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A court on Wednesday approved a total of $800 million in payouts from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the deadliest in recent U.S. history.

Several people squatted on the road in Maharashtra's Palghar town on Wednesday and tried to stop the district collector from attending a public hearing for the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP), police said. A video of the incident also went vir...

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with Tunisia's president Wednesday, kicking off a North African tour amid growing regional concern about lawlessness in Libya.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said even after more than nine months of the first notification, some businesses are still not ready.

The troubled Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB)'s chief executive S Sundar and six other directors were voted out by shareholders earlier this week.

A statue of Harry Potter, flying a Nimbus 2000 broom over the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch, was unveiled on Wednesday in London's Leicester Square.

One of COVID-19's scariest mysteries is why some people are mildly ill or have no symptoms and others rapidly die and scientists are starting to unravel why.

As many as 58 new COVID-19 trials involving Ayurveda intervention were registered from March 1 to June 25 in the Clinical Trial Registry of India, highlighting the emerging nationwide trend of evidence-based studies in Ayush disciplines, the AYUSH ministr...

Additional sessions judge Dilip Hingu sentenced Raju Devipujak (38), who had committed the crime on February 14,2017. The court said the case comes under the category of"rarest of the rare".

The mayor of Portland has asked U.S. officials to end the federal deputation of dozens of police officers in Oregon's largest city as part of the response to ongoing protests in the city.

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday launched the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Technologies for rural development, a statement said. Among the technologies launched by Vardhan are improved beehive for qu...

Afghanistans chief peace envoy Abdullah Abdullah ended a threeday visit to Pakistan on Wednesday optimistic the uneasy neighbors have turned a corner from a relationship marked by suspicion and downright hostility toward a partnership for peace in the reg...

An initiative was launched on Wednesday by the government to promote innovation and entrepreneurship amongst SC students in higher education campuses. The programme named Ambedkar Social Innovation Incubation Mission (ASIIM) was launched by the Ministe...

Indianapolis (US) (AP) Health insurer Anthem has agreed to another multimillion-dollar settlement over a cyberattack on its technology that exposed the personal information of nearly 79 million people. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer said Wednesday...

The leader of a party fielding the second highest number of candidates for Myanmars November elections has been arrested after local media reported allegations of a shady past, including a prison escape and financial finagling.

As much of Britains economy emerged from the coronavirus lockdown, its theaters stayed dark, with performers and staff unwillingly idled.