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Nagorno-Karabakh: Shusha liberated from occupation, says President Aliyev
BAKU: President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, announced on Sunday that Azerbaijan’s ancient city of Shusha has been liberated from occupation, reported by the Azerbaijan State News Agency (Azertac). “Shusha, which was under occupation for twenty-eight and a half years, has been
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Largest US state of Georgia county to finish counting ballots tonight – official
WASHINGTON: The US state of Georgia will finish counting presidential election ballots in its largest Fulton County by Wednesday night, the county’s Elections Director Richard Barron told reporters. “We expect this to go probably until midnight or more. We are
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Biden narrows Trump lead in Georgia to under 1 pct with 98 pct of votes counted
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has narrowed President Donald Trump’s lead in Georgia by less than 1 per cent with nearly all votes counted, reported Sputnik news agency. Results from Fox News revealed Wednesday night that Biden trails Trump
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US presidential election: Campaign enters final day with nation on edge
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 – The US presidential campaign entered its final day Monday with a last-minute scramble for votes by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, drawing to a close an extraordinary race that has put a pandemic-stricken country on edge. Whatever
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U.S. coronavirus cases keep rising in grim march to Election Day
Coronavirus cases continued their grim climb in the United States on Sunday with Midwestern states experiencing record hospitalizations, as increasingly bitter rhetoric kept the virus front and center of campaigning two days before the presidential election. Nearly 87,000 cases were
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New Zealand new cabinet line-up focuses on COVID-19 recovery
WELLINGTON: Experienced ministers will hold key economic recovery and ongoing COVID-19 response portfolios in the new Cabinet line-up announced by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday, reported Xinhua news agency. “The next three years will be very challenging
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Over 80m vote early ahead of US presidential election
WASHINGTON: Over 80 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of the US’s Nov. 3 presidential election, reported Anadolu Agency. A running tally from the US Elections Project found Thursday that 80,721,858 early votes, with the vast majority – over 52
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French Polynesia President Edouard Fritch tests positive for COVID-19 after Macron meeting
PAPEETE: French Polynesia President Édouard Fritch tested positive for COVID-19 upon his return from France, where he met with President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Jean Castex, Russian state-owned news agency (Sputnik) reported. “The health of President Fritch is not
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Thailand dan China jalin kerjasama bina projek HSR
BANGKOK: Thailand dan China memeterai perjanjian bernilai THB50.63 bilion (RM6.72 bilion) bagi pembinaan projek kereta api berkelajuan tinggi (HSR) antara Bangkok dan Nakhon Ratchasima di timur laut negara itu. Pembinaan landasan sejauh 253 kilometer (km) tersebut merupakan fasa pertama projek
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U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India
NEW DELHI: The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. Pompeo, who arrived in
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