India's infection and death rates are growing exponentially, overwhelming hospitals, in contrast to some wealthier Western nations that are starting to ease restrictions. The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot. The virus has now killed over 3.1 million people worldwide, with India driving the latest surge in global case numbers, recording more than 2,800 deaths on Monday. The United States would send up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca ...

We've seen a lot of great phones in 2021 but only few have managed to pass our stringent tests and come out with flying colours. We have the usual entries and some rather unexpected entries too, which have managed to WOW us with their performance and versatility.

The US President Joe Biden has formally stated on April 24, 2021 that he recognizes the 1915 killings of Armenians Ottoman forces as a genocide. Biden is in fact the first US president to use the term 'genocide' in a statement on the 106th anniversary, a day after informing the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the decision. Armenians across the world have celebrated Biden's statement as they took to the streets to honor martyrs and commemorate the incident by holding the national flag and raising banners to celebrate this ...

The Oscars 2021 red carpet felt particularly glam after a season of stars Zooming in from their couches, many celebs opted for breathtaking outfits, while others missed the mark entirely with their choice of outfit. Take a look at all the outfits and fashion from the 93rd Academy Awards.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau highlighting Washington's return to the front lines of the fight against man-made climate change, the two-day summit starting Thursday will be the first big event on the environment of his presidency and comes ahead of two other major climate meetings later in the year. "There's no question that we need a country of the scale of the United States to be part of the solution, not part of the problem if we're going to make it as a planet," he said. World leaders gathered virtually ...

Throughout history introducing some new inventions, tools and technologies revolutionized communities. Some inventions were pivotal points in history that significantly changed our life and our way of doing things. Here is a list of 10 inventions that transformed the world.

George Perry Floyd, is an African American man who was killed by police during his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020, after a store clerk alleged he had passed a counterfeit $20 bill . Former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday for premeditated murder and manslaughter for tying George Floyd to the sidewalk with his knee to the neck of the Black man, In case that touched off worldwide protests.Three weeks after the testimony, the trial of the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd ended ...

Lebanon, home to more than 1 million Syrian refugees, is reeling from an economic crisis exacerbated by the pandemic and a massive explosion that destroyed parts of the capital last August. The holy month of Ramadan has made the lives of Syrian refugees in Lebanon even harder amid their host country's economic woes. The struggle can be more pronounced during the holy month when fasting is typically followed by festive feasting to fill empty stomachs. More people resorted to reducing the size or number of meals, it said. Refugees are ...

The world has watched Duke of Edinburgh's funeral that took place yesterday on April 17, 2021 in St. George Chapel located at Windsor Castle. Here are some iconic footage of the royal funeral.

April 15 will mark the second anniversary of the 2019 Notre Dame Cathedral blaze. French President Emmanuel Macron inspected the ongoing renovation work at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, two years after a devastating blaze gutted the 850-year old monument. From the rooftop, the French leader said he was "impressed" by "all the work that has been accomplished". His visit was to express "a message of collective pride" for the work carried out. The fire, which broke out on the evening of April 15, 2019, stunned the country and people ...

Muslims who are immunised against Covid-19 have started their journey in the holiest site in Saudi Arabia's Mecca city on Tuesday as they performed the year-round umrah pilgrimage on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan. Despite the vaccine, they are asked to wear the masks inside Mecca's Grand Mosque in batches to perform the ritual of circling the sacred Kaaba, a cubic structure towards which Muslims around the world pray, along socially distanced paths. Authorities have banned un-immunised pilgrims from getting permits to perform the pilgrimage and ...