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A view of the Panamanian-registered ship Crimson Polaris after it ran aground in Hachinohe harbour in Hachinohe, northern Japan, August 12, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)

3,99,10,000-kg ship splits into two, spills oil off coast of Japan;...

The 39,910-tonne vessel, the -'Crimson Polaris,-' was carrying wood chips when it ran aground on Wednesday morning in...

12 Aug 2021 6:51 PM IST

An atomic bomb survivor offers a prayer for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at Nagasaki Hypocenter Park. (AFP Photo)

Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world-'s first atomic attack on Hiroshima,...

9 Aug 2021 12:14 PM IST

This photo taken on August 2, 2021 shows people buying items at a supermarket in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province, as authorities said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. (STR / AFP)

China-'s Wuhan to test -'all residents-' as COVID returns

Major cities including the capital Beijing have now tested millions of residents while cordoning off residential...

3 Aug 2021 1:29 PM IST

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, July 2, 2021, people riding bicycles and scooters wait to cross an intersection during rush hour in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China, India miss UN deadline to update emissions targets

The worldâ€™s two most populous countries are among dozens that failed to provide an update on their targets

1 Aug 2021 1:31 PM IST

Plastic vials for testing the coronavirus infection sit on a table at the Main Press Center for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. About 30,000 people are spitting into tiny plastic vials every day at the Tokyo Olympics in a routine thats grown crucial in going ahead with the pandemic-era Games. (AP Photo)

Tokyo collect lots of spit in effort to curb COVID amid Olympics

Some medical experts have expressed worries about the Olympics turning into a -'super-spreader-' event

30 July 2021 1:00 PM IST

A health worker administers covid vaccine. (Photo: AFP)

Delta variant identified in Nanjing-'s COVID-19 clusters in China

The recent spike in infections in the city can be attributed to the special location of the outbreak

27 July 2021 1:18 PM IST

North Korea cut the hotlines in June 2020 as cross-border ties soured after a failed second summit in February 2019 between Kim and former U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP file photo)

South, North Korea have restored hotlines as leaders seek to rebuild...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have exchanged multiple letters and agreed to...

27 July 2021 11:17 AM IST

Sherman started her meetings with Xie, who is in-charge of the US-China relations, and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a resort hotel in Tianjin. (AFP Photo)

China goes on offensive against US at bilateral talks; hands over list...

Meng, who was arrested in Vancouver in 2018 on a bank fraud warrant issued by the previous Trump administration, is...

26 July 2021 10:22 PM IST

Sabu Jacob, chairman of Kitex group.

Sri Lanka invites Kitex group to invest

Sri Lanka is the second country after Bangladesh to invite the Kitex group to invest in their nation

25 July 2021 3:03 PM IST

People stand in a guard tower on the perimeter wall of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23, 2021. Chinas largest detention center is twice the size of Vatican City and has room for at least 10,000 inmates. (AP Photo)

Room for 10,000: Inside Chinaâ€™s largest detention center

This site suggests that China still holds and plans to hold vast numbers of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities...

22 July 2021 2:36 PM IST

A woman sitting on a fence on a flooded street following heavy rains in Zhengzhou in Chinas central Henan province. (Photo: AFP)

25 killed, over 1 million affected as unprecedented floods hit central...

Twelve people were killed and five others injured when subway stations were hit by the floods

21 July 2021 10:21 AM IST

Security personnel inspect a damaged vehicle which was firing rockets in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid-a-Adha. (AP)

Afghan official says rockets hit near presidential palace

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, which destroyed at least one car parked on a nearby...

20 July 2021 12:26 PM IST