Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi also stressed the need for «close cooperation between Russia and Japan not only at the level of heads of state, but foreign ministries»

The relative growth of new cases has not surpassed 0.7% for three days

On January 15, the Foreign Ministry announced that Russia launches withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies

An eight-year-old girl was left with a pair of broken spectacles and a bleeding eye after she was allegedly hit by a food delivery rider on a bicycle on Friday last week. The accident happened as the pupil was walking home from school with her mother on a footpath in Bukit Batok Street 52. The impact shattered the girl's spectacles, injuring her eye and causing her to require surgery, her mother told Chinese-language daily Shin Min Daily News. Following the incident, the police said on Saturday they had arrested an 18-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of negligent act causing grievous hurt. The victim's mother, a 38-year-old accountant who identified herself as Ms Sathiya, told Shin Min that she and her friend had gone to pick up their daughters from school that day. While on the footpath on the way home, Ms Sathiya noticed a food delivery rider heading towards them. She instinctively pulled the two girls behind her but in the next second saw that her daughter had been knocked to the ground.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced her decision to fight upcoming assembly elections from Nandigram seat - a seat won by Suvendu Adhikari in 2016. The move is significant as this seat was represented by rebel Suvendu Adhikari who joined the BJP.

Protesting union leaders on Monday said that farmers have a constitutional right to take out their tractor rally peacefully and asserted that thousands of people will participate in the proposed event on January 26. The Supreme Court said on Monday that the Delhi Police is the first authority to decide the entry of protesting farmers into the national capital.

Akbar was replying to Ramani's argument that she was not alone but many women journalists have accused him of sexual miscount but he filed a defamation complaint only against her.

In a major milestone for the vaccination programme, letters will start being sent to those in England aged over 70 and people classed as 'clinically extremely vulnerable'.

Diana McKinstry pitched her tent near the ocean about five months ago in a bid to aid her recovery from depression. The community is now working hard to find her shelter as Tropical Cyclone Kimi approaches.

The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday asked the government to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the purported chats between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and former Broadcast Audience Research Council head Partho Dasgupta.

[New Times] Effective Monday, January 18, all nursery, primary and secondary schools will be closed in the City of Kigali, the Ministry of Education has announced.

Задержание Навального осудили лидеры ЕС и главы МИД Франции, Италии, Латвии, Литвы, Эстонии, Германии и ряда других стран ЕС. Некоторые из них намерены обсудить введение новых санкций против России, если политик не будет освобожден в ближайшее время.

По данным газеты, Трамп использовал помилования для вознаграждения личных или политических союзников, а некоторые люди из его окружения брали вознаграждение в обмен на попытку добиться помилования. Кроме того, стало известно, что Трамп намерен объявить о помиловании сразу 100 человек накануне инаугурации нового президента.

Проверку инициировало военное командование, которое опасается атак или других угроз со стороны гвардейцев. В ней примут участие все 25 тысяч сотрудников Нацгвардии, которых отправляют в Вашингтон на время инаугурации. Пока свидетельств готовящейся атаки не выявлено.

Oil prices on Monday fell further from 11-month highs touched last week, ending a rally that started at end-October on production cuts and strong Chinese demand, with the market's outlook questioned as coronavirus infections rise.

NAIROBI, KENYA -- The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President Donald Trump's presidency.

U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals,

Tensions are rising sharply in Somalia, as the country's fragile political system wrestles with a bitterly contested election process, the withdrawal of some vital US military forces, and renewed concerns about an increasingly well-resourced militant Islamist insurgency.

Around 617,300 people in Russia remain placed under medical observation due to suspected coronavirus

England and Wales are on alert for disruption caused by up to 127mm (5in) of rain falling on already-saturated ground. it is feared some communities will be cut off.

Blue Monday should be renamed Brew Monday - when friends and family can chat with a cuppa and show they care about each other, say mental health campaigners.

De Clare Gardens in Caerphilly, south Wales, has been named after Gilbert De Clare, an Englishman who built a castle in the town to keep the Welsh under his control.

Big building firms face a multi-billion-pound levy to help families pay to repair homes with dangerous cladding in the wake of the Grenfell fire.

California health officials are asking vaccine providers to stop administering a batch of Moderna’s Covid-19 jab, after an unusually high number of adverse reactions were linked to the drug. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Supreme Court on Monday said it is for Delhi police to decide whether to allow the protesting farmers to enter the national capital on Republic Day. Hearing the application filed by Delhi Police seeking a direction to put an injunction on the proposed tractor rally on January 26, the Supreme Court said Delhi Police is the only authority to decide it and not the apex court.

«Before 2014, only 225 km of metro line became operational in 10-12 yrs. In the last six years, over 450 km of metro network became operational,» Modi said. The Ahmedabad and Surat metro projects are expected to provide an environment friendly Mass Rapid Transit System to these cities.

Speaking at the 'Bhoomi Poojan' of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project via video conferencing, the Prime Minister said over 450 kms of metro network became operational in the last six years.

Nearly 270 Myanmar migrant workers tested positive out of the total 320 cases detected on Sunday in the Thai province.

SINGAPORE - Gang arrests in Singapore has been on the decline over the last decade but police figures show gangsterism is still a problem. Here's a look at three notorious gang heads. Tan Chor Jin Tan Chor Jin (left) killed nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon in his home on Feb 15, 2006. He was brought back to the scene of the crime in Serangoon Avenue 4.  PHOTO: Singapore Police Force, Lianhe ZaobaoDubbed One-Eyed Dragon because he was blind in his right eye, the former Ang Soon Tong headman grabbed the headlines when he killed nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon execution-style in his home on Feb 15, 2006. Tan, then 41, shot Mr Lim five times in front of his family before escaping to Malaysia. He was later arrested in Kuala Lumpur. It was revealed in court that Tan and the deceased, believed to be from the Sio Gi Ho secret society, were partners in an illegal horse-racing and football betting venture.

45 outlets were given warnings to comply with safety measures.