Trump threatens to not sign COVID-19 bill, want bigger stimulus checks

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday not to sign a $892-billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should be amended to increase the amount in...

Warner ruled out of second test against India

SYDNEY: Australia opener David Warner will miss the second test against India this week because he left a biosecure bubble to receive treatment for a groin injury that would have ruled him out of...

Siliguri-Charaali petroleum pipeline

JHAPA, DECEMBER 22 The construction of infrastructure for Siliguri-Charaali petroleum pipeline is to begin soon. The constructed infrastructure will have the capacity to store 40,000 kilolitres of petrol at the Charali-based 23 bigha land in the...

Westerly wind brings in cloudy weather

KATHMANDU: Weather in the country will be partly to generally cloudy today as an influence of the westerly wind, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology shared. These conditions will prevail in Province 1, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini...

Coronavirus hits Christmas holiday plans across Europe

Governments across Europe are trying to navigate between avoiding the spread of the novel coronavirus over the Christmas holiday season and allowing people to celebrate with family and friends. Here are measures that will be...

Pandemic reaches Antarctica, last untouched continent

SANTIAGO, CHILE: The pandemic has finally reached every continent on Earth. Chilean authorities announced that at least 58 people that were at two military bases in Antarctica or on a navy ship that went to...

India to track down arrivals from Britain to try to stop new virus strain

MUMBAI: India plans to track down everyone arriving from Britain over the past month, officials said on Tuesday, hoping to stop a more infectious strain of the coronavirus detected there spreading in a country...

France relaxes its ban on trucks entering from Britain

LONDON: France relaxed its coronavirus-related ban on trucks from Britain on Tuesday after a two-day standoff that had stranded thousands of drivers and raised fears of Christmastime food shortages in the U.K. French authorities, who...