The festival takes place each year in early January, with some 24,000 fans descending on the town normally home to about 14,000

Finally elected, McCarthy took the oath of office, and the House was finally able to swear in newly elected lawmakers who had been waiting all week for the chamber to formally open and the 2023-24 session to begin as well.

Sina Weibo, the popular Chinese social media platform, said that it has issued temporary or permanent bans on over 1,000 accounts of experts, scholars and medical workers

Kids can’t get enough of this 61-year-old’s gigantic display of robots in his front lawn

The former information minister said that PTI came to power on its own over a 22-year effort. He said the party was removed from power through a conspiracy.

Sri Lanka, which is trying to secure a USD 2.9 billion bridge loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has been trying to to get financial assurances from its major creditors -- China, Japan and India.

McCarthy, 57, was elected the House Speaker in a historic post-midnight 15th ballot on Saturday.

Over 5,000 tribesmen took out a rally on Friday in Wana, the headquarters of the South Waziristan tribal district, against the growing unrest, terrorism, and kidnappings in their areas.

Three new deaths were also reported over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 5,267.