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The new height is 86 cms more than the previous measurement. Kathmandu Nepal and China on Tuesday jointly announced the revised height of the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, as 8848.86 metres. The Nepal government decided to measure the exact height of the mountain amid debates that there might have been a change in its […]
Most respondents found video calling made them more anxious than telephone calls and nearly half of them said it was worse than face-to-face meetings. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Nearly 75% people surveyed by a UK-based design agency said […]
Margaret Keenan, from Enniskillen, said she felt “so privileged” to receive the jab at University Hospital, Coventry. A 90-year-old woman from Northern Ireland on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine — marking the start of the UK’s mass vaccination programme against the deadly disease. Margaret Keenan, from […]
The 193-member General Assembly decided by consensus to proclaim December 27 as the ‘International Day of Epidemic Preparedness’ India has underlined the need for the global community to chart out long-term strategies and roadmaps to deal with future pandemics and their impacts, emphasising that barriers to equitable access to affordable medicines and new technologies must […]
The lavish Stockholm ceremony hasn’t been cancelled since World War II, and the last time the Oslo ceremony was scrapped was in 1976 when the peace prize was “reserved” until the following year owing to a lack of suitable nominations. Adjusting to a world where travel is hampered by the pandemic, this year’s Nobel laureates […]
The President-elect could announce the nomination of the 67-year-old four star general on Tuesday U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate retired General Lloyd Austin as his Defence Secretary according to reports, making Gen. Austin the first African American in the post, if he is confirmed by the Senate. In choosing Gen. Austin, Mr. […]
The nearly 800-page Royal Commission of Inquiry report released Tuesday shows that the attacker, Brenton Tarrant, kept a low profile and told nobody of his plans A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers were slaughtered sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by […]
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces an additional stimulus package worth about $700 billion Japan’s economy expanded at a 22.9% annual rate in the last quarter, as businesses and personal spending recovered from COVID-19 pandemic-related shocks in the spring and early summer. Economists said the upward revision released Tuesday was in line with forecasts and suggests […]
The U.S. will continue to work tirelessly to end religiously motivated abuses and persecution around the world, says Mike Pompeo The United States has designated Pakistan and China among eight other countries that are of particular concern for violation of religious freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pakistan and China along with Myanmar, […]
The State Department on Monday said it had approved a $280 million sale to Taiwan of advanced military communications equipment The Trump administration has approved a new major arms sale to Taiwan. The move is sure to draw a firm rebuke from China, which regards Taiwan as a renegade province. Also read: U.S., Taiwan step […]