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Rishi Sunak is due to announce the tax and spending plans of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government on March 11.

While the Iranian government has rejected claims of a higher death toll, the health ministry's figures said the toll represents nearly 20% of the total infections.

The New York Times reports Weinstein settled with eight women who accused him of unwanted physical contact and sexual harassment over three decades. Weinstein in a statement apologized for causing pain to colleagues and said he was taking a leave of absen...

Weinstein was convicted of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping Jessica Mann, a one-time aspiring actress, in 2013. He faces up to 25 years in prison. He was acquitted on the most serious charge, predatory sexual...

Katherine Johnson was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Barack Obama in 2015 and in 2016 he cited her in his State of the Union Address as an example of America's spirit of discovery.

The Syrian state news agency Sana said "most of the enemy missiles were shot down before reaching their targets," stressing that "no airport" was struck.

At Cindy's Cafe in Beijing's Roosevelt Plaza, dine-in revenue has fallen to zero, and relying on deliveries hardly makes up the shortfall, said manager Cai Yaoyang.

Samsung Electronics, the world's top smartphone maker, said the floor where the infected employee worked would be shut down until the morning of February 25.

When asked if Trump would offer to mediate on the Kashmir issue again during his upcoming Indian visit, a senior administration official said that the US President wants the two countries to engage in bilateral dialogue to resolve their differences.

The new sultan of Oman has vowed to uphold his predecessor's foreign policy approach, which was based on non-interference.

Pakistan's Foreign Office said the country has consistently supported direct negotiations between the US and Taliban.

Anastasiya Zinchenko, a 22-year-old model, was due to fly out Thursday with a group of 72 Ukrainians and other nationals from the city of Wuhan, the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

The decision has been taken at the Financial Action Task Force's plenary in Paris.

The news prompted celebrations among some pro-democracy protesters, a vivid illustration of how deeply polarised the city has become after months of rallies and thousands of arrests last year.

In their phone call with the President Putin, Merkel and Macron expressed their 'concern over the humanitarian catastrophe for residents of Syria's Idlib province,' Merkel's office said.

Under the proposed work in the MoU, the facilities at the airport such as terminal modification, electricity supplies, utility services and transit facilities are to be improved.