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Joshua Da Silva leads West Indies fightback in series decider against England
St George's (Grenada) : Joshua Da Silva reached a hard-earned half-century to help hosts West Indies take a 28-run lead with two wickets in hand at the end of the second day of the third Test against England. With Da Silva batting on 54 off…
Covid-19 cases at highest level since Ireland scraps mask mandate
Dublin : The Irish Department of Health has reported an additional 9,324 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19, the highest figure since the country scrapped the mask mandate at the end of February. The number of Covid-19 patients in Irish…
Joe Biden supports Russia’s exclusion from G20
Brussels : US President Joe Biden has said he was in favour of Russia being excluded from the Group of 20 (G20). If Russia is not excluded, at least Ukraine should also be invited to the G20 group as an observer, Biden added at a press…
44 cholera deaths reported in Cameroon
Yaounde : Hospitals in Cameroon's Southwest region have been swamped with hundreds of patients as cholera deaths have increased to 44, a health official said. "It is a very serious situation," Filbert Eko Eko, public health chief of the…
Miami Open: Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, Estonian Anett Kontaveit bow out as seeds struggle on Day 3
Miami : No.70 Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania earned her first top 10 win since 2018, defeating top seed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of the Miami Open on Thursday. Begu's victory closed out a tough Day 3 for the…
NATO has never been more united than it is today: Joe Biden
Brussels : US President Joe Biden said that the NATO has "never been more united than it is today" in the face of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. Addressing the media after a NATO summit here on Thursday, Biden said that Russian…
Chernobyl workers at risk due to Russian shelling: IAEA
Vienna : The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Ukrainian authorities have informed that workers of the now-defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant were at risk due to continued Russian shelling of checkpoints in the…
‘Russia’s war in Ukraine is gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades’
Brussels : Condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms, NATO leaders called the ongoing war as the "gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades", adding that it has "shattered peace in Europe, causing…
NATO approves deployment of four new battle groups
Brussels : The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has approved the deployment of four new battle groups in the eastern part of the alliance, including Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, declared Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's…
Italy knocked out of World Cup play-offs after 0-1 defeat to North Macedonia
Palermo : European champions Italy will not play in the 2022 World Cup after being stunned by North Macedonia in their play-off in Palermo on Thursday. Italy have failed to qualify for a second consecutive World Cup, ensuring the Azzurri…