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Jordan is racing to increase hospital bed capacity as its healthcare system struggles to cope with a surge in new coronavirus cases.

The list by TRACE, an anti-bribery standard setting organisation, measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions.

European Union foreign ministers agreed to push ahead on Thursday with a new round of sanctions on Belarus that could be ready in weeks, two EU diplomats said.

Experts say there has been a cyclical trend of a surge followed by a decline and the same should also be expected now, while they warn against blaming any one reason for the latest spurt in Covid-19 cases in the capital.

The notification for the bypoll will be issued on November 26 and the polling will be held on December 14. Counting of votes will take place in the evening of December 14 itself as per laid-down norms.

Ethiopia's military accused the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday of supporting and trying to procure arms and diplomatic backing for Tigray state's dominant political party, which is fighting federal forces.

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In a report on Thursday, rating agency Icra said the Year-on-Year (YoY) contraction in Indian GDP (at constant 2011-12 prices) is estimated to have narrowed appreciably to 9.5 per cent in Q2 FY2021 from 23.9 per cent in Q1 FY2021.

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Actors Colin Hanks, Diane Guerrero and hip hop star Nelly are joining the cast of rock and roll icon Buddy Holly's biopic "Clear Lake". Directed by Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford, the film will follow Holly starting from his teen years to his 1958...

U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden's foreign policy adviser on Thursday urged an end to fighting and protection for civilians in north Ethiopia, where federal troops are battling rebels in a war rocking the Horn of Africa and sending refugees fleeing.

Britain will likely follow the United States in reducing troop levels in Afghanistan but it will continue to work with its government and the U.S. to protect the country's security, Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday.

Further, Pfizer and BioNTech said they have concluded phase 3 study of their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2, meeting all primary efficacy endpoints.

In the midst of thousands of Thai antigovernment protesters, one man made his own statement with barbecued pork.

ABB plans to offload three business units that generate $1.75 billion in sales, the Swiss engineering company said on Thursday, equivalent to 6% of its annual revenue.

Google has added a slew of new family-centric features on Assistant-enabled smart devices.