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Am emotional Lady Gaga performed a dramatic version of the U.S. national anthem, Garth Brooks sang a cappella, and Jennifer Lopez gave a shoutout in Spanish at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday, a ceremony that was marked by diversity a...

The 78-year-old veteran Democrat leader was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts at the West Front of the Capitol - the traditional location for presidential inaugural ceremonies where the deadly violence took place just two weeks...

Quite suddenly, if only for a freezeframe moment, everything old was new again, starting when Joe Biden stepped outside into his day and Donald Trump vanished inside Air Force One for his flight to private life in Florida.

Gold rose more than 1% on Wednesday ahead of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden's inauguration, extending gains after his nominee to head the Treasury Department, Janet Yellen, bolstered bets for another pandemicrelated stimulus package.

Melanie Igbe's restaurant hosted 50 people a day when it opened in Nigeria's megacity Lagos a year ago. Fear of coronavirus has driven most diners away, but Igbe believes inflation rather than the pandemic may kill her business.

The incoming administration of U.S. PresidentElect Joe Biden should give legal immigration status to Mexicans who are currently working in the United States, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.

HSBC plans to cut up to 340 manager jobs as part of a shakeup of its branch network in Britain, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The Dutch government on Wednesday proposed imposing the first nationwide curfew since World War Two and a ban on flights from South Africa and Britain in a bid to limit the spread of new coronavirus mutations in the Netherlands.

Salman Khan shared a picture with his long-time bodyguard Shera where the duo could be seen sporting turbans. Salman plays the role of a Sikh cop in his film Antim: The Final Truth.

Swedish telecom operators are planning to cover almost the entire country with 5G in the next two to three years after the spectrum auction was conducted by the telecom regulator PTS.

A more infectious coronavirus variant is expected to spread rapidly through France in the coming month, hospital chiefs said on Wednesday, raising fears of another lockdown as hopes faded that ski lifts and restaurants could reopen soon.

A 24yearold Italian suspected of fighting in the Middle East since 2014 with al Qaedaaffiliated groups was arrested in Turkey and jailed in Italy, police said on Wednesday.

Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President on Wednesday. Here's the complete programme.

Egypt and Qatar have agreed to resume diplomatic relations, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Here are the top stories we are covering this evening: Biden to halt Trump border wall construction and end 'Muslim travel ban'; SC sends notice to Centre on reconstituting farm laws committee; Jack Ma emerges for first time for virtual meet with teachers...

The government must push-up expenditure, especially in infrastructure and MSME to create demand in the marker. To bridge the gap of revenue-expenditure, it is the right time to simplify goods and services tax to increase tax net.