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World Health Organization today said viral hepatitis kills more than three lakh people every year in South East Asian region, including India, even as it asserted that it will release the first hepatitis testing guidelines this year to scale up the testing and treatment of the disease.

Deadly attacks carried out by asylum seekers in Germany will not lead to a change in Germany’s refugee policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. The most deadly involved a July 22 shooting spree by an 18-year-old born and raised in Munich who opened fire at a...

Rachel Maddow, the MSNBC host, called it “shocking and rude”, and suggested it diminished Hillary Clinton’s many accomplishments.

A popular social media personality is recovering in hospital after he was involved in a auto crash.

The LA Times lauded Obama’s speech, saying it was “personal and inspirational, touching and soaring”. Given Obama’s popularity among the party faithful, Kaine was relegated to speak before him.

Frenchman Gael Monfils has claimed his first ATP Tour title since February 2014 after beating veteran Ivo Karlovic in the Citi Open final in Washington.

“There will always be some fans who are unhappy, but I think they’ll be pleased with it”, the “Supernatural” actor said, referring to Rory’s romantic path in this installment.

IOC President Thomas Bach said in a telephone conference that the IOC had to protect all clean athletes, not answer to anyone’s expectations of a ban. Bach says that the International Olympic Committee is protecting clean athletes in its action. “This may not please...

Man United fans have reacted angrily to the news of Mourinho’s planned clear out which includes the former Ajax Amsterdam starlet.

A former Islamist lawmaker turned al Shabaab militant was one of the drivers in Tuesday’s double auto bomb attack on the African Union’s main peacekeeping base in Somalia, al Shabaab said.

Amazon reported another surge in revenue for its cloud business last quarter, though the growth is slowing as the division gets bigger. Investors sent the stock up more than 2 per cent in after-hours trading.

U.S. stock-index futures rose on Wednesday, as European and Japanese stocks gained in early trade ahead of policy announcements from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan.

Abdul-Jabbar is the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer and a six-time NBA championship victor.

As expected, the Federal Reserve left the federal funds rate unchanged Wednesday for the fifth meeting in a row. They also hinted that standard overnight interest rate was left within a 0.25 to 0.50 percent range because inflation data hasn’t shown any significant change....

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday the Russian and Syrian militaries would start a large-scale humanitarian operation in Aleppo during which civilians and militants would be given the chance to leave the besieged zone.