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In order to draw attention toward the menace of hunger and create awareness of food security, World Food Day is observed every year.

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Friday to end a state of emergency in capital Bishkek as Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov consolidated his power by formally assuming the interim presidency in the country closely allied with Russia.

Foxconn aims to provide components or services for 10% of the world's electric vehicles (EVs) by between 2025 and 2027, and has been in talks with multiple car manufacturers for future cooperation, Chairman Liu Youngway said on Friday.

Australia's ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban China's Huawei [HWT.UL] from its 5G network, and worsened after Canberra called for an enquiry into the origins of the coronavirus.

As the Shiv Sena tries to create a cocktail of Hindutva with local issues for success in other states, this may be hobbled by the stronger pro-Hindutva appeal of the BJP’s star politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah and Utt...

Analysts at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center revised a March estimate that suggested Biden would raise around $4 trillion in taxes, a figure that closely tracked other studies.

Any claims about what happened in Wisconsin have no role in whether to extradite an Illinois teenager to that state to face charges in the killing of two protesters, prosecutors said Thursday.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday that he was wrong not to wear a mask at the White House, after he and President Donald Trump both came down with the coronavirus.

Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife have given $75 million to a new super PAC that is attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden, an investment made amid GOP concern that President Donald Trump's campaign is flailing and might not be able to cor...

The founder and CEO of an Iranian financial services firm accused of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran was sentenced Thursday to nearly two years in federal prison.

Global shares dropped on Thursday as investors shied from risk and sought safehavens such as the U.S. dollar on fears that a resurgence in coronavirus cases and a lack of more U.S. fiscal stimulus would hobble the world economy.

A Minnesota judge on Thursday rejected prosecutors' request to put a 48hour hold on filings in the criminal cases of four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday claimed the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) lost its 'lifeline' after the departure of ally Kerala Congress(M) faction led by Jose K Mani and that the combine was headed for a "massive collap...

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea moved by jailed lawmaker Mukhtar Ansari and his two sons Abbas Ansari and Umar Ansari seeking quashing of an FIR over an alleged illegal construction. A bench of Justice DK Upadhyay and...

Select nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards, announced Thursday.

The pass percentage of Delhi government school students has gone up from 98 pc to 99 pc in CBSE class 12 results after the compartment examination, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday. "I congratulate Delhi government school students...