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The worlds most famous sled dog race will go forward in 2021, and amid the ongoing pandemic, officials now are preparing for every possible contingency for what the race and the world might look like in March when the Iditarod starts.

The publisher of an online news site said two of the site's reporters were arrested during protests in Kentucky's largest city after a grand jurys decision to not indict officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.

Firefighters on Thursday said they had contained about half of a massive blaze ravaging Los Angeles County for nearly a month, as a fire season that has killed dozens across the U.S. West took another hopeful turn.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday took stock of the work done during the 252nd session of Parliament and said he appreciated the work done by the Secretariats of both Houses despite difficulties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also ex...

Cyprus is committed to reunification talks with estranged Turkish Cypriots but not at gunpoint, its president said on Thursday on a dispute which has deepened GreeceTurkey tensions and stymied European Union policymaking on Belarus.

Salman Khan had lip-synced to several hit songs sung by SP Balasubrahmanyam in his early romance dramas like Maine Pyar Kia and Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!

AQIS was set up by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 to expand the terror group's influence in the region.

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said the village, about 10 km from the India-China border, remains cut-off from the rest of the world for six months due to harsh winters.

Rains eluded Delhi for the 16th straight day on Thursday. The city has recorded just 20.9 mm rainfall in September, the lowest for the month in 16 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The Ministry of AYUSH has joined hands with Rajagiri College of Social Sciences and Rajagiri Business School in Kochi to organise a novel e-marathon as part of its three-month-long "Ayush for Immunity" campaign. The campaign would focus on desirable he...

Actors Deepika Padukone and Sara Ali Khan, who have been summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug case related to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, on Thursday arrived in the city from Goa. Padukone, who was shooting for director Shakun B...

Skipper KL Rahul smashed the first century of the 2020 Indian Premier League to propel Kings XI Punjab to a daunting 206 for 3 against Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Thursday. Rahul, who was dropped in the 17th and then again in the 18th over by RC...

Cyprus top oversight body urged lawmakers on Thursday to rethink new legislation that empowers the government to grant citizenship to family members of wealthy investors under the countrys lucrative golden passport program.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence for an Illinois man convicted of abducting his estranged girlfriend from Kentucky in 2014 and killing her along an Ohio highway.

The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a stringent law, with a provision of up to 14 years of imprisonment, to curb land-grabbing activities in the state. Legislators from both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress gave their approval to t...

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra asked the states on Thursday to focus on 100-per-cent source segregation and waste processing, according to a statement. Mishra reviewed the progress of the Centre's schemes -- Swachh...