New York, Dec 11: US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year," the publication announced Thursday.
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Tel Aviv, Dec 9: Amid debates about the existence of aliens, a former Israeli space security chief has said there is an existence of "Galactic Federation" and Israel and the US have been dealing with aliens for years.
Washington, Dec 9: Days before the official certification of the November 3 US presidential elections in favour of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, President Donald Trump claimed that he would continue to hold the position as he has won the elections.
Kathmandu, Dec 8: Nepal and China on Tuesday jointly announced that the revised height of the world's highest peak Mount Everest was 8,848.86 metres, about 86 centimetres more than the previous measurement done by India in 1954.
Washington, Dec 8: A large study of patients in the United States who contracted Covid-19 confirms many complications of the disease, according to new research.
London, Dec 8: Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother from Britain, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial following its rapid clinical approval.
Wellington, Dec 8: Brenton Tarrant, the Australian-born attacker who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, travelled extensively around the world, including India where he spent nearly three months, before moving to New Zealand to carry out the country's worst massacre in 2019, according to a detailed report into the shootings released on Tuesday.
London, Dec 8: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced that the first vaccinations against the coronavirus have begun in the country.
Washington, Dec 8: Over 110,000 restaurants across the United States have been closed due to the massive spike in Coronavirus cases across the country, according to the National Restaurant Association, as of Monday.
Washington, Dec 8: US President-elect Joe Biden has selected retired Army general Lloyd Austin to run the Pentagon as Secretary of Defence, according to media reports.