NIMES, FRANCE: Marseille defeated southern rival Nimes 2-0 to move to second in the French league on Friday with a game in hand. Andre Villas-Boas’ side had to wait till the 57th minute for the...

MADRID: Hugo Mallo and Iago Aspas scored second-half goals as Celta Vigo defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0 for consecutive wins in the Spanish league on Friday. The pair of victories came after an eight-match winless streak...

WASHINGTON: One leading candidate for agriculture secretary hails from Cleveland, has the backing of progressives and has worked for years to boost food stamp programs. Another is a former senator from farm-state North Dakota...

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 4 The projects run under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI) have made tangible progress even amid the spread of coronavirus. In a first quadrimester review meeting of the ministry today,...

UNITED NATIONS: The UN health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful...

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 4 The government and the national flag carrier have been left red-faced as Hong Kong today imposed a 14-day ban on flights of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to the special administrative region of...

SIMKOT: Four persons died and seven others sustained injuries in a road accident that took place near Jabuka of Dandaphaya in Simkot Rural Municipality-7 on Friday night. The accident involving a jeep (Lu 2 Cha...

WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 4 Scientists are a step closer to restoring vision for the blind, after building an implant that bypasses the eyes and allows monkeys to perceive artificially induced patterns in their brains. The technology, developed...