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Nepali businesses have laid off 22.5% of their workers as measures to contain the novel coronavirus hit tourism and other activities, a senior central bank official said on Thursday, citing a study of the economic impact of the outbreak.

Sarwat Gilani, who plays one of the lead roles in the web series 'Churails', says she had once received an offer for a film with Irrfan Khan.

China's biggest shortvideo platforms said on Thursday they will punish users seen to be wasting food in their broadcasts, cracking down on socalled "big stomach kings" as the government urges against food wastage in the middle of a pandemic.

Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the U.S. elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with pollrelated resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinformation on mailin ballots and early voting.

The documentary movie revisits a crime which happened 31 years ago, in 1989, and which still shocks the world.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved the verdict in the Sushant Singh Rajput case and instructed all parties involved to submit their notes by Thursday.

Deutsche Telekom reported jumps in quarterly revenue and profit on Thursday following U.S. unit TMobile's $23 billion takeover of Sprint, while its underlying performance beat market expectations.

A puzzling new outbreak of the coronavirus in New Zealand's largest city grew to 17 cases on Thursday, with officials saying the number will likely increase further.

Remembering Sridevi is incomplete without the several hit songs she has been part of in her decades-long career. Here are 5 of the most popular ones.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday, cheered by the rally on Wall Street that's likely a boon for exportdriven regional economies, even as investors worry about the coronanvirus pandemic.

The $15 million ATP Cup, a joint venture between the men’s tour and TA, debuted last year at the heart of a rejigged Australian Open warm-up schedule

A Mexican court has ordered the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima gang held over for trial on organized crime charges.

President Donald Trump accused congressional Democrats on Wednesday of not wanting to negotiate over a U.S. coronavirus aid package because he was refusing to go along with "ridiculous" spending requests unrelated to the pandemic.

Global stocks rose on Wednesday, ending at their highest since February as investors kept betting on more stimulus in the United States despite doubts, while gold was whipsawed and silver clawed back from a massive drop.

Paris Saint-Germain scored two late goals asthey trumped Atalanta 2-1 to reach the UEFA Champions League semifinals for the first time in 25 years.