducted and gang-raped allegedly by three men in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, two of whom have been arrested since, police said on Monday. On October 9, Arun Lakra (33), Sushil Chauhan (37) and Firoz Bek abducted the teen fro...