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BUFFALO (US): Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 18 people across the United States, trapping some residents inside homes with heaping snow…

MALE: A court in Maldives on Sunday found a former president guilty of money laundering and accepting a bribe and sentenced him to 11 years in prison.The Criminal Court of Maldives also ordered Abdulla Yameento pay a fine of $5…

BOBRYTSIA: Ukirainians usually celebrate Christmas on January 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them. Some Orthodox Ukrainians have decided to observe Christmas on December 25, like many Christians around…

BEIJING: Could the Covid-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world?Scientists don't know but worry that might happen. It could be similar to omicron variants circulating there now. It could be a combination of…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Franciscalled for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday, saying the world was suffering from a "famine of peace". Delivering the 10th Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city…

KATHMANDU: Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday appointed CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' as the new Prime Minister.Prachanda has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal as per the Article 76…

KATHMANDU: In a dramatic turn of events on Sunday, opposition CPN-UML and other smaller parties extended their support to CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda", who is now set to become the next Prime Minister of…

A Christmas Eve shooting at a pub in northwest England killed a young woman and wounded three men, police said Sunday. The Merseyside Policeforce said it was investigating the 11:50 pm, Saturday, shooting at the Lighthouse pub in the…

MADRID: At least two people died overnight after a bus plunged into a river while crossing a bridge in Spain's northwestern Galicia region, the emergency services said Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday night near Vigoand the…

KARACHI: The notorious terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) has claimed the lives of six security personnel and injured a few others in the last two days by carrying out several attacks in the restive Balochistan province,…