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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a frontrunner to become next prime minister, said on Wednesday that strong economic growth is necessary to pursue fiscal reform.

China's factory gate prices fell at their slowest annual pace in five months in August as the world's secondlargest economy and its industries continued to recover from a slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday proposed administering a Russian coronavirus vaccine to nearly 15,000 candidates in upcoming legislative elections so that they can campaign safely.

Haryana will be the first state in the country to focus on aerospace and aviation as a thrust sector in its new industrial policy, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said on Saturday.

Brazil's acting Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday that a COVID19 vaccine would be rolled out for all Brazilians in January 2021.

Tough new lockdown restrictions on social gatherings across the whole of England are to be announced on Wednesday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to control a spike in COVID19 infections.

The United States is "extemely concerned" by human rights violations after the Belarus election, citing reported kidnapping and threats to opposition figures, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.

Amitabh Bachchan is back shooting for Kaun Banega Crorepati season 12 amid the pandemic, after recovering from Covid-19.

U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny dozens of refiner requests for retroactive waivers from the nation's biofuel laws amid concerns the divisive issue was costing him politically in the Farm Belt, acco...

A consortium led by insurer Arch Capital Group Ltd has made an approximately $500 million offer to acquire reinsurance firm Watford Holdings Ltd, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Rockies were bracing for an extreme swing in weather conditions on Tuesday, with forecasters warning of a winter storm bringing heavy snows and damaging winds, a day after the region sweltered through temperatures in the 90s Fahrenheit.

Yogawear maker Lululemon Athletica Inc said on Tuesday it was "cautiously optimistic" about the holiday season and forecast currentquarter adjusted profit to fall as much as 20% due to higher marketing expenses.

Actress Rhea Chakraborty on Monday filed an FIR against Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters Priyanka Singh, Meetu Singh, Tarun Kumar and others.

Police in Belarus have been intensifying their crackdown on the opposition, with more than 600 people arrested on Sunday at the latest huge weekend protest against Lukashenko.

They said they took over the building because the government has been slow to protect or support women who have suffered abuse or help them find their missing loved ones.

The Air Force on Tuesday awarded a $13.3 billion contract for engineering and development work on a replacement for the Minuteman 3 missile, which has operated continuously for half a century as a key part of the nuclear force.