American supermodel Chrissy Teigen is over the moon after she was given the highest social media honour by US President Joe Biden. The 35-year-old turned to her Twitter and requested the newly-elected president to follow her back after former president Donald Trump blocked her in 2017. The official @POTUS account on Twitter is following only 11 accounts and while the …

The Simpsons is back once again with another eerie prediction that turned out to be quite spot-on. The show, infamous for predicting major future events through its episodes, hit the headlines once again as an old episode came afloat with a spooky glance at US Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration attire. In the episode titled Bart To The Future, Lisa could be …

A fire broke out on Thursday at India’s Serum Institute, the world’s largest maker of vaccines, but a company source said production of drugs to prevent coronavirus was not affected. The Serum Institute is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, for India and many other countries. Local TV channels showed thick …

A rare twin suicide bombing killed at least 13 people on a bustling commercial street in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday, the military said, rupturing months of relative calm. Iraq’s joint operations command said another 19 people were also wounded, calling it a “preliminary toll”. Medical sources told AFP they feared the death toll could be twice as high as officially …

A dozen members of the United States National Guard were removed from duty in Washington DC ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The members were removed from the security operation after vetting by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and included two who had made extremist statements in posts or texts Wednesday’s event. Pentagon officials wouldn’t give …

India started delivering coronavirus vaccines to its neighbours on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, flagging off a drive to garner goodwill in an often fractious region with the first shipment sent to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Bangladesh and Nepal said they expected deliveries on Thursday. The only neighbour absent from India’s list apart from China, is Pakistan, which …

His term at an end, United States President Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted at a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years. “So just a goodbye. We love you,” Trump told supporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland where he walked across a …

MADRID: At least three people were killed on Wednesday when a huge explosion ripped through a building in Madrid, with officials confirming it was caused by a gas leak. Images from the scene showed the walls on the top four or five storeys of the residential building in the heart of the La Latina neighbourhood had been blown out, with …

PARIS: French university students protested on Wednesday on Paris Left Bank to demand to be allowed back to class, and to call attention to suicides and financial troubles among students cut off from friends, professors and job opportunities amid the pandemic. Carrying a banner reading We Will Not Be the Sacrificed Generation, hundreds of students gathered to march on the …

In his first order after taking the oath of his office on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden removed the travel ban on some Muslim and African nations placed by his predecessor Donald Trump. Biden returned to the White House late on Wednesday afternoon from the swearing-in ceremony, laying a wreath on the grave of the unknown soldier in Arlington and …