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A 19-year-old man was arrested by the Thane city police for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl, an official said on Friday. The 16-year-old victim had become friends with the accused, a contract worker with the Thane Municipal Corporation, on...

South Africa should know its true toll from the coronavirus pandemic within a few weeks, the governments chief medical adviser says, as the country prepares to almost fully reopen its economy after bringing the first surge in cases under control.

At least 1,903 new cases of COVID-19 were detected, while 44 more patients died of the infection in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Friday. With the addition of the latest infections and deaths on Thursday, the tally in the district re...

Miami (AP) Sally is moving a lot faster but it's still dumping heavy rains in southeastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina, where forecasters also said there was a chance of tornadoes. The National Hurricane Center said Sally was traveling at 15 mph...

The editorial, 'Saamna', said the need of the hour is that the centre stands firmly with states during this crisis. "The (Congress-led) UPA government had extended all assistance to the government of Gujarat (ruled by BJP). It is the job of the Centre.

Ericsson has agreed to buy U.S.based wireless networking company Cradlepoint in a $1.1 billion deal, the Swedish telecoms gear maker said on Friday.

China began combat drills near the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the same day a senior U.S. official began highlevel meetings in Taipei, as tensions rose and Beijing denounced tightening ties between Chineseclaimed Taiwan and the United States.

At the inter-bank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.47 against the US dollar, then gained further ground and touched 73.33, registering a rise of 33 paise over its previous close.

WhatsApp Web may soon get an additional layer of security as a beta update suggests that users would have to authenticate using their fingerprint when logging into a web browser on a PC or Mac.

SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it would sell U.S. cellphone distributor Brightstar Global Group for an undisclosed price, marking the latest asset sale by the Japanese conglomerate to fund a record stock buyback and raise cash.

Vietnam's weather agency said on Friday tropical storm Noul was weakening as it approached land, though authorities warned the storm could still dump heavy rains triggering floods and landslides in central areas of the country.

A former White House aide who helped coordinate the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic sharply criticized President Donald Trump in a video released on Thursday and said she planned to vote for Democrat Joe Biden.

Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will work to get his flagship new digital technology agency running by autumn 2021, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday, a sign the project is among the top priorities in his reform agenda.

U.S. President Donald Trump will not travel to New York on Tuesday for his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, but will deliver the address from the White House, his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, said on Thursday.

Pfizer Inc is betting that its coronavirus vaccine candidate will show clear evidence of effectiveness early in its clinical trial, according to the company and internal documents reviewed by Reuters that describe how the trial is being run.

A man accused of shooting a 700pound black bear on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota and removing its head pleaded guilty Thursday, although his lawyer alleges that only half of the federal government's story is accurate.