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India's West Bengal state, ruled by opposition leader Mamata Banerjee, is going to the polls on 27 March. While campaigning recently, Banerjee suffered a leg injury – s
Chelsea gave the chasing pack in the race for a place in next season's Champions League hope with a 0-0 draw at Leeds on Saturday, but Everton failed to take advantage as Burnley won 2-1 at Goodison
A truck drives over the fractured road caused by an earthquake South of the New Zealand town of Ward on the South Island, November 14, 2016. /VCG An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted K
Nigeria's military has been fighting against a jihadist insurgency for more than a decade. /AFP Islamic State-aligned jihadists ambushed a Nigerian military convoy, killing 15 soldiers and fou
A man receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 13, 2021. /Xinhua Jordan's health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an o
Jordan's health minister resigned on Saturday after six people died following an oxygen outage in a hospital treating coronavirus patients and police were deployed to hold back angry relatives, state
02:22 Health experts are expressing growing concerns about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Europe, as the continent's "third wave" threatens to destabilize recovery plans.Se
The Cascade Mountain Range is enveloped in the fog in Oregon State, the U.S., as the wildfire spreads on the country's west coast, September 21, 2020. /CFP The United States needs to set a tar
Xi'an Symphony Orchestra holds a concert on the west peak of Huashan Mountain in Shaanxi province, on July 4, 2020. The concert, titled XSO Meets Huashan Mountain Summit Clouds Rhapsody, which st
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has been re-elected for an additional four year-term at the 137th IOC Session. /IOC International Olympic Committee (IOC) President
Workers of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) count ballots after the closure of polling stations in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on March 6, 2021. /AFP Cote d'Ivoire's ruling party has won a
Australia has suspended its defense cooperation with Myanmar and is redirecting humanitarian aid because of the military takeover of the government and ongoing detentio
Elon Musk is bringing his utility-scale battery ambitions to the Lone Star state. An under-the-radar Tesla subsidiary has been at work building a 100 MW energy storage project in Angleton, Texas, acco
VCG Ghana suffered a nationwide power outage late Sunday afternoon after the shutdown of the power system, officials confirmed in a statement.The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) said "a ch
Senegal's education ministry on Sunday ordered the closure of schools until March 15 following violent protests that have rocked Dakar for days.Reuters reports that at least five people have died
Movie theaters in New York reopened on March 5, 2021, with new safety precautions in place. /CFP U.S. experts have warned of a possible fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic should states in