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Mexico registers record 16,468 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico has registered 16,468 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said.
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Global COVID-19 caseload crosses 93 million
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The worldwide number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 93 million, Johns Hopkins University reported.
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Culkin approves calls to have Trump cameo edited out of 'Home Alone 2'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], January 15 (ANI): "Home Alone" actor Macaulay Culkin has approved calls on social media to have President Donald Trump's cameo in the 1992 film "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" edited out after the President was impeached for a second time by the House of Representatives on
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Hong Kong police detain 11 for aiding pro-democracy activists' escape atte
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 14 (ANI): The Hong Kong national security police have arrested a lawyer, a Ukrainian man and nine others on suspicion of bankrolling an attempt by 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors to flee the city in order to escape to Taiwan amid Beijing's imposition of the draconian
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Google pauses all political ads in wake of attack on US Capitol
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): Google suspended all political advertising after last week's attack on the US Capitol to avoid incitement of more violence, said the company's spokesperson on Wednesday.
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Two police officers charged in connection with US Capitol riot
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Virginia [US], January 14 (ANI): Two off-duty police officers in Virginia have been charged in connection with the US Capitol Hill riot.
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Russia registers 24,763 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 24,763 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 22,850 the day before, taking the tally to 3,495,816, the coronavirus response center said on Thursday.
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Afghan military releases 13 civilians, policeman from Taliban prison
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan commando forces released 13 civilians and one policeman from a Taliban prison in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the Afghan defense ministry said on Thursday.
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Trump isolating in White House, in 'self-pity' mode
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): As President Donald Trump created history by becoming the only US president to be impeached twice, a source on Wednesday (local time) said the outgoing President is now in self-pity mode.
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Australia's Queensland mulls using mining camps for quarantine of int'l tr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The Australian state of Queensland is considering using mining camps as quarantine sites for international travellers as the region looks to contain the spread of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant first identified in the United Kingdom, Premier Annastac
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Former FBI director terms US Capitol attack as 'planned assault'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): Former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday said that the evidence he has seen so far suggests the attack on the US Capitol was a 'planned assault'.
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Biden hopes Senate will consider Trump impeachment among urgent issues
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Wilmington [US], January 14 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) reiterated his hope that the Senate will be able to carry out their regular legislative duties while dealing with responsibilities pertaining to President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the upper c
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