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Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States; no woman has ever been president in the countrys nearly 250-year history. (AP Photo)

Harris became first woman to be acting US President as Biden underwent...

Presidential power has been transferred to the vice president before, when President George W. Bush had colonoscopies in...

20 Nov 2021 10:11 AM GMT

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, Friday, Nov. 19, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. (AP)

US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+

Under the new rules, anyone 18 or older can choose either a Pfizer or Moderna booster six months after their last dose

20 Nov 2021 10:02 AM GMT

$A Massachusetts resident identifying herself only as \Safi,\ who asked that her last name not be used for fear of retribution against her relatives in Afghanistan, holds a purse with traditional Afghan patterns, during an interview with The Associated Press. (AP/Steven Senne)$ World

Thousands of Afghans seek temporary US entry, few approved

Victoria Palmer, a USCIS spokesperson, said the agency has trained 44 additional staff to help address the application...

19 Nov 2021 7:29 AM GMT

Girls, along with activists, take part in a candlelight protest over the Hyderabad rape and murder case in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Pakistan Parliament approves chemical castration of habitual rapists

The bill is a response to a public outcry against a recent spike in incidents of rape of women and children in the...

18 Nov 2021 10:11 AM GMT

Following the US sanctions on Turkey over the procurement of S-400 missile systems, there were apprehensions that Washington may impose similar punitive measures on India. (PTI Photo)

US expresses 'concern' over delivery of Russia's S-400 missile system...

The S-400 is known as Russia's most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system

16 Nov 2021 10:06 AM GMT

When the researchers tested the sera of 20 participants who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine they found that it could act against the engineered coronavirus variants. (Photo:AFP)

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second from COVID...

The companies have sold the vast majority of their doses to rich countries, leaving low-income nations in the lurch

16 Nov 2021 7:32 AM GMT

The two countries got embroiled in a diplomatic tussle after the UK announced compulsory quarantine for travellers from India despite being fully vaccinated. Representational Image. (AFP)

US CDC issues 'Level One' COVID-19 travel health notice for India

In August, the US eased its travel advisory for India, lowering it to Level 2: Moderate

16 Nov 2021 7:15 AM GMT

The French national flag flying at the entrance of the ‰lys©e Palace in Paris in January this year. (AFP Photo)

Two shades of blue: Emmanuel Macron makes subtle change in French flag

President Emmanuel Macron ordered a change to the colour of the French flag to find echoes of heroism in France's past

16 Nov 2021 6:38 AM GMT

US President Joe Biden meets with Chinas President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Biden and Xi meet virtually as US-China chasm widens

The two leaders know each other well, having traveled together when both were vice presidents

16 Nov 2021 4:50 AM GMT

Australia India Community Charitable Trust chair Vasan Srinivasan said that it saddens him that someone tried to vandalise the statue within 24 hours of its unveiling. (Photo| Twitter)

Newly unveiled life-sized statue of Mahatma Gandhi vandalised in...

The statue was gifted by the Indian government. The incident triggered shock and disappointment among the...

15 Nov 2021 10:13 AM GMT

Alok Sharma, President of the COP26 summit gestures during a press conference at the end of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP /Alastair Grant)

India and China will need to explain coal move, says COP26 president...

India, backed by China rejected a clause calling for a 'phase out' of coal-fired power, and the text was changed to...

15 Nov 2021 7:22 AM GMT

Britains Alok Sharma, second left, President of the COP26 and Patricia Espinosa, left, UNFCCC Executive-Secretary applaud during the closing plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)

Nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate agreement at COP26...

Several countries said they were deeply disappointed by the change promoted by India to phase down rather than phase out...

14 Nov 2021 5:47 AM GMT