Mumbai [India], January 4 (ANI): The Indian equities markets witnessed a strong rally for the third consecutive sessions on Tuesday with benchmark Sensex surging nearly 700 points led by broad-based buying support.
Sydney [Australia], January 4 (ANI): England have named their playing XI for the fourth Ashes Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground starting from Wednesday.
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant, the makers of the musical 'Mrs. Doubtfire' have taken measures to avoid a permanent closure.
Sahel [Burkina Faso], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eleven soldiers were injured in Burkina Faso's northern Sourou Province when armed individuals attacked local military and gendarmerie positions, the national RTB broadcaster reports.
Khartoum [Sudan], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced his resignation on Sunday, in an address broadcast by state television.
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A failed attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, took place on Sunday at a church in the city of Gonaives during a mass dedicated to the 218th anniversary of the country's independence, the VTV broadcaster reported.
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): The External Services Division of All India Radio (AIR) will expand its transmission in six neighbourhood languages including Dari, Pashto, Baluchi, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, and Tibetan from Monday.
Gulfport [US], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Three people were killed and four others injured after a fight erupted at a New Year's party in the US city of Gulfport, Mississippi, local broadcaster WLOX reported on Saturday citing police.
New York [US], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Deaths due to drug overdose have topped a million over past 20 years, U.S. broadcaster NPR reported on Thursday, citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Paris [France], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 35,000 French police officers have been infected with coronavirus since the first outbreak emerged in the country, the BFMTV broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing a police source.
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): US law enforcement agents arrested an armed man in Iowa who plotted to kill US President Joe Biden and former American President Barack Obama, as well as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, NBC broadcaster reported on Thursday.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Radio City, India's leading radio station, has achieved yet another milestone, by signing a broadcast deal with the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC).