Tokyo: Twenty-seven people are feared dead after a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan, fire department officials said Friday.
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring.
EC meets representatives of political parties in West Bengal; maximum two-phase polling sought
India backs dialogue, prioritises safety of Indians amid West Asia conflict: Jaishankar
Minority budget allocation inadequate, says Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Karnataka
Man kidnapped by miscreants near Bengaluru
Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm amid protests by opposition seeking debate on West Asia crisis
More than 500 filled LPG cylinders stolen in UP's Jhansi; case registered
TMC MPs give notices in LS, RS to discuss 'voter disenfranchisement'
CEC Gyanesh Kumar faces 'go back' slogans, shown black flags outside Kalighat temple in Kolkata
Air India Express, IndiGo cancel several Mangaluru-Gulf flights
Private bus overturns at Alvanki Ghat near Bhatkal; five injured
Empowering Bengaluru: Hitachi Rail Supports Sanjay Gandhi And St Josephs
Karnataka: Elderly man dies after his car catches fire
Port-Au-Princ (Haiti): A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 40 people and injuring dozens of others, officials and news reports said Tuesday.
A magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores Island on Tuesday, and the country's meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible.
Beijing: China has reported its first case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 amid a spike in coronavirus infections stated to be that of new Delta strain "sub-lineage AY.4", prompting authorities to bar millions of people in the eastern province from travelling.
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed the UK's first death from the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the first known fatality from the highly transmissible variant of COVID-19 in the world.
In an unusual move, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has prorogued Parliament for one week and left for Singapore on an unscheduled visit.
Kentucky's governor said at least 70 may have died in the state and the toll was climbing after tornadoes and severe weather ripped through at least five states, leaving widespread devastation.
Mayfield (US): At least 70 people were feared dead in Kentucky after tornadoes and severe weather tore through multiple states and caused catastrophic damage.
London: Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, the High Court in London ruled on Friday, overturning a lower court decision that the embattled WikiLeaks founder could not be sent to America to face spying charges due to concerns over his mental health.
