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US records 2,502 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours

The United States recorded 2,502 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest real-time tally on Wednesday reported by Johns Hopkins University.
2020-04-30 09:03:43 Read More

Britain's hero of the hour 'Captain Tom' turns 100

Britain will celebrate on Thursday the 100th birthday of the World War II veteran whose staggering fundraising efforts inspired the country during the depths of its coronavirus outbreak.
2020-04-30 08:39:54 Read More

Don't believe polls that show Biden ahead in presidential race: Trump

President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic presidential opponent, Joe Biden, leading in the 2020 race for the White House. During an interview in the Oval Office, the Republican president said he did not expect the election to be a referendum on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and added he was surprised the former vice president was doing well.
2020-04-30 07:48:30 Read More

Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election

President Donald Trump said he believes China's handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing "will do anything they can" to make him lose his re-election bid in November. He said he believes Beijing wants his Democratic opponent Joe Biden to win the race to ease the pressure on China over trade and other issues.
2020-04-30 07:45:02 Read More

UK COVID-19 death toll jumps to 26,097

The UK's death toll from the coronavirus on Wednesday registered a jump of thousands and reached 26,097 as the government began counting the Covid-19 related fatalities across the country's hospitals, care homes and the wider community. The overall hike in death toll over the previous figure is 3,811, with the daily increase from Tuesday's figures at 765 deaths.
2020-04-29 23:03:37 Read More

Pompeo praises India for lifting export restrictions on critical medical supplies

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday praised India for lifting export bans on critical medical supplies including pharmaceuticals used to treat COVID-19 patients, saying it was an example of working together with partner countries to tackle the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-04-29 22:42:53 Read More

Sri Lanka records over 70% fall in tourist arrivals

Sri Lanka has registered a major fall in tourist arrivals due to the coronavirus outbreak, with an over 70 per cent decline in footfalls in March compared to the same period last year, according to a media report.
2020-04-29 18:04:45 Read More

Tensions flare up between Australia, China over Covid-19 probe

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2020-04-29 17:22:12 Read More

South Korea construction fire kills 30

At least 36 people were killed Wednesday when one of South Korea's worst fires in years broke out at a construction site near the capital, officials said.
2020-04-29 16:30:18 Read More

Pak summons senior Indian diplomat over 'ceasefire violations'

Pakistan on Wednesday summoned a senior diplomat from the High Commission of India and registered its protest over the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control. The Foreign Office claimed that due to the â€œindiscriminate and unprovoked firing" by the Indian forces in Rakhchikri sector on Tuesday, 2 women sustained serious injuries.
2020-04-29 16:11:43 Read More

'Iran death toll from corona outbreak reaches 5,957'

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2020-04-29 15:48:27 Read More

UK PM Johnson and partner announce birth of baby boy

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of their baby. Johnson's office says Symonds gave birth to a "healthy baby boy at a London hospital earlier this morning'' and both mother and baby are doing well." Johnson, 55, and Symonds, 32, announced in February that they were expecting a child together.
2020-04-29 14:38:58 Read More

Concerns raised over Malaysia lockdown penalties

Malaysian lawyers and an international rights group have voiced concern over what they say is excessive sentencing of violators of the country's coronavirus lockdown. Malaysia, which has confirmed 5,851 cases and 100 deaths from COVID-19, has arrested more than 21,000 people since a partial lockdown began March 8. Violators face a fine or a jail term of up to six months.
2020-04-29 14:10:31 Read More

Tokyo governor calls to extend state of emergency

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2020-04-29 13:57:36 Read More

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern spoke to Queen on pandemic response

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2020-04-29 12:36:25 Read More

Trump ignored 12 warnings issued by CIA about coronavirus

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had issued at least 12 warnings to US President Donald Trump about the spread of the coronavirus in China and its implications for the US; warnings which Trump ignored and subsequently the pandemic gripped the US. President's Daily Brief in Jan & Feb had repeatedly conveyed warnings which Trump ignored, reported US media.
2020-04-29 11:42:18 Read More

Indonesia govt to defend corona spending in top court

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2020-04-29 11:38:55 Read More

Indonesia govt to defend corona spending in top court

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Thailand reports nine new coronavirus cases, no more deaths

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2020-04-29 11:00:37 Read More

Biden wins Ohio's mail-in primary delayed by coronavirus

Joe Biden won Ohio's presidential primary Tuesday, clinching a contest that was less about the Democratic nomination and more about how states can conduct elections in the era of the coronavirus. The primary was the first major test of statewide elections via mail amid an outbreak. There were reports of confusion but no widespread disruption with a strong turnout.
2020-04-29 10:53:10 Read More

US closer to testing international air travelers: Trump

President Donald Trump said his administration is considering requiring travelers on certain incoming international flights to undergo temperature and virus checks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
2020-04-29 10:32:03 Read More

'Failure to stop corona at source led to nations going through hell'

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2020-04-29 09:21:45 Read More

No. of coronavirus cases in US crosses 1 million, fatalities 58,000

The United States on Tuesday became the first country in the world to have more than one million cases of coronavirus. It accounts for nearly one-third of the 3.1 million cases globally. The fatalities in the US jumped to nearly 59,000 with several states initiating the process to reopen their economies amidst signs of decline in both new cases and deaths.
2020-04-29 09:20:49 Read More

US registers millionth case as pandemic lockdowns ease

Excitement over partial easing of the lockdowns affecting more than half of humanity has been tempered by fear of new outbreaks and growing evidence of the economic devastation wreaked by the Covid-19 pandemic.
2020-04-29 08:59:03 Read More

Pentagon releases 'UFO' videos taken by US Navy pilots

The Pentagon has officially released three videos taken by US Navy pilots showing mid-air encounters with what appear to be UFOs. The grainy black and white footage, from 2004 & 2015, had previously been leaked and the Navy had acknowledged these. "The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as 'unidentified,'" the Pentagon statement said.
2020-04-29 08:37:36 Read More

Worried about coronavirus, US House wonâ€™t return â€” for now

House Democratic leaders abruptly reversed course Tuesday, shelving plans for the chamber's 400-plus lawmakers to return for work on the next virus aid package after warnings from the Capitol physician that the public health danger was too great. The Senate, with its smaller numbers, still expects to return next Monday. "We had no choice," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
2020-04-29 07:40:01 Read More

Trump and Putin issue rare joint statement promoting cooperation

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement on Saturday commemorating a 1945 World War Two link-up of US and Soviet troops on their way to defeat Nazi Germany as an example of how their countries can cooperate.
2020-04-28 23:03:34 Read More

Trump and Putin issue rare joint statement promoting cooperation

France to outline plans to lift coronavirus lockdown

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2020-04-28 15:48:48 Read More

Singapore to enter into recession this year due to coronavirus pandemic: Monetary Authority of Singapore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in its latest half-yearly macroeconomic review warned of job losses and lower wages, with "significant uncertainty" over how long and intense the downturn will be. "The Singapore economy will enter into a recession this year," said the MAS in a 132-page report.
2020-04-28 15:13:55 Read More

Pope says obey rules during exit from coronavirus lockdowns

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2020-04-28 13:32:57 Read More

Donald Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer

Trump made the comments on Monday in a call with governors discussing how to reopen their economies, among other topics. â€œSome of you might start thinking about school openings, because a lot of people are wanting to have the school openings. It's not a big subject, young children have done very well in this disaster that we've all gone through," he said.
2020-04-28 13:11:58 Read More

Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal

The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by nearly a third in the first quarter of 2020 when compared to the same period last year, representing the lowest first-quarter figure since 2012, as per UN. Despite that, 533 Afghan civilians were killed highlighting the urgent need for all parties to the conflict to do more to protect civilians from harm.
2020-04-28 13:11:01 Read More

Covid-19: Arab doctor leads Israeli hospital's anti-virus fight

Israeli Arab doctor Khitam Hussein has emerged as a prominent member of Israel's often marginalised Arab community which is now playing an essential role in confronting an unprecedented health crisis.
2020-04-28 12:35:41 Read More

Covid-19: Signs of progress in US as deaths decrease in New York

NA total of 337 people died of the coronavirus in New York on Monday. New Jersey governor Philip Murphy reported 106 deaths on Monday, and according to a report in The New York Times, the one-day death tolls were less than half of what the two states reported at their peaks.
2020-04-28 12:26:59 Read More

As coronavirus cases rise, UAE adjusts to a new normal in pandemic

Fear of the virus is palpable in Dubai and elsewhere in the the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven sheikhdoms where foreigners make up 90% of the population. Yet even as confirmed coronavirus cases spike, the UAE is opening up its cavernous malls and restaurants in a gamble to stimulate its economy while still trying to fight off the pandemic.
2020-04-28 12:19:46 Read More

Indian national is first case in US border protection custody to have COVID-19

A 31-year-old Indian man, who was apprehended on the suspicion of illegally crossing into America through the US-Mexico border, has tested positive for the COVID-19, becoming the first individual in the border protection agency's custody to be infected with the virus. The US Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) said that on April 23, a border patrol agent apprehended three Mexicans and the Indian national suspected of having illegally crossing the border.
2020-04-28 11:52:06 Read More

UK sets up new insurance scheme for NHS medics' families

The UK has announced a 60,000-pound insurance scheme for the families of National Health Service workers who lose their lives on the frontlines of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 21,000 people in the country.
2020-04-28 11:22:38 Read More

Beijing to shut coronavirus special hospital, clears all cases

Authorities in Beijing are set to close a COVID-19 special hospital after clearing all the cases even as China reported six new coronavirus infections and 40 fresh asymptomatic cases, health officials said. The move to shut down the hospital comes after China's coronavirus epicentre Wuhan recently closed 16 temporary hospitals and discharged its last patient on Sunday.
2020-04-28 11:01:50 Read More

Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases, two new deaths

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2020-04-28 10:39:34 Read More

Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases, two new deaths

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Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro

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2020-04-28 08:59:45 Read More

World cannot afford a lost generation of youth due to Covid-19: Guterres

Listing "startling" numbers, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said one of every five young people was already not in education, training or employment and one of every four is affected by violence or conflict. The UN chief said that failure to address these issues by those in power today makes it "all too easy for extremist groups to exploit the anger".
2020-04-28 08:30:18 Read More

New York cautious as more US states ease virus lockdowns

More US states began lifting coronavirus lockdown orders on Monday but New York -- America's economic engine and coronavirus epicenter -- is in no hurry, with hospitalization rates still high.
2020-04-28 08:07:36 Read More

Is Brazil the next big hot spot as other nations ease up?

As some US states and European countries moved gradually Monday to ease their limits on movement and commerce, the intensifying outbreak in Brazil -with 211 million people -- pushed some hospitals to the breaking point, with signs that a growing number of victims now dying at home. Brazil officially reported about 4,500 deaths and around 67,000 confirmed cases.
2020-04-28 07:50:31 Read More

Trump: US may seek damages from China over coronavirus

"We are not happy with China," Trump said at a White House briefing. "We are not happy with that whole situation because we believe it could have been stopped at the source. He suggested that the US may seek damages from China.
2020-04-28 07:45:49 Read More

South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumours are untrue

South Korea's government has dismissed rumours that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in fragile condition, as speculation about his health intensifies amid the North's silence on his whereabouts.
2020-04-27 18:22:34 Read More

Spain counts 331 new virus deaths in 24 hours: Government

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2020-04-27 15:17:32 Read More

Boris Johnson back at work, says tide being turned on Covid-19

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work on Monday and declared that the tide is being turned on the coronavirus pandemic in the country, as he urged the public to contain their impatience against the lockdown.
2020-04-27 14:31:33 Read More

Bangladesh cleric tests positive for coronavirus after leading Ramzan prayers

According to the report, authorities are making a list of around 20-25 people who attended the prayers and they will be tested for any symptom of the virus. Tanveer Rahman, chief executive officer of Shalikha sub district, was quoted as saying in the report that the cleric's Bagharpara Pashchima village, which is one-and-a-half kilometres from the mosque, has been put under lockdown following the discovery.
2020-04-27 13:29:15 Read More

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South Korea's ex-strongman on trial for defamation

Chun Doo-hwan seized power in a military coup in 1979 and ruled South Korea with an iron fist until 1988, stepping down after mass demonstrations forced him to agree to the restoration of democracy. In 1996 he was convicted of treason and bribery and sentenced to death, but it was later commuted to life in prison.
2020-04-27 13:18:30 Read More

South Korea's ex-strongman on trial for defamation

Pak's anti-graft body issues arrest warrant against Sharif

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2020-04-27 12:11:34 Read More

Pak govt moves to grant voting right to expatriates

The incumbent Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has once again mobilised efforts to grant expatriates the right of voting and decided in principle to start the process of their registration, it was reported on Monday.
2020-04-27 11:46:51 Read More

China's Wuhan city discharges last coronavirus patient from hospital

China's National Health Commission (NHC) announced on Monday that three new confirmed coronavirus cases, including two from the Chinese returning from abroad and one local transmission were reported on Sunday. The overall death toll stood at 4,633 and no new fatalities were reported on Sunday.
2020-04-27 11:38:02 Read More

New Zealand has won a battle against virus transmission: PM Jacinda Ardern

"There is no widespread, undetected community transmission in New Zealand," Ardern declared. "We have won that battle." After nearly five weeks at the maximum Level Four restrictions -- with only essential services operating -- the country will move to Level Three late on Monday.
2020-04-27 11:16:25 Read More

Osaka to name and shame pachinko parlours defying corona lockdown

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2020-04-27 08:22:52 Read More

Saudi Arabia abolishes death penalty for juveniles

"The decree helps us in establishing a more modern penal code and demonstrates the Kingdom's commitment to following through on key reforms across all sectors of our country as part of Vision 2030, directly supervised by the Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman," said Awwad Alawwad, President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) on Monday.
2020-04-27 08:11:55 Read More

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 'alive and well': South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon Jae-in said, downplaying rumours over Kim's health following his absence from a key anniversary. The adviser said that Kim had been staying in Wonsan -- a resort town in the country's east -- since April 13.
2020-04-27 07:40:42 Read More

Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors and floggings

The decision comes on the heels of another ordering judges to end the practice of flogging, replacing it with jail time, fines or community service and bringing one of the kingdom's most controversial forms of public punishment to a close.
2020-04-26 23:08:34 Read More

Canada warns against chloroquine use as coronavirus treatment

Canadian health authorities have issued a warning against the use of anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus infections or prevent reinfections. "Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine can have serious side effects. These drugs should be used only under the supervision of a physician," Canada's health agency said.
2020-04-26 22:37:46 Read More

Canada warns against chloroquine use as coronavirus treatment

As virus lockdown eases, Italy ponders what went wrong

As Italy prepares to emerge from the West's first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe's hardest-hit country.
2020-04-26 20:34:11 Read More

German minister backs creating legal right to work from home

Germany's labour minister wants to enshrine into law the right to work from home if it is feasible to do so, even after the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Labor minister Hubertus Heil told Sunday's edition of the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that he aims to put forward such legislation this fall.
2020-04-26 20:10:53 Read More

Russia at risk of spike in coronavirus cases during May holidays: Official

Russia could experience a spike in cases of the novel coronavirus if people flout lockdown measures during public holidays scheduled for early May, a top health official said on Sunday.
2020-04-26 20:03:39 Read More

Russia coronavirus cases surpass 80,000; death toll at 747

Russia has registered record 6,361 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 80,949, the national coronavirus response center said on Sunday. "Over the past 24 hours, 6,361 Covid-19 cases have been registered in 83 regions. Of these, 45.9% have been detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the center said.
2020-04-26 17:10:00 Read More

Boris Johnson to be back to work at Downing Street from Monday

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday, three weeks after he was admitted to a hospital here as his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
2020-04-26 16:22:15 Read More

Pak denies preparing vaccine for COVID-19; cases cross 12,000

Pakistan on Saturday clarified that no vaccine was being prepared after reports emerged that the country was on the verge of developing it with the help of China even as the coronavirus cases climbed to 12,644. Advisor on health Zafar Mirza said that currently there was no coronavirus vaccine in Pakistan and no work of any kind was going on for its development.
2020-04-26 15:48:03 Read More

South Korea reports 10 new coronavirus cases

The state-run Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the additionally reported cases brought the country's total to 10,728 with 242 deaths. It says 8,717 patients have recovered and been released from quarantine. South Korea has recently relaxed some of its social distancing rules, but officials have still raised worries about possible transmissions by "quiet spreaders."
2020-04-26 13:07:02 Read More

Thousands demonstrate against Israeli coalition deal

The protesters on Saturday oppose having Netanyahu as prime minister as long as he is a criminal suspect. The protesters say the unity government agreement, which gives Netanyahu influence over the appointment of judges and legal officials, â€œcrushes democracyâ€ and is meant to rescue Netanyahu from his legal troubles.
2020-04-26 10:46:39 Read More

Beijing bans 'uncivilised' behaviour to improve public hygiene

Beijing has banned "uncivilised" behaviour such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, the city government said Sunday, in a new set of regulations to improve public hygiene amid the coronavirus outbreak.
2020-04-26 10:10:41 Read More

French PM Edouard Philippe to present strategy on ending virus lockdown

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will on Tuesday present the national strategy for emerging from the coronavirus lockdown, his office said. His announcement at the National Assembly will be followed by a debate and a vote. An app for tracing contacts of confirmed cases is also due to be unveiled Tuesday.
2020-04-26 08:39:45 Read More

French PM Edouard Philippe to present strategy on ending virus lockdown

As coronavirus crisis ravages Pakistan, military trumps Imran Khan

In his address to the nation on March 22, Khan explained the reasons for not imposing a countrywide lockdown, asserting that millions would lose their jobs. However, less than 24 hours later, Pakistan Army spokesperson Major General Babar Iftikhar announced the implementation of lockdown in the country.
2020-04-26 08:36:26 Read More

UK visa surcharge for overseas doctors under review, says Priti Patel

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2020-04-25 23:07:50 Read More

Italy celebrates Liberation Day amid virus restrictions

Italians celebrated the 75th anniversary of their country's liberation from World War II occupation forces by emerging on balconies or rooftops to sing a folk song linked to resistance fighters.
2020-04-25 21:10:08 Read More

Spain reports nearly 3,000 daily virus cases

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2020-04-25 20:17:19 Read More

In Trump's shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus

They long for what's being lost: the ability to publicly question officials at committee hearings, to chat across the aisle, to speak from the House and Senate floor for all of America, and history, to hear. Congress wants its voice back.
2020-04-25 19:52:43 Read More

Corona pandemic God's wrath for obscenity: Pak cleric

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2020-04-25 19:28:48 Read More

Italy to ease lockdown on May 4, give free masks

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Virus death toll in Europe tops 120,000

The new coronavirus has killed more than 120,00 people in Europe with more than three quarters of those fatalities in Italy, France, Spain and Britain, according to an AFP tally on Saturday 1100 GMT using official figures.
2020-04-25 17:41:31 Read More

Nepal halts all flight operations until May 15

nment on Saturday restricted the operation of international and domestic flights until May 15 as a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said.
2020-04-25 17:28:56 Read More

Nearly 4,000 Sri Lankan Navy personnel quarantined after 60 tested positive for Covid-19: Report

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Five years after quake, academic institutions await reconstruction in Nepal

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2020-04-25 16:45:44 Read More

WHO warns against idea of 'immunity passports'

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Rouhani says Iran watches US closely, but won't start conflict

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Tehran was closely following US activities, but would never initiate a conflict in the region. Rouhani's comments, which come at a time of rising tension between Washington and Tehran, were made during a telephone call to Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Iranian state media reported.
2020-04-25 16:03:21 Read More

Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging as punishment

Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of "human rights advances" made by the king and his powerful son. Court ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia- sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups.
2020-04-25 14:32:45 Read More

Corona: Pak govt asks people to follow guidelines during Ramzan

The government on Friday extended the countrywide partial lockdown till May 9, while leaving the extent of the restrictions to the discretion of provinces. However, Prime Minister Imran Khan again opposed the total lockdown as it would badly hurt the poor. The country's coronavirus tally touched 11,940 on Saturday after 785 more patients were diagnosed with Covid-19 during the last 24 hours.
2020-04-25 14:23:42 Read More

Covid-19: US states begin easing lockdowns

The US states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska began loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed US death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early.
2020-04-25 10:48:48 Read More

Indians, ethnic minority medics in UK at high risk from coronavirus: Survey

The Research and Innovation Forum of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) conducted the week-long online survey between April 14 and 21 to determine risk factors and emerging concerns within healthcare professionals as wider community data began to reflect black, Asian and minority ethnic vulnerabilities during the pandemic.
2020-04-25 09:48:16 Read More

British PM Boris Johnson under pressure to explain UK coronavirus plan on return to work

Boris Johnson, 55, has been recuperating at the British prime ministerial retreat, Chequers, outside London since his release from hospital on April 12. But there have been increasing signs his return to Downing Street could be imminent, after officials said he had spoken to Queen Elizabeth II and also US President Donald Trump.
2020-04-25 09:21:28 Read More

Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters

Health experts expect the number of infections in the country of 211 million people will be much higher than what has been reported because of insufficient, delayed testing. Meanwhile, President Jair Bolsonaro has shown no sign of wavering from his insistence that Covid-19 is a relatively minor disease and that broad social-distancing measures are not needed to stop it
2020-04-25 08:43:07 Read More

China sends team to North Korea to advise on Kim

China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader.
2020-04-25 08:11:37 Read More

Meghan's privacy case against tabloid heard at UK Court

A preliminary hearing opened on Friday at Britain's High Court in the Duchess of Sussex's legal action against a British newspaper that published what she describes as a â€œprivate and confidentialâ€ letter she wrote to her father.
2020-04-24 20:51:08 Read More

World leaders to launch WHO COVID-19 plan, but US won't take part

The WHO said late on Thursday it would to announce a "landmark collaboration" on Friday to speed development of safe, effective drugs, tests and vaccines to prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19.
2020-04-24 18:45:19 Read More

Poland's health minister says no data to show Covid-19 will ease in autumn

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2020-04-24 16:53:47 Read More

Spain sees 367 new virus deaths, lowest daily toll in a month

Spain saw 367 people die of novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours for the lowest daily number of deaths in four weeks, the government said on Friday. The latest figures are the lowest daily toll since March 22 when 394 deaths were reported. That brought the total fatalities from the pandemic to 22,524, the third-highest in the world after the US and Italy.
2020-04-24 16:39:28 Read More

Italy to ease virus lockdown over four weeks: Report

Italy is to ease its coronavirus lockdown, the toughest and longest in Europe, over the next four weeks, media reported on Friday although there was no official confirmation. The COVID-19 pandemic has killed at least 25,500 people in Italy, the world's second-highest death toll. Building sites, as well as the textile and fashion industry, can restart on May 4.
2020-04-24 16:25:27 Read More

Coronavirus death toll passes 190,000 worldwide

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic crossed 190,000 on Friday, with nearly two-thirds of the fatalities in Europe, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 0740 GMT.
2020-04-24 14:21:02 Read More

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Pakistan coronavirus cases rise to 11,155; 79% cases locally transmitted

According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 13 more patients died due to the novel coronavirus, taking the toll to 237 and another 2,527 recovered. Punjab reported 4,767 patients, Sindh 3,671, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 1,541, Balochistan 607, Gilgit-Baltistan 300, Islamabad 214 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 55 patients.
2020-04-24 11:29:40 Read More

Coronavirus: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatens martial law

"I'm warning everybody and putting the armed forces and the police on notice that I might declare martial law. There will be no turning back," Duterte said in a televised speech beamed nationwide. "I have two more years. I will try to finish all of you, including you the legal (fronts), you should go and hide."
2020-04-24 10:52:07 Read More

Australia will make it a crime to use coronavirus tracing data for non-health purposes

Australia will make it illegal for non-health officials to access data collected on smartphone software to trace the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, amid privacy concerns raised by the measure.
2020-04-24 10:41:57 Read More

Muslims mark Ramadan with unprecedented coronavirus lockdowns

Widespread rules have been imposed banning praying in mosques or meeting relatives and friends for large "iftar" meals at dusk -- a centrepiece of the month-long fast. The restrictions have put a damper on spirits in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim majority nation, where national religious organisations have called on the faithful to stay at home.
2020-04-24 09:47:33 Read More

Canada shooting erupted after domestic dispute

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US secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China may have known of virus in November

"They were slow to identify this for anyone in the world, including the World Health Organization," he told conservative radio host Larry O'Connor. Pompeo said the United States still wanted more information from China including the original sample of the SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the metropolis of Wuhan.
2020-04-24 08:51:35 Read More

Joe Biden backs mail vote, says Trump's opposition 'un-American'

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is calling on Congress to provide enough money for every state to allow voters to cast a ballot by mail this November amid the coronavirus pandemic. Biden described Trump's approach as â€œun-Americanâ€ and said â€œthat's the only way he thinks he can possibly win.â€
2020-04-24 08:13:56 Read More

UK rolls out plans to ramp up coronavirus tests as death toll hits 18,738

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2020-04-23 23:00:15 Read More

Pompeo warns US may never restore WHO funding

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said a fundamental reform of the World Health Organization is needed following its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and that the United States, WHO's biggest donor, may never restore funding to the UN body.
2020-04-23 20:28:17 Read More

China could have had 2.32 lakh Covid-19 cases by mid-Feb: Study

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2020-04-23 20:06:57 Read More

There was no China cover-up of coronavirus: Chinese envoy

China did not cover up the novel coronavirus outbreak and so the United States should not seek to bully the People's Republic in a manner reminiscent of the 19th century European colonial wars, the Chinese ambassador to London said on Thursday. "The Chinese government was transparent and very quick to share data," Liu Xiaoming said.
2020-04-23 17:32:55 Read More

Biden's ties to Obama could hamper appeal to Latino voters

Joe Biden's tenure as Barack Obama's vice president is complicating his efforts to deepen ties with Latinos who could be critical to winning the White House.
2020-04-23 16:16:15 Read More

US House to pass nearly $500 million more in coronavirus relief

Hundreds of members of the US House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly $3 trillion. The measure is expected to be approved with solid bipartisan support in the Democratic-led House.
2020-04-23 15:48:11 Read More

Trumpâ€™s order decoded: For now, those awaiting green cards outside US are banned for 60 days

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COVID-19: Indians among worst affected minority groups in UK

Figures released this week by the National Health Service (NHS) England show that of the 13,918 patients who died in hospitals till April 17 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, 16.2 per cent were of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background, with the number of deaths under the category at 2,252.
2020-04-23 10:11:39 Read More

UN chief warns against repressive measures amid coronavirus crisis

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2020-04-23 09:53:08 Read More

2 cats in New York become first US pets to test positive for coronavirus

Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in the United States, federal officials said. The cats, which had mild respiratory illnesses and are expected to recover, are thought to have contracted the virus from people in their households or neighbourhoods, said US authorities.
2020-04-23 08:38:07 Read More

WHO warns 'long way to go' in virus crisis, deaths top 180,000

The pandemic has sparked not only a health emergency, but a global economic rout, with businesses struggling to survive, millions left jobless, and millions more facing starvation.
2020-04-23 08:24:40 Read More

â€‹Three negatives and a positive: problems with coronavirus tests in China

Trader He Ximing in the Chinese city of Wuhan says he has no idea how or where he caught the coronavirus or why repeated nucleic acid tests showed he didn't have it. He was not a coronavirus patient, doctors told him, even though he had been having difficulty breathing with what he described as smothering chest congestion from early February.
2020-04-23 08:00:53 Read More

US was attacked: Trump on coronavirus

"We were attacked. This was an attack. This wasn't just the flu by the way. Nobody has ever seen anything like this, 1917 was the last time," Trump told reporters at his daily White House news conference.
2020-04-23 07:56:39 Read More

Trump signs immigration order featuring numerous exemptions

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he had signed an executive order "temporarily suspending immigration into the United States." But experts say the order will merely delay the issuance of green cards for a minority of immigrants.
2020-04-23 07:06:07 Read More

WHO chief says 'virus will be with us for a long time'

The WHO said on Wednesday that there were "worrying upward trends" in early epidemics in parts of Africa and central and South America, while also warning that opening up global travel needed to be managed carefully. "Make no mistake we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus added.
2020-04-22 22:38:51 Read More

Italy's daily coronavirus death toll falls, but new cases climb

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2020-04-22 21:48:23 Read More

North Korea media silent on Kim Jong Un's whereabouts

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2020-04-22 20:24:39 Read More

Pandemic warms relationship between Trump, Mexican president

The COVID-19 pandemic could have been a fraught moment for US-Mexico relations â€” bu their leaders facing the largest crisis ever confronted by either administration are carrying on like old pals. Presidents Donald Trump and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appear so chummy that Obrador who has not travelled outside his country, is talking about visiting his US counterpart.
2020-04-22 20:15:56 Read More

Air travel resumption will require social distancing, says EU

The European Commission will next month present a set of rules for the safe reopening of air travel when coronavirus pandemic lockdowns end, including social distancing in airports and planes, the EU's transport chief said on Wednesday.
2020-04-22 19:38:54 Read More

Pak docs urge govt to review its decision to allow congregational prayers

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2020-04-22 17:56:58 Read More

Trump says will sign 'order prohibiting immigration' on Wednesday

President Donald Trump confirmed he would sign Wednesday an order partially blocking immigration to the United States, in a move he argues would protect workers from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.Immigration is a key issue for Trump's conservative base, which he is keen to energize ahead of the November election.
2020-04-22 17:46:15 Read More

Nations ease some virus restrictions yet public still wary

Although some former virus hot spots like Italy, Spain, China and New York have seen a reduction in their daily death tolls and new hospitalizations, other areas are facing a resurgence of the new coronavirus.
2020-04-22 16:52:14 Read More

China's northeast tightens restrictions as coronavirus resurges

China has largely curbed the spread of the deadly virus, but there are growing fears of a second wave of cases and Heilongjiang province has emerged as a new front in the battle. The region has seen an influx of imported cases, mostly among Chinese citizens returning home, but domestic infections have also been mounting -- prompting the sacking or punishment of several officials.
2020-04-22 15:19:49 Read More

Chinese writer faces backlash for 'Wuhan Diary'

Critics say writer Fang Fang, who was awarded China's most prestigious literary prize in 2010, is providing fodder to countries that have slammed Beijing's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-04-22 14:41:20 Read More

Japan cuts 100,000 tulips to keep the coronavirus distance

Officials in the city of Sakura, 50 km east of Tokyo, mowed the tulip beds at "Sakura Furusato Hiroba" and cancelled an annual tulip festival to discourage people from congregating after a coronavirus emergency was declared last week.
2020-04-22 12:42:23 Read More

Turkish mosque turned into temporary 'supermarket'

At the entrance of an Istanbul mosque, the racks usually reserved for the shoes of the faithful are loaded with pasta packages, oil bottles, biscuits â€” like a supermarket. But they aren't for sale. Instead they are destined for the needy, hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The imam of the Dedeman mosque came up with this idea of reaching out to the poor via the place of worship.
2020-04-22 11:30:49 Read More

WHO becoming tool of 'Chinese propaganda': US

The World Health Organization has become a tool of the "Chinese propaganda", the Trump administration has alleged, asserting that the global health agency has lost all its credibility during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
2020-04-22 10:46:31 Read More

Use of hydroxychloroquine shows no benefit for treating coronavirus patients: Report

The plan to use hydroxychloroquine for treating the Covid-19 patients in the US has received a setback with more deaths being reported among those who were given the much-touted anti-malarial drug. Another report, however, suggested that there was insufficient clinical data to either recommend or oppose the use of hydroxychloroquine.
2020-04-22 09:43:34 Read More

China steps-up testing at borders as imported coronavirus cases cross 1600

China has reported 30 new Covid-19 cases, a majority of them are the Chinese returning from abroad, taking the number of imported infections in the country to 1,610. The death toll remains 4,632 with no new fatalities were reported on Tuesday, while the overall confirmed cases climbed to 82,788, of which 1,005 patients are still being treated and 77,151 have been discharged.
2020-04-22 09:15:25 Read More

'I wish him well': Trump on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Trump, however, did not confirm or deny news reports that the North Korean leader was ailing and that his health was in grave danger. Media reports on Monday said that the US is monitoring intelligence that suggests North Korea's leader is in grave danger after undergoing a surgery.
2020-04-22 08:04:51 Read More

Missouri sues China over coronavirus pandemic

The lawsuit, filed in federal court by the state's top lawyer, alleges Chinese officials are "responsible for the enormous death, suffering, and economic losses they inflicted on the world, including Missourians."
2020-04-22 08:00:48 Read More

UN food agency chief: World on brink of 'a hunger pandemic'

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South Korea downplays concerns over Kim Jong Un's health

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2020-04-21 20:54:06 Read More

Global coronavirus deaths top 170,000

In total, 170,226 people have died from the virus around the world, including 106,737 in Europe. With 42,364 deaths, the United States has the highest mortality rate, followed by Italy with 24,114 fatalities and Spain's 21,282. France has 20,265 deaths and Britain 16,509.
2020-04-21 15:52:44 Read More

Iran says 1,000 foreign prisoners temporarily released

British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, arrested in 2016 and serving a five-year jail term for sedition, was among 100,000 prisoners temporarily released in March.
2020-04-21 15:23:58 Read More

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to unveil reopening plan

Italy's Prime Minister said on Tuesday that by the weekend he would reveal the steps the country will take to loosen restrictions, reopen the economy and emerge from the coronavirus crisis. Italy, which has reported more coronavirus deaths than any other European country, has been under national quarantine since March 9, with some regions imposing lock-downs even earlier.
2020-04-21 15:16:48 Read More

South Korea: Kim Jong Un handling North Korea affairs as usual

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to be handling state affairs as usual, South Koreaâ€™s government said Tuesday after unconfirmed rumors described him as in fragile condition after surgery.
2020-04-21 14:37:24 Read More

Pakistan removes thousands of names from terrorist watch list: Report

Pakistan has quietly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its watch list, including that of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ahead of a new round of assessments by the FATF, as per a US-based start-up, Castellum. The list is intended in part to help financial institutions avoid doing business with those on the list.
2020-04-21 12:51:41 Read More

Afghan prisoner exchanges, US peace plan threatened by coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic threatens to unravel a US effort to end the war in Afghanistan if Taliban and government prisoners die in custody before they can be exchanged, four sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
2020-04-21 12:32:41 Read More

United Nations calls for scaling up all efforts to confront pandemic

The Mexican-drafted resolution requests UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to work with the World Health Organization and recommend options to ensure timely and equitable access to testing, medical supplies, drugs and future coronavirus vaccines for all in need, especially in developing countries.
2020-04-21 11:05:45 Read More

Seoul says no suspicious activity in North Korea amid Kim Jong Un concerns

Earlier, Daily NK had cited anonymous sources saying Kim was recovering from heart surgery in the capital Pyongyang and that his condition was improving. Speculation about Kim's health was raised after he missed the celebration of his late grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15, the country's most important holiday.
2020-04-21 09:41:24 Read More

As protesters decry U.S. coronavirus lockdown, officials urge caution

The U.S. debate over restrictions for fighting the coronavirus intensified on Monday, as protesters labeled mandatory lockdowns as "tyranny," while medical workers and health experts cautioned that lifting them too soon risked unleashing a greater disaster.
2020-04-21 09:29:05 Read More

16 migrants test positive for coronavirus on Mexican border

Sixteen migrants from several countries have tested positive for coronavirus in Mexico's northern border state of Tamaulipas, the state government said on Monday. Fourteen of the infected migrants from Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba and Cameroon were staying at a migrant shelter in the city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. They are in isolation.
2020-04-21 08:10:09 Read More

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US records 1,433 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

The coronavirus death toll in the United States -- the country with the most fatalities in the pandemic -- has climbed by 1,433 in the past 24 hours to reach 42,094, the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University showed Monday.
2020-04-21 08:00:51 Read More

Trump: Will sign order to temporarily suspend immigration into US

"In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States", Trump said in a tweet late on Monday.
2020-04-21 07:54:53 Read More

France becomes fourth country to pass the 20,000 coronavirus death toll

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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, chief rival agree on power-sharing deal

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Death toll in Canada mass shooting rises to 18: PM Justin Trudeau

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Prince Harry begged father-in-law to call him before wedding, document shows

Britain's Prince Harry appealed to the father of his wife Meghan to call him in the days before he decided to pull out of the couple's star-studded wedding two years ago, documents submitted to London's High Court on Monday showed. Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, is suing Associated Newspapers for breaching her privacy by printing a letter she sent to her father, Thomas Markle, to address the rift between them caused by events on the eve of the wedding.
2020-04-20 20:46:27 Read More

In shadow of coronavirus, Muslims face a Ramzan like never before

With shuttered mosques, coronavirus curfews and bans on mass prayers from Senegal to Southeast Asia, some 1.8 billion Muslims are facing a Ramzan like never before. Across the Muslim world the pandemic has generated new levels of anxiety ahead of the holy fasting month, which begins on around Thursday.
2020-04-20 09:35:47 Read More

6.4 magnitude quake strikes off Japan coast: USGS

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey, but no tsunami warning was issued.The epicentre of the earthquake was 41.7 kilometres beneath the Pacific seabed, less than 50 kilometres off the coast of Miyagi prefecture, the USGS said on its website, rating the risk of casualties and damage as low.
2020-04-20 08:42:38 Read More

US Covid-19 tests more than India, 9 other countries combined: Trump

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'Minuscule traces' of virus in non-potable Paris water: Official

"Minuscule traces" of the new coronavirus have been found in Paris's non-potable water -- such as the supply used for cleaning streets -- but drinking water is at no risk of contamination, a city official said Sunday.
2020-04-20 06:44:47 Read More

At least 16 killed in shooting rampage in Canada: Police

A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes and setting fires, leaving 16 people dead Sunday, in the deadliest such attack in the countryâ€™s history. The suspected shooter was also dead. Police identified the man believed to be the shooter as Gabriel Wortman, 51.
2020-04-20 02:26:31 Read More

New York State epidemic 'on the descent': Governor

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2020-04-19 22:18:27 Read More

Pope dreams of post-virus world where inequalities abolished

Pope Francis is urging the faithful to use the coronavirus pandemic's â€œtime of trialâ€ to prepare for a future where inequalities are abolished and the poorest are no longer left behind. In his homily, Francis said the global toll of the pandemic has reminded the world that there are no differences in nationalities among those who are struck or spared.
2020-04-19 19:32:01 Read More

Coronavirus cases rise to 31 in Nepal

Twelve Indians were among the 14 new coronavirus cases reported in Nepal on Friday. The Indian nationals were staying at a mosque in Triyuga area of Udaypur district. They were quarantined in a school building after residents informed authorities about them.
2020-04-19 17:48:00 Read More

British PM Boris Johnson begins taking charge after coronavirus hospitalisation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has begun taking charge of the government even as he convalesces at Chequers in south-east England, following his hospitalisation after testing positive for coronavirus. The 55-year-old issued some directives to deputy UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab as well as senior aides in a series of calls last week.
2020-04-19 16:38:20 Read More

'Foreign workers' dormitories could see more Corona cases'

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned that more coronavirus cases could come up at packed dormitories that house foreign workers, including several Indian nationals. While efforts have been made to break the chain of transmission in foreign worker dormitories, it will take some time to show results, Lee said on Saturday.
2020-04-19 11:24:42 Read More

Coronavirus: China declares Wuhan low-risk area

China has classified the coronavirus epicentre Wuhan as a low-risk area, days after it revised the city's death toll by 50 per cent, even as 16 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the country, health officials said on Sunday.
2020-04-19 11:00:38 Read More

S Korea's new Covid cases fall to single digits for1st time in 2 months

South Korea on Sunday reported single-digit new coronavirus cases for the first day in two months with eight new infections. Of the new cases, five were imported from overseas, authorities said. The death toll rose to 234. It was the first time since Feb. 18 that South Korea reported a single-digit daily rise. The figure brings its total infections to 10,661.
2020-04-19 08:16:43 Read More

Thousands defy lockdown for funeral of Muslim cleric in Bangladesh

The news media in Bangladesh reported that thousands of people, without masks and in clear violations of social distancing, participated in the funeral prayers of Khelafat Majlish's 'Nayeb-e Amir' Maulana Zubayer Ahmad Ansari, held at a madrasa in Bertola village under Sorail Upazila of Brahmanbaria district.
2020-04-18 22:01:21 Read More

Pakistan lifts limit on mosque congregations as Muslim holy month approaches

Pakistan has lifted restrictions on congregational prayers at mosques, but put in place a host of safety conditions to avert the further spread of the coronavirus in the country, a statement said on Saturday.
2020-04-18 20:51:57 Read More

Pakistan allows conditional congregational prayers in mosques during Ramzan

The Pakistan Ulema Council chairman Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi asked worshippers to follow preventive guidelines, saying that even a slight mistake in following them could lead to closure of mosques. According to the agreement, people above the age of 50, minors and those suffering from flu will not be allowed to enter mosques. Taraweeh (special prayers) should not be conducted on roads, footpaths and anywhere else other than mosques.
2020-04-18 19:19:28 Read More

Hong Kong activists arrested over last year's democracy rallies

Police in Hong Kong carried out a sweeping operation against high-profile democracy campaigners on Saturday, arresting 15 activists on charges related to massive protests that rocked the Asian financial hub last year. Among those targeted was media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, founder of anti-establishment newspaper Apple Daily, who was arrested at his home.
2020-04-18 18:51:35 Read More

Iran virus deaths top 5,000: Ministry

It was also the fifth straight day that the number of new deaths had stayed in double figures, ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference. "This (73) is a very low number compared to recent days," he said, hoping the downward trend would continue.
2020-04-18 17:17:07 Read More

Nepal is home away from home for some stranded foreign tourists during coronavirus crisis

Five foreign tourists, including an Indian doctor, have been staying together like a family at a guest house in the picturesque tourist hub of Pokhara in Western Nepal for more than three weeks as the Himalayan nation is going through a lockdown. They were visiting the country when the lockdown was announced on March 24 and since then have been staying at Pushkar Guest House in Lakeside of Pokhara Municipality.
2020-04-18 16:06:10 Read More

Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests

Governments around the world are now grappling with when and how to ease lockdowns that have crippled the global economy, even as the COVID-19 death toll climbs further in hard-hit countries. Demonstrators in three US states assembled in public this week to call for an end to the restrictions, with the largest protest in Michigan attracting 3,000 people -- some of whom were armed.
2020-04-18 14:14:29 Read More

Pakistan struggles to rein in defiant clerics as Covid-19 cases near 7,500

Pakistan's coronavirus cases on Saturday rose to 7,481 with 465 new patients even as the government struggled to control clerics flouting orders against congregations in mosques.The Ministry of National Health Services reported that 143 people have died so far including eight on Friday. Another 1,832 have recovered.
2020-04-18 12:57:01 Read More

South Korea virus cases maintain downward trend

Figures released by South Korea's centers for disease control and prevention brought national totals to 10,653 cases and 232 virus-related deaths. The caseload continued to wane in the hardest-hit city of Daegu, where officials say the number of active cases dropped below 1,000 for the first time since February.
2020-04-18 12:10:30 Read More

New wave of infections threatens to collapse Japan hospitals

In one recent case, an ambulance carrying a man with a fever and difficulty breathing was rejected by 80 hospitals and forced to search for hours for a hospital in downtown Tokyo that would treat him. Another feverish man finally reached a hospital after paramedics unsuccessfully contacted 40 clinics.
2020-04-18 11:58:01 Read More

Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

Russia is trying again to win UNGA approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end unilateral sanctions without UNSC approval but still calling for an end to protectionist practices. The 193-member world body has until noon EDT on Wednesday to consider the revised Russian draft resolution.
2020-04-18 11:53:17 Read More

Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

Coronavirus cases in US cross 700,000, death toll more than 35,000

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Poorer nations face bigger risk in easing virus restrictions

As some wealthier Western nations begin easing coronavirus restrictions, many developing countries, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, want to do it too, but they cannot afford the luxury of any missteps. They lack the key tools - a sturdy economy, well-equipped hospitals and large-scale testing - that are needed for finding their way out of the pandemic.
2020-04-17 21:35:52 Read More

US provides $8 million aid to Pak to help fight coronavirus

The US on Friday said it is helping Pakistan in its fight against coronavirus with more than $8 million in new contribution. The US embassy here said Ambassador Paul Jones discussed several new ways with the government and said Washington was partnering with Islamabad to combat the coronavirus pandemic which has infected over 7,000 people and killed more than 130.
2020-04-17 20:39:07 Read More

Macron, Putin mull UN Security Council video-summit

The presidents of France and Russia have discussed holding a video-summit of key UN Security Council members as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, the Kremlin said Friday. Vladimir Putin has suggested several times that leaders of Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States discuss the pandemic that has killed more than 145,000 people.
2020-04-17 20:25:45 Read More

'New York, New York' rings out across Big Apple to honor medical workers

New Yorkers usually clap, bang pots and pans, or simply cry "thank you" out of their windows every evening at 7 pm, honouring the health care workers on the frontlines of the battle against the coronavirus. On Thursday, a volunteer choir called "Peace of the Heart" led thousands singing "New York, New York," the beloved song made famous by Frank Sinatra.
2020-04-17 18:57:32 Read More

Bangladesh government declares entire country at risk of coronavirus pandemic

The entire Bangladesh has been declared as a risky area of Covid-19 infection under the country's Infectious Disease (Prevention, Control and Elimination) Act, 2018, according to an order issued by the directorate general of health services (DGHS) on Thursday night.
2020-04-17 17:53:33 Read More

Contact tracing to drones: Will coronavirus surveillance outlast the pandemic?

One of the trends we're seeing across the world is almost a default setting of increased surveillance without the case actually being made that these new measures are effective, necessary and proportionate. There needs to be much more transparency about the nature of partnerships that govts are forging with companies, say tech and human rights experts.
2020-04-17 17:33:08 Read More

Contact tracing to drones: Will coronavirus surveillance outlast the pandemic?

Africa could see 300,000 coronavirus deaths this year

Under the worst-case scenario with no interventions against the virus, Africa could see 3.3 million deaths and 1.2 billion infections, the report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa says.
2020-04-17 15:16:00 Read More

Almost 25,000 to be freed under Myanmar prisoner amnesty

Myanmar announced Friday that it was releasing almost 25,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty marking this week's traditional New Year celebration. The release for the Thingyan holiday was announced in a statement from President Win Myint's office. Mass amnesties on the holiday are not unusual, though the number this year was the highest in recent memory.
2020-04-17 13:17:33 Read More

Covid-19: Pak PM asks lead agency to take measures to curb disease

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2020-04-17 12:45:58 Read More

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen being released from prison

President Donald Trump's former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement amid the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
2020-04-17 11:09:42 Read More

China's Wuhan raises Covid-19 death toll by 1,290, up 50%: Govt

Wuhan city government said in a social media posting that it had added 1,290 deaths to the tally in Wuhan, where the global pandemic emerged and which has suffered the vast majority of China's fatalities from Covid-19. That brings the total number of deaths in the city to 3,869. The change also pushes the nationwide death toll up by nearly 39 per cent to 4,632.
2020-04-17 09:53:45 Read More

Trump unveils guidelines to reopen US, lets guvs to take call

US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new phase-wise approach to reopen the country's economy jolted by the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing governors to take decision on lifting curbs in their states. Currently more than 95 per cent of America's 330 million population are under a stay-at-home order and over 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits.
2020-04-17 08:02:16 Read More

Trump unveils guidelines to reopen US, lets guvs to take call

Europe still 'in eye of storm', UN says vaccine only hope

's regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said in an online news conference from Copenhagen.
2020-04-17 06:50:23 Read More

No. 10 launches review into why ethnic minorities have been disproportionately affected by virus

Downing Street has confirmed that the UK government is launching a review into whether there is a disproportionate number of Covid-19 cases in the UK amongst ethnic minorities and, if so, the reasons for it. A No. 10 spokesman told TOI on Thursday: "We are launching the review and Public Health England and the NHS will lead on this. The review will look at why people from BAME backgrounds appear to be disproportionately affected by coronavirus."
2020-04-16 23:36:13 Read More

China must answer 'hard questions' about virus outbreak: UK

Britain and its allies will ask tough questions of China over the coronavirus outbreak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday, adding "we can't have business as usual after this crisis".
2020-04-16 23:24:48 Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin postpones world war II victory parade due to virus

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UK coronavirus death toll rises 861 to 13,729

After several days of decreasing numbers, it represents a spike of 100 on the previous day's rate of increase. The latest figures also showed the number of people in Britain to have tested positive for COVID-19 passed 100,000.
2020-04-16 20:04:04 Read More

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Europe coronavirus death toll tops 90,000

With a total of 90,180 deaths out of some 1,047,279 infections, Europe is the hardest-hit continent by the pandemic, which has killed a total of 137,499 worldwide. The largest number of deaths have been seen in Italy with 21,645 and Spain with 19,130, followed by France with 17,167 deaths and Britain 12,868.
2020-04-16 17:17:16 Read More

Europe remains 'in the eye' of coronavirus storm: WHO

The World Health Organization's European office said Thursday that despite some "optimistic signs" in some of the countries worst hit by the new coronavirus, the number of cases was rising and approaching one million in the continent alone. â€‹â€‹"We remain in the eye of the storm," WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge said.
2020-04-16 16:40:47 Read More

Pakistan requests China to ease payment obligations in CPEC power projects

Cash-strapped Pakistan has requested China to ease the payment obligations of over $30 billion in the power projects under the CPEC to minimise its financial and economic difficulties. As per media reports, Pak's request for relaxation in payments is part of its ongoing efforts to secure discounts as its circular debt liabilities crossed Rs 2 trillion.
2020-04-16 16:22:40 Read More

Imran chides Pak's top health advisor for non-serious response on Covid-19

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UK set to extend lockdown as coronavirus deaths continue to rise

The UK government is preparing to formally extend the initial three-week strict social distancing measures imposed last month to try and curb the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic as the country's death toll from Covid-19 crosses 12,868. UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab will chair a crucial meeting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (Cobra) on Thursday.
2020-04-16 15:52:59 Read More

6.3 magnitude quake strikes off coast of Honduras

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or fatalities. The shallow quake was recorded around 150 km north of the Honduran coastline shortly after 2:00 am (0800 GMT). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was "no significant threat" of a tsunami.
2020-04-16 15:30:00 Read More

Millions face hunger as African cities impose coronavirus lockdowns

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Corona: Australia to keep curbs for 4 more weeks despite success

Australia will retain restrictions on public movement for at least four more weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, dashing speculation the country's sustained low growth in new cases could spur a quicker return to normal.
2020-04-16 13:08:08 Read More

Kim Jong Un tribute absence sparks speculation

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US accuses Iran of 'dangerous' harassment of US warships

A group of 11 Iranian naval vessels made "dangerous and harassing" maneuvers near US ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait on Wednesday, in one case passing within 10 yards of a Coast Guard cutter. The "dangerous and provocative actions increased the risk of miscalculation and collision...and were not in accordance with the obligation under international law," a US statement said.
2020-04-16 10:39:34 Read More

COVID-19 crisis: UK urged to ease visa norms for overseas docs

The UK Home Office has been urged to consider visa concessions for qualified overseas doctors, including many from India, to help them support the country's stretched National Health Service in battling the coronavirus pandemic. The urgent measures include easier switch between different categories of visas and automatic indefinite leave to remain or permanent residency.
2020-04-16 09:35:44 Read More

Trump threatens to adjourn Cong if Senate does not confirm nominees

Expressing his frustration over the Senate not confirming his scores of key administrative nominee, US President Donald Trump said if the House of Representatives and the Senate are not in session, he can use his power to appoint individuals during recess.
2020-04-16 09:34:32 Read More

South Korea reports 22 new virus cases

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S Korea's virus battle propels Moon's party to election win

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's ruling party won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, results on Thursday showed, a landslide victory propelled by successes in the country's efforts to contain the new coronavirus.
2020-04-16 08:45:20 Read More

US has passed the peak on new coronavirus cases: Trump

The US has passed the peak on new coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, adding this has put the country in a very strong position to finalize new guidelines on social distancing. More than 6.3 lakh Americans have tested positive for Covid-19 so far and total fatalities were nearly 28,000, the highest for any country.
2020-04-16 07:55:02 Read More

Former Fox News figure takes over as White House press secretary

Kayleigh McEnany, a former Fox News figure who is fiercely loyal to President Donald Trump, took over on Wednesday as his new press secretary, entering the high-profile job at a time of turmoil in White House relations with the press. McEnany, 31, made the formal announcement a week after her predecessor Stephanie Grisham stepped down.
2020-04-15 21:43:25 Read More

Former Fox News figure takes over as White House press secretary

Pakistan's coronavirus tally nears 6,000

The ministry of national health services of Pakistan said that Punjab reported 2,945 cases, Sindh 1,518, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 865, Balochistan 240, Gilgit-Baltistan 236, Islamabad 140 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 46.
2020-04-15 11:50:44 Read More

China didn't warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days

In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began traveling through for Lunar New Year celebrations.
2020-04-15 11:19:04 Read More

Two Brazil governors test positive for coronavirus

Governors Wilson Witzel of Rio de Janeiro and Helder Barbalho of the northern state of Para both posted videos to Twitter announcing their diagnoses and urging people to stay home to fight the spread of the virus.
2020-04-15 11:17:37 Read More

South Koreans vote in national elections amid virus fears

The government resisted calls to postpone the parliamentary elections billed as a midterm referendum for President Moon Jae-in, who enters the final years of his term grappling with a historic public health crisis that is unleashing massive economic shock.
2020-04-15 11:15:29 Read More

Death toll soars after NYC counts 'probable' fatalities

The official death toll from the coronavirus soared to 10K in New York City on Tuesday after authorities began including people who probably had Covid-19, but died without ever being tested. Officials reported 3,778 "probable" deaths, where doctors were certain enough of the cause of death to list it on the death certificate, and 6,589 confirmed by a lab test.
2020-04-15 09:38:07 Read More

Malawi court to hear President's appeal against vote re-run

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Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden for president to 'heal' America

Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and "heal" the nation. The formal backing by perhaps the most popular politician in America is the latest boost for Biden's surging candidacy and a further sign that Democratic leaders are rallying around the party flagbearer six months ahead of the elections.
2020-04-15 09:00:04 Read More

China reports fewer coronavirus cases but infections from Russia a worry

China reported on Wednesday a decline in new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, although an increasing number of local transmissions in its far northeast bordering Russia remained a concern for authorities. China reported 46 new confirmed cases on Tuesday. New infections involving travellers arriving from Russia have also Inner Mongolia and Shanghai.
2020-04-15 08:47:00 Read More

Covid-19: US registers record one-day toll of 2,129; total crosses 25,000

The coronavirus death toll in the United States crossed 25,000 on Tuesday with the country witnessing the highest single-day tally of 2,129.
2020-04-15 08:06:36 Read More

Italy & Austria follow Spain in easing curbs, but France extends lockdown

2-million mark, and over 1,20,000 dead, the pandemic remains a potent threat around the world even as some countries begin to take careful steps to lift restrictions intended to halt the virus spread.
2020-04-15 06:29:44 Read More

Pak PM Imran Khan extends lockdown till April 30 as Covid-19 cases near 6,000-mark

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2020-04-14 20:22:10 Read More

Obama to endorse Biden for 2020 Democratic nomination

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Obama to endorse Biden for 2020 Democratic nomination

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More than 120,000 killed by coronavirus worldwide

Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 120,000 people worldwide, nearly 70 per cent of them in Europe, as of Tuesday. A total of 120,013 deaths, 81,474 of them in Europe, have now been recorded since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. The figures were collated using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the WHO.
2020-04-14 17:22:03 Read More

China approves trials for two more coronavirus vaccines

China has approved clinical trials for two more experimental vaccines to combat the novel coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, as the world's scientists race to beat the pandemic. The vaccines use inactivated coronavirus pathogens, and the approvals pave the way for early-stage human trials, Wu Yuanbin, from China's ministry of science & technology said.
2020-04-14 17:12:53 Read More

Israeli PM and rival look to finalise emergency unity deal

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Forest fires rage near Chernobyl nuclear plant

Hundreds of firefighters backed by aircraft have been battling several forest fires around Chernobyl since last week. They managed to contain the initial blazes, but new fires are now raging close to the decommissioned plant. "There is no threat to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, waste fuel storage or other critical facilities," an official said.
2020-04-14 14:48:20 Read More

New Zealand PM says country appears over worst virus, but no time to let up vigilance

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'God is with us': Many Muslims in Pakistan flout the coronavirus ban in mosques

Thousands of devout Muslims have been flouting Pakistan government orders issued late last month banning religious congregations of five or more people to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The disease has so far infected more than 5,300 people and killed 93 in the world's second-most populous Muslim country.
2020-04-14 13:49:26 Read More

Angry Trump denies plan to axe coronavirus doctor

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Saudi Arabia races to contain Covid-19 epidemic in Islamâ€™s holiest city

Saudi authorities are racing to contain an outbreak of coronavirus in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, where crowded slums and labor camps have accelerated the spread even with much of the country under a 24-hour curfew. The total number of coronavirus cases reported in Mecca, home to 2 million people, reached 1,050 on Monday compared to 1,422 in the capital of Riyadh, a city more than three times the size.
2020-04-14 13:11:57 Read More

ASEAN leaders meet online to tackle coronavirus

Vietnam will urge Southeast Asian leaders to set up an emergency fund to tackle the coronavirus at a summit held online on Tuesday, as the pandemic ravages the region's tourism and export-reliant economies. Hanoi is chairing the ASEAN meeting on COVID-19, touting its success so far in containing the virus with extensive quarantines and social distancing.
2020-04-14 13:09:44 Read More

USCIRF says 'troubled' by denial of food to Pakistani Hindus, Christians

The USCIRF noted that in Karachi, for example, there have been reports that the Saylani Welfare International Trust, a non-government organisation established to assist the homeless and seasonal workers, has been refusing food assistance to Hindus and Christians, arguing that the aid is "reserved for Muslims alone".
2020-04-14 12:57:39 Read More

North Korea fires suspected cruise missiles in latest launch

North Korea fired several suspected cruise missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a slew of weapons launches by the North despite worries about a possible coronavirus outbreak in the country.
2020-04-14 12:06:42 Read More

Fearful of virus return, Beijing turns into virtual fortress

After largely getting the outbreak under control, China has banned foreigners from entering the country as authorities fret over an increase in cases imported from abroad - though most have been Chinese citizens. But Beijing has gone a step further regardless of whether they test negative for Covid-19 - a measure not required in other cities.
2020-04-14 09:39:10 Read More

Australia, New Zealand flatten virus curve but keep lockdowns intact

Australia registered just 63 new infections on Sunday and Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 6,366 for a population of 25 million. It was the lowest two-day increase in a month. New Zealand, a nation of five million, saw just eight new cases on Tuesday.
2020-04-14 09:01:58 Read More

US records 1,509 deaths in past 24 hours: Johns Hopkins tally

he United States recorded 1,509 deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 8:30 pm Monday. The number of fatalities was similar to the previous day's toll of 1,514.
2020-04-14 08:47:03 Read More

Covid-19: Virus cases about 2 million worldwide; few new hot spots

The brunt of the disease has been felt most heavily in New York, Italy, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, but grim projections of a virus that would spread with equal ferocity to other corners of America and the world have not yet materialized after more than a month of measures meant to blunt its impact.
2020-04-14 08:42:26 Read More

Covid-19: Virus cases about 2 million worldwide; few new hot spots

Virus cases about 2 million worldwide; few new hot spots

New York's coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 and the worldwide number of confirmed cases hovered around 2 million on Monday, even as the lack of fresh hot spots globally yielded a ray of optimism and fueled discussions about how some places might begin to reopen.
2020-04-14 08:35:47 Read More

Turkey to release thousands of prisoners over coronavirus

The Turkish parliament on Tuesday approved a law that allows for the release tens of thousands of prisoners as a safety measure against the coronavirus outbreak.
2020-04-14 08:15:45 Read More

Tornadoes bring death, destruction in southern US; more than 30 dead

Tornadoes ripped through the southern United States, killing at least 32 people and leaving behind splintered buildings and downed powerlines. Images showed lines of smashed, roofless houses where tornadoes had blasted through. Aircraft parked at a regional airport in Monroe, Louisiana were piled on top of each other.
2020-04-14 08:00:51 Read More

'Rolling shutdown' for several months may be on cards to contain coronavirus

The US and perhaps many nations across the world face the prospect of a â€œrolling shutdownâ€ lasting months, with accounts of the coronavirus resurfacing whenever countries and communities relax mitigation measures and restrictions. South Korea is also reporting that dozens of recovered coronavirus are testing positive again, making return to normalcy a tough call to make.
2020-04-13 22:01:00 Read More

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Covid-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu: WHO

The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization said Monday, calling for control measures to be lifted "slowly". "We know that COVID-19 spreads fast, and we know that it is deadly, 10 times more deadly than the 2009 flu pandemic," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
2020-04-13 21:46:22 Read More

New York state virus death toll passes 10,000: Governor

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Pakistan Supreme Court takes Imran Khan government to task over coronavirus measures

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government in tackling the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The Supreme Court has directed the federal government to remove Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza.
2020-04-13 19:56:52 Read More

Iran reports 111 virus deaths, raising total to 4,585

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Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump's pandemic response

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'Ghosts' scare Indonesians indoors and away from coronavirus

Kepuh village in Indonesia has deployed a cast of "ghosts" to patrol the streets, hoping that age-old superstition will keep people indoors and away from the coronavirus. Head of the village youth group coordinated with the police to use 'pocong'â€”ghostly figures in white shrouds with powdered faces and kohl-rimmed eyesâ€”to make people practice social distancing.
2020-04-13 13:45:23 Read More

Pakistan Army fighter jet crashes, kills two pilots

The crash took place in Gujrat area of Punjab province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Both pilots, Major Umer were killed in the accident, the army said in a statement.
2020-04-13 13:44:52 Read More

Countries facing pressure to loosen virus restrictions

Some European nations have started tentative moves to ease their shutdowns. Hard-hit Spain, which on Sunday reported its lowest daily growth in infections in three weeks, will allow workers in some nonessential industries to return to factories and construction sites Monday.
2020-04-13 11:44:11 Read More

Countries facing pressure to loosen virus restrictions

New York City now has more Covid-19 cases than China, UK

New York City, the epicenter of the COVID19 pandemic in the US, now alone has over 100,000 novel coronavirus cases, more than the confirmed cases in China and the UK, according to the official data. An increase of at least 5,695 cases on Sunday put New York City's total number of coronavirus infections at over 104,410 as of April 12 and 27,676 hospitalisations.
2020-04-13 11:09:32 Read More

To Belgrade and beyond: Beijing exports China model of virus management

In Serbia and a handful of other friendly countries, China is providing on-the-ground guidance to help battle the coronavirus that has swept around the world. That methodology is based on the aggressive and comprehensive approach China took to combat the virus, including the lockdown of Wuhan.
2020-04-13 10:27:09 Read More

Boris Johnson leaves hospital after coronavirus treatment

Virus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked medics for saving his life after leaving hospital on Easter Sunday, as hundreds of millions of Christians observed the holiday under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-04-13 08:30:36 Read More

North Korea's Kim reshuffles top governing body

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a major reshuffle of his State Affairs Commission(SAC), replacing more than a third of its members. The new SAC members include Ri Son Gwon, a former senior army officer named as foreign minister earlier this year, while his predecessor, career diplomat Ri Yong Ho, was removed.
2020-04-13 07:58:33 Read More

Pope marks 'Easter of solitude' in virus lockdown

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Timeline of British PM Boris Johnson's battle with coronavirus

The British leader has been criticised for initially not taking the novel coronavirus seriously enough -- on a personal and political level.
2020-04-12 22:39:27 Read More

Italy's daily coronavirus death tally lowest since March 19

Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 431 on Sunday, down from 619 the day before, and the number of new cases slowed to 4,092 from a previous 4,694. The tally of deaths was the lowest daily rise since March 19.
2020-04-12 22:27:33 Read More

France to isolate 1,900 sailors after virus-hit naval ship docks

â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹The flagship of the French navy docked in the southern port of Toulon, after cutting short its current mission in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic by 10 days because of the outbreak.
2020-04-12 21:59:47 Read More

Spain 'far from victory' in virus fight: PM Pedro Sanchez

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Pakistan registers 386 new coronavirus cases as death toll rises to 86

The nation-wide breakdown of the patients showed that Punjab has 2,464 cases, Sindh 1,411, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 697, Balochistan 228, Gilgit-Baltistan 216, Islamabad 119 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 35.
2020-04-12 21:11:25 Read More

In video message, UK PM Boris Johnson says medics saved his life

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked the National Health Service for saving his life, saying "things could have gone either way" for him as he battled Covid-19. Johnson will continue his recovery at Chequers, the official prime ministerial country residence northwest of London, his office said.
2020-04-12 20:34:54 Read More

UK may become Europe's worst-hit COVID-19 country: Expert

As of Saturday, the death toll in the UK stands at 9,875, increasing rapidly day on day. The death toll in neighbouring European countries stands at 19,468 in Italy â€“ among the worst hit countries in the world, and Germany at 2,871.
2020-04-12 19:10:56 Read More

Sri Lanka makes cremation compulsory for Covid-19 deaths

Sri Lanka has amended a law to make cremation compulsory for those dying from the novel coronavirus to prevent any potential threat despite strong opposition from the Muslim community.
2020-04-12 19:07:51 Read More

Julian Assange 'secretly fathered two children', says his partner

Julian Assange secretly fathered two children while living inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, his partner has revealed as she filed a bail plea in a UK court to seek the release of the Wikileaks co-founder amid growing health fears due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stella Moris, 37, a South Africa-born lawyer, issued a plea for Assange to be released from prison.
2020-04-12 18:57:23 Read More

Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump's pandemic response

In the 11 weeks since that interview, the coronavirus has reached every corner of the globe. It has infected more than 530,000 Americans and killed at least 20,600. It has rewritten the rules of society, isolated people in their homes, closed schools, devastated the economy and put millions out of work.
2020-04-12 17:51:14 Read More

Spain to keep social distancing on beaches to fight virus

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Israel president denies Gantz's request for more time to form govt

Israel's president on Sunday rejected parliament speaker Benny Gantz's request for more time to form a government, as talks persist on a possible alliance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
2020-04-12 17:30:50 Read More

Hong Kong residents flout virus rules to throng popular sites

People in Hong Kong thronged beaches, ferries and outlying islands on Sunday, many of them violating a ban on gatherings of more than four people aimed at containing the spread of the new coronavirus.
2020-04-12 17:02:45 Read More

Coronavirus death toll passes 75,000 in Europe

More than 75,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Europe, with 80 per cent of the fatalities occurring in Italy, Spain, France and Britain, according to an AFP tally at 0945 GMT on Sunday compiled from official sources.
2020-04-12 16:03:33 Read More

Taliban set to release first prisoners in fragile Afghan exchange

The Taliban said it would on Sunday release the first prisoners in a delayed exchange deal with the Afghan government -- a potential breakthrough after the insurgents walked out of talks with Kabul last week. The announcement comes as fears rose that an avenue for fragile peace talks between the two sides was being undercut by mounting disagreements over the prisoner swap.
2020-04-12 14:57:20 Read More

African economies hard hit by coronavirus pandemic

Sub-Saharan Africa has not been as badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic as some other parts of the world, but the economy is being pummelled. For the first time in 25 years sub-Saharan Africa is about to go into recession, according to World Bank estimates.
2020-04-12 14:38:41 Read More

SC to hear appeal on abortion during virus crisis

Abortion rights advocates on Saturday called on the US Supreme Court to urgently intervene to force Texas to reinstate the right to abortion, which has been suspended in the state since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
2020-04-12 12:35:06 Read More

Joe Biden wins Alaska primary

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, was declared winner of the Alaska primary after the state shifted to postal voting due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-04-12 11:47:01 Read More

South Korea to strap tracking wristbands on those who violate quarantine orders

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South Korea to strap tracking wristbands on those who violate quarantine orders

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Spain to ease work rules as toll drops for 3rd day in row

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WHO looking into reports of people testing negative, then positive

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NYC schools to remain closed till September

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Coronavirus: US tops toll tally, sees 2000+ deaths in a day

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2020-04-11 21:55:48 Read More

Father of modern Iraqi architecture dies of COVID-19

Rifat Chadirji, known as the father of modern Iraqi architecture, died late Friday in the UK after contracting Covid-19, friends and Iraqi officials said. The 93-year-old architect and photographer is credited with designing some of Iraq's most well-known structures, including the iconic "Freedom Monument" in the now protest hub of Baghdad's Tahrir Square its name.
2020-04-11 18:47:16 Read More

Afghanistan refuses to handover gurudwara attack mastermind to Pak

Afghanistan on Saturday turned down Pakistan's demand to handover the chief of the Islamic State's Khorasan unit, Aslam Farooqi, the mastermind behind a deadly terror attack on a prominent gurudwara in Kabul last month, according to a media report. Pakistan's foreign office said on Thursday that the demand was conveyed to the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad.
2020-04-11 18:38:07 Read More

Iran says virus deaths rise 125 to 4,357

Iran on Saturday reported 125 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the overall toll in the Middle East's worst-hit country to 4,357. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said that 1,837 new infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 70,029. Iran has carried out 251,703 tests for the virus so far, he added.
2020-04-11 18:30:08 Read More

British PM Boris Johnson taking short walks, doing puzzles, watching films in hospital

â€œThe Prime Minister has been able to do short walks, between periods of rest, as part of the care he is receiving to aid his recovery,â€ a Downing Street spokesperson said on Friday evening.â€œHe has spoken to his doctors and thanks the whole clinical team for the incredible care he has received. His thoughts are with those affected by this terrible disease,â€ the spokesperson said.
2020-04-11 15:52:50 Read More

Covid-19: Spain's daily virus toll falls again with 510 dead

Spain registered a fall in its daily death toll from the new coronavirus for a third consecutive day on Saturday with 510 people dying, the government said.
2020-04-11 15:48:27 Read More

New York buries unclaimed bodies at fast pace to clear space in morgues for coronavirus victims

Burials are now being done five days a week at Hart Island, with roughly 25 bodies lowered into trenches each day, according to a city official. Drone footage and images of burial crews in freshly dug muddy trenches burying body after body in bare wooden boxes are circulating in social media.
2020-04-11 13:43:06 Read More

Handful of US states call for prayer, not confinement

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More than 40 Indian-Americans, Indian nationals die of coronavirus in US

The US has become the world's first country to have registered more than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths in a single day with 2,108 fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, while the number of infections in America has crossed 500,000, according to latest Johns Hopkins University data.
2020-04-11 11:34:21 Read More

African community targeted in China coronavirus crackdown

China says it has largely curbed its Covid-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials. Local authorities said at least eight people diagnosed with the illness had spent time in the city's Yuexiu district, known as "Little Africa".
2020-04-11 11:07:28 Read More

Coronavirus-driven debt crisis threatens poor countries already at risk, says UN report

As governments struggle to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people living in countries teetering on the brink of economic collapse are being further threatened by a looming debt crisis, according to a UN report.
2020-04-11 09:24:59 Read More

US family sponsorship made tougher â€“ bank account details will be required

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Trump announces visa sanctions on countries refusing to repatriate their nationals

US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a new visa sanction norm, providing for visa denial to citizens of countries which either deny or dilly-dally in repatriating their citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-04-11 08:21:16 Read More

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South Korea goes to polls, Covid-19 pandemic or not

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New York confirms more Coronavirus cases than any country

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China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock

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Trump feels no need for crisis counsel from predecessors

President Donald Trump has no plans to seek his predecessors' counsel during the coronavirus pandemic, a complex crisis with profound public health and economic consequences. "No, not really. We're doing a great job," Trump said recently when asked if he would contact any of the living former presidents.
2020-04-10 21:58:58 Read More

Virus mars Easter holidays as death toll nears 100,000

Hundreds of millions of people around the world will spend the Easter holiday at home as lockdown measures intensify to combat the coronavirus, a pandemic with a global death toll rapidly approaching 100,000. Easter pilgrimage sites across the Middle East, Europe and Asia stood empty on Friday. Meanwhile, some 17 million Americans have so far lost their jobs.
2020-04-10 20:39:22 Read More

WHO denies ignoring Taiwan early virus warning

The World Health Organisation on Friday denied having brushed off a Taiwanese warning on the human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus soon after its outbreak in China late last year. The US has accused the body of "putting politics first" by ignoring Taiwan's warning in late December and thus helping Beijing conceal the pandemic's gravity.
2020-04-10 18:37:38 Read More

Pakistan seeks extradition of IS leader from Afghanistan

Aslam Farooqi is a Pakistani national wanted in connection with attacks claimed by IS in Pakistan. The Afghan government accuses Farooqi of involvement in last month's attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul on a Sikh house of worship that killed 25 worshipers. Pakistan asked neighbour Afghanistan to extradite Farooqi. There was no immediate response from Afghanistan.
2020-04-10 16:45:12 Read More

Italy eyes lockdown extension to May 3

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was reportedly ready Friday to extend most measures of Italy's month-long lockdown until early May in order to avoid a second coronavirus wave.
2020-04-10 14:11:22 Read More

UN chief warns Covid-19 threatens global peace and security

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is threatening international peace and security - "potentially leading to an increase in social unrest and violence that would greatly undermine our ability to fight the disease."
2020-04-10 08:55:10 Read More

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees military drill

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw another military drill, state media reported Friday, ahead of a meeting of the countryâ€™s rubber-stamp parliament, which is going ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea claims it has no confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2.
2020-04-10 08:51:53 Read More

China reports 42 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

China has reported 42 new coronavirus cases, including 38 imported infections, taking the total tally to 81,907, health officials said on Friday, as the country started a new trial of re-testing the recovered COVID-19 patients amid heightened concern of a rebound of the deadly disease.
2020-04-10 08:50:09 Read More

Wuhan is returning to life. So are wet markets

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Courage helped beat virus: Survivor

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British PM better now, out of ICU

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Spain, Italy set to extend lockdowns

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China orders re-test of recovered Covid-19 patients

China on Thursday unveiled a new trial protocol warranting re-testing of the recovered coronavirus patients besides intensifying the screening of asymptomatic cases as concerns grew over the second wave of virus infections in the country.
2020-04-09 19:56:15 Read More

UK braces for more virus deaths; Johnson reported stable

Britons brace for several more weeks in lockdown as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained stable after three nights in intensive care due to Covid-19. Johnson's spokesman, James Slack, said the PM "had a good night and continues to improve". The original restrictions were for three weeks which ends Monday. But there is little prospect of closures being lifted.
2020-04-09 18:57:14 Read More

Iran says 117 new virus deaths take total past 4,000

Iran's health ministry on Thursday said 117 new deaths from the novel coronavirus took the total to 4,110 in one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic. But ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said the latest figures showed there was a downward trend in the number of new coronavirus infections. Jahanpour said there are 1,634 new cases and total is 66,220.
2020-04-09 15:58:49 Read More

Scope of CPEC to be enhanced in 2nd phase: Pakistan official

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is at the cusp of launching its second phase to add more sectors like agriculture and tourism, a senior Pakistani official has said, rejecting reports that the multi-billion dollar project is slowing down due to the coronavirus outbreak. China has committed to invest over $60 billion in Pakistan as part of the CPEC.
2020-04-09 15:51:18 Read More

Covid-19: UK PM Boris Johnson making steady progress in ICU

The 55-year-old was shifted to the ICU of St. Thomas' Hospital in London on Monday night as his condition worsened over 10 days after he had tested positive for coronavirus and went into self-isolation. He has since received "standard oxygen treatment" but has not been diagnosed with pneumonia or required a ventilator to aid his breathing.
2020-04-09 13:34:51 Read More

Global coronavirus cases top 1.5 million

More than 1.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been registered worldwide, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 0530 GMT Thursday from official sources.
2020-04-09 12:57:09 Read More

Coronavirus may â€˜reactivateâ€™ in cured patients, Korean CDC says

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Scores of detained Rohingya freed in Myanmar as coronavirusvirus fears mount

On Wednesday a court suddenly dropped cases against two of the largest groups of arrested Rohingya, totalling 128 people. "Charges against both adults and children are withdrawn and they are to be released," a judge said. An AFP reporter confirmed four buses carrying the Rohingya and bound for Yangon left Pathein prison early Thursday morning.
2020-04-09 11:47:00 Read More

Dubai allows alcohol home delivery as coronavirus shuts down bars

The Champagne corks no longer pop at Dubai's infamous alcohol-soaked brunches. The blaring flat-screen televisions stand silent in the sheikhdom's sports bars. And the city-state's pubs have shrink-wrapped their now-idle beer taps.
2020-04-09 11:45:54 Read More

No objection to Europe sending medical supplies to Iran: Donald Trump

istration has imposed one of the toughest economic sanctions on Iran alleging that it is going ahead with its nuclear ambition and it is supporting terrorist organisations to destabilise the Middle east. "They (Europeans) are sending medical goods to Iran. That doesn't bother me,â€ Trump told reporters during a White House news conference.
2020-04-09 11:31:50 Read More

Saudi officials announce Yemen ceasefire amid pandemic

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced Wednesday that its forces would begin a cease-fire, a step that could pave the way for the first direct peace talks between the two sides that have been at war for more than five years. The ceasefire would last two weeks and it comes in response to UN calls to halt hostilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-04-09 11:12:56 Read More

Coronavirus claims record dead but Donald Trump sees light at end of tunnel

The virus has now killed more than 86,000 people and infected 1.5 million, sparing almost no country and tipping the world into a devastating economic crisis. Nevertheless, some glimmers of hope shone in the darkness, with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo saying the epidemic curve seemed to be flattening. "We are hopefully heading towards a final stretch, the light at the end of the tunnel," said Trump.
2020-04-09 10:24:30 Read More

Denmark dishes out salaries to virus-hit companies

Denmark has always prided itself on its "flexicurity" model that marries the free market with a welfare society, but in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has chosen another strategy. Under the model employers have been given free rein to hire and fire workers, letting businesses adapt to the ups, downs and shifts in markets. Even during the global financial crisis in 2008, Denmark stuck with its flexicurity model.
2020-04-09 10:11:18 Read More

Finland discovers masks bought from China not hospital-safe

On Tuesday Finland's Health minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen had tweeted a picture of the first shipment of two million surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks being unloaded at Helsinki airport from Guangzhou in China. But by Wednesday, officials discovered that the face masks did not meet the required standards of protection against the coronavirus for use in medical environments.
2020-04-09 10:00:12 Read More

11 Indians die of coronavirus in US

All Indian citizens who have succumbed to the deadly infection in the US are male, with ten of them from New York and New Jersey area. Four of the victims are said to be taxi drivers in New York City. One Indian national reportedly died in Florida because of coronavirus. Authorities are also ascertaining the nationality of some other Indian origin people in the States of California and Texas.
2020-04-09 09:48:56 Read More

Taiwan protests WHO chief's accusations of racist campaign

Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday strongly protested accusations from WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that it condoned racist personal attacks on him that he alleged were coming from the self-governing island democracy.
2020-04-09 09:06:50 Read More

Coronavirus: Countries start thinking about easing up on restrictions

Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the US and other countries are starting to think about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of restrictions designed to curb the scourge. Politicians and health officials warn that the crisis is far from over and a catastrophic second wave could hit if countries let down their guard too soon.
2020-04-09 08:26:03 Read More

Biden vs. Trump: General election battle is now set

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WHO urges coronavirus unity after Trump attack

Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of restrictions designed to curb the scourge.
2020-04-09 07:52:55 Read More

Covid-19: Who chief calls for end to 'politicization' of virus crisis

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for unity and a halt to "politicization" of the global health crisis, specifically urging China and the United States to show "honest leadership", in response to Trump's criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency.
2020-04-09 07:38:13 Read More

New York state reports most coronavirus cases in world, overtaking Spain

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Bernie Sanders drops out of US Presidential race

Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed socialist democrat from Vermont, US, who electrified Americaâ€™s collegiate constituency over two election cycles, is dropping out of the 2020 Presidential race, leaving the route clear for establishment candidate Joe Biden to clinch the party nomination to take on Donald Trump.
2020-04-08 22:15:49 Read More

WHO rejects 'China-centric' charge after Trump's criticism

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Sri Lankan PM calls for unity to fight against coronavirus

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Mayor says virus has hit black, Hispanic New Yorkers hard

New York City's death toll from the coronavirus has been disproportionately high in black and Hispanic communities, and the city is starting an outreach campaign for those residents, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday.
2020-04-08 20:59:48 Read More

42 Thai returnees from Indonesia found to have coronavirus

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Saudi Arabia halts parental visitation rulings to curb virus

The Saudi king suspended final rulings and judicial orders on visitation rights of children of separated parents in the latest effort to try and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus among households, according to state media reports Wednesday.
2020-04-08 20:12:50 Read More

Afghan official: Taliban kill 7 civilians in country's north

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Afghan official: Taliban kill 7 civilians in country's north

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Japan's state of emergency is no lock down. What's in it?

PM Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hard-hit Japanese prefectures to fortify the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Japan cannot legally enforce European-style hard lock downs as the country's postwar constitution lays out strict protections for civil liberties. Most state of emergency measures are requests and instructions.
2020-04-08 11:37:26 Read More

Stay home, obey state of emergency: Shinzo Abe

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated his request to the people to stay home and cooperate Wednesday, the day after he declared a monthlong state of emergency to Tokyo and six other prefectures.
2020-04-08 10:16:53 Read More

China investigates party member critical of Xi over outbreak

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Trump says WHO is China-centric, threatens to put funding on hold

"The W.H.O. really blew it," Trump said in a Twitter post. "For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China-centric. We will be giving that a good look. Fortunately, I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on. Why did they give us such a faulty recommendation?" Later at a news briefing, he repeated the accusations.
2020-04-08 08:12:14 Read More

Israel makes masks in public compulsory

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Acting US navy boss resigns amid uproar over firing of ship captain

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday, bringing to a climax an extraordinary drama that he advanced by delivering a profanity-laced upbraiding of the officer he fired as captain of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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Covid-19: China's virus pandemic epicenter Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown

Wuhan's unprecedented lockdown served as a model for countries battling the coronavirus around the world. With restrictions now lifted, Hubei's provincial capital embarks on another experiment: resuming business and ordinary life while seeking to keep the number of new cases down.
2020-04-08 07:56:21 Read More

Covid-19: New York virus deaths exceed 4,000, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

COVID-19's toll in New York City is now more than 1,000 deaths higher than that of the deadliest terror attack on US soil, which killed 2,753 people in the city and 2,977 overall, when hijacked planes slammed into the twin towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001.
2020-04-08 07:53:48 Read More

France fourth country to pass the 10,000 coronavirus death toll

France has officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus infections on Tuesday, becoming the fourth country to go beyond that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States, while the rate of increase of fatalities is up for the second day running.
2020-04-07 23:22:39 Read More

China's virus pandemic epicenter Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown

The lockdown that served as a model for countries battling the coronavirus around the world has ended after 11 weeks. Chinese authorities are allowing Wuhan residents to once again travel in and out of the city where the pandemic began. As of just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents are now permitted to leave without special authorization.
2020-04-07 22:29:21 Read More

Covid-19: Spain's daily virus death toll spikes to 743 after drop

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50 prisoners contract coronavirus in Pakistan jails

At least 50 prisoners at a jail in Pakistan's worst-hit Punjab province have tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Tuesday. "The total number of prisoners infected with the coronavirus in Punjab has reached 50 so far. Some 525 prisoners have been quarantined in separate cells of the province," Inspector General Prisons Shahid Baig told PTI.
2020-04-07 21:23:45 Read More

UN estimates loss of 195 million full-time jobs

UN's labour organisation estimates the equivalent of 195 million full-time jobs could be lost in the second quarter alone from the COVID-19 outbreak, with businesses and plants shuttered worldwide.
2020-04-07 20:47:30 Read More

Germany plans new curbs on foreign takeovers

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British PM Boris Johnson fights virus in intensive care as global deaths soar

Boris Johnson, 55, moved into intensive care when his condition worsened 10 days after his diagnosis. A cabinet minister said Johnson had been given oxygen but had not been put on a ventilator. His case has highlighted the global reach of Covid-19, which has put more than half of the planet on some form of lockdown, upended societies and wrecked economies worldwide.
2020-04-07 16:33:18 Read More

China prosecutes campaign to evade responsibility

Chairman Xi Jinping is waging one of his toughest fights since assuming control of China, a bitter battle to retain legitimacy at home and to save China's battered image internationally in light of its COVID-19 mishandling.
2020-04-07 12:35:22 Read More

FATF to review Pak's performance on commitments to fight terror in June

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China posts drop in coronavirus cases, Wuhan lockdown due to end

Mainland China reported on Tuesday a drop in new coronavirus cases after closing its borders to virtually all foreigners to curb imported infections, while the central city of Wuhan, epicentre of the outbreak, saw no new deaths for the first time.
2020-04-07 08:22:46 Read More

Denmark to start easing coronavirus restrictions

Denmark is to gradually lift restrictions put in place to fight the new coronavirus, starting with the reopening of daycare nurseries, kindergartens and primary schools from April 15. "Daily life is not going to return as before for the moment. We will live with many restrictions for many more months," the prime minister warned.
2020-04-07 08:16:37 Read More

Coronavirus: 'Idiot' Kiwi health minister breaks lockdown restrictions, demoted

New Zealand health minister David Clark said he offered his resignation to PM Jacinda Ardern after revealing he took a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) drive to the beach with his family. Ardern said she had demoted Clark in the cabinet rankings. "I've been an idiot and I understand why people will be angry with me," he said in a statement.
2020-04-07 07:54:30 Read More

Virus pain easing in Spain, Italy; bleak days for France, UK

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Australian court dismisses cardinal George Pell's sex abuse convictions

Australia's highest court on Tuesday acquitted former Vatican treasurer George Pell of sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, allowing the 78-year-old cardinal to walk free from jail. The seven judges of the High Court agreed unanimously that the jury in the cardinal's trial "ought to have entertained a doubt" as to his guilt.
2020-04-07 07:40:56 Read More

China tightens land borders after rise in asymptomatic cases

China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as the govt vowed tighter controls at land borders. On Monday, 78 new asymptomatic cases had been identified as of the end of Sunday, compared with 47 the day before. â€‹â€‹Hubei province accounted for almost half the new asymptomatic cases.
2020-04-07 07:40:14 Read More

Dominic Raab: Boris Johnson's de facto deputy

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UK PM Boris Johnson admitted to intensive care with coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was in hospital due to persistent coronavirus symptoms, has been taken into intensive care, Downing Street has said. â€‹â€‹UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab has taken charge as Johnson was moved to the ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in London on Monday. â€œOver the course of this afternoon, the condition of the PM has worsened," the spokesperson said.
2020-04-07 01:35:27 Read More

New York governor extends shutdown to April 29

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday extended a shutdown in the epicenter of America's deadly coronavirus pandemic until near the end of the month. Cuomo said the COVID-19 death rate in New York was "effectively flat" for the past two days but announced that schools and non-essential businesses must stay shut until April 29.
2020-04-06 22:56:20 Read More

Queen Elizabeth II delivers message of resolve in special coronavirus address

The 93-year-old British monarch and Head of the 54-member Commonwealth of nations which includes India, acknowledged the grief, pain and financial difficulties being faced the world over during this "time of disruption" and expressed the hope that the whole world was uniting in a "common endeavour".
2020-04-06 22:45:06 Read More

US warns China not to 'exploit' virus for sea disputes

"We call on the PRC to remain focused on supporting international efforts to combat the global pandemic, and to stop exploiting the distraction or vulnerability of other states to expand its unlawful claims in the South China Sea," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.
2020-04-06 20:50:40 Read More

Iran says virus infections show 'gradual' decline

The figure shows a drop in officially reported new cases of coronavirus for the sixth consecutive day after a peak of 3,111 reached on March 31. Iran is by far the country most affected by the pandemic. President Hassan Rouhani reiterated a call for people to stay at home as he warned Iran could be "put back in a difficult situation" unless people follow guidelines.
2020-04-06 18:50:41 Read More

With worst to come, 3 in 4 hospitals already facing Covid-19

Three out of four US hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed as cases rocket toward their projected peak.
2020-04-06 16:52:37 Read More

Spain to widen coronavirus tests as hopes rise for easing lockdown

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'We'll meet again': Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit to defeat coronavirus

Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation. "We will meet again", she pointedly said in a direct reference to the most famous British song from the war years of the 1940s, when she was a teenager. "Better days will return."
2020-04-06 14:59:34 Read More

COVID-19 restrictions to continue in Sri Lanka until Tamil New Year

The stringent measures taken by Sri Lanka to stem the spread of novel coronavirus will continue until the Sinhala and Tamil New Year on April 14 and a team of experts headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will monitor the COVID-19 crisis till it is brought under control, the President's Media Division has said.
2020-04-06 13:49:28 Read More

Japan PM to declare state of emergency of up to 6 months: Report

Japan will declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus. More than 3,500 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Japan and 85 have died, not a huge outbreak compared with some hot spots, but the numbers keep rising with particular alarm over the spread in Tokyo, which has more than 1,000 cases.
2020-04-06 12:02:32 Read More

UN chief urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is urging govts around the world to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. "For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest. In their own homes. Over the past weeks, we have seen a horrifying global surge in domestic violence," Guterres said.
2020-04-06 09:40:52 Read More

Spainâ€™s virus toll rises by 674 but pace keeps slowing

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PIO MP Lisa Nandy is Labour Party's new shadow foreign secy

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PIO MP Lisa Nandy is Labour Party's new shadow foreign secy

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430k people came to US from China since virus surfaced

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Single passenger flights: Woes of airlines & crew

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Ecuador city runs out of coffins amid Covid-19 crisis

Soaring numbers of COVID-19 deaths in Ecuador's second city Guayaquil have led to a shortage of coffins, forcing locals to resort to using cardboard boxes, city authorities said Sunday. â€‹â€‹Authorities in the Pacific port city said they had received a donation of 1,000 pressed cardboard caskets from local producers, and delivered them for use in two local cemeteries.
2020-04-06 07:47:14 Read More

UK govt warns of tougher measures on social distancing

Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday warned the government could ban outside exercise if people flout stringent guidelines to cut the spread of coronavirus infections. Warmer weekend weather has stoked fears that Britons could congregate in parks and open spaces, potentially increasing transmission, as the country goes into a third week of lockdown.
2020-04-05 22:36:15 Read More

New Yorkers hunker down as city braces for critical phase

New Yorkers hunkered down on Sunday as the city entered a critical phase in the coronavirus crisis - a period authorities warned would bring soaring death tolls and even more challenges for an overburdened health care system.
2020-04-05 21:27:18 Read More

France turns to speedy trains to catch up in virus response

The high-speed train whooshing past historic World War I battle zones and through the chateau-speckled Loire Valley carried a delicate cargo: 20 critically ill COVID-19 patients and the machines helping keep them alive. The TGV-turned-mobile-intensive-care-unit is just one piece of France's nationwide mobilization of trains, helicopters, jets and even a warship, deployed to relieve congested hospitals and shuffle hundreds of patients and medical personnel in and out of coronavirus hotspots.
2020-04-05 18:41:35 Read More

Boris Johnson's pregnant fiancee says she is 'on the mend' from coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pregnant fiancee, Carrie Symonds on Sunday revealed that she was bedridden after developing symptoms of coronavirus but is now on the mend and feeling stronger. The 32-year-old conservationist had been self-isolating separately from Johnson with the couple's dog Dilyn.
2020-04-05 17:15:04 Read More

US to airlift 22,000 Americans stranded overseas; many in India

The US has so far repatriated around 37,000 Americans stranded overseas due to the pandemic and is planning to bring another 22,000 of its citizens, many of whom are in South Asia, especially India, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ian Brownlee told reporters during a conference call on Friday.
2020-04-05 14:08:04 Read More

Ecuador VP apologizes after virus corpses left on streets

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'COVID-19 cases in Pak may top 50,000 by April end'

In a report submitted to the apex court on Saturday, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSRC), however, explained that these figures were mere projections based on assumptions made from trends of the outbreak in other countries, reports Dawn news.
2020-04-05 08:56:06 Read More

What impact is coronavirus having on Middle East conflicts?

The United Nations has appealed for ceasefires in all the major conflicts rocking the planet. But it remains unclear what the pandemic's impact will be on the multiple wars rolling in the Middle East's. So far, the pandemic seems to have given some reason to a ceasefire between Russia and Turkey- two main foreign power brokers in Syria's nine-year-old war.
2020-04-05 08:36:06 Read More

New York gets 1,100 ventilators with help from China, Oregon

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Sri Lanka bans incoming passenger flights indefinitely

The Sri Lankan government on Saturday indefinitely closed all international airports for incoming passenger flights due to the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Only flights departing with passengers originating from Colombo will be allowed to operate during the lockdown. Emergency diversions, freighter operations and technical landings would also be allowed.
2020-04-04 20:26:54 Read More

UK records fourth successive daily high in coronavirus deaths

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Donald Trump recommends Americans wear face masks in public

Citing the latest recommendations from the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Donald Trump, who has decided not to wear a mask, urged people to wear face coverings like scarves or homemade cloth masks, and to keep medical-grade masks available for the health workers who are struggling to contain the growing number of Covid-19 cases.
2020-04-04 19:20:05 Read More

COVID-19: NY State records 562 deaths in single day; tally crosses 7000 in US

More than 7,000 people have died in the US, and 1,867 in New York City alone, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre. The New York State reported its highest number of 562 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, with a person dying almost every two-and-a-half minutes.
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COVID-19: NY State records 562 deaths in single day; tally crosses 7000 in US

US sets new global record with 1,480 virus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

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Pakistan records 2,700 coronavirus cases

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WHO, IMF say saving lives 'prerequisite' to save jobs

The WHO and IMF chiefs insisted Friday that saving lives was a "prerequisite" to saving livelihoods in the coronavirus pandemic -- a crisis they called "one of humanity's darkest hours".
2020-04-04 12:48:10 Read More

Competition for supplies sharpening as pandemic worsens

Scarce supplies of medical equipment are leading to growing competition within the U.S. and among nations, in what one French politician called a "worldwide treasure hunt."
2020-04-04 11:01:03 Read More

Donald Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint

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China mourns thousands who died in country's coronavirus epidemic

China on Saturday mourned the thousands of "martyrs" who have died in the new coronavirus outbreak, flying the national flag at half mast throughout the country and suspending all forms of entertainment. The day of mourning coincided with the start of the annual Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, when millions of Chinese families pay respects to their ancestors.
2020-04-04 08:52:21 Read More

Oz PM urges WHO, UN to act against Chinaâ€™s wet markets

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CDC recommends wearing masks in public, but Trump says guidance is voluntary

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US futher tightens public health protocols, social distancing norms

American health and public safety mandarins are further tightening public health protocols and social distancing norms, even as toll from the pandemic neared 7,000 in America. People are being asked to wear any kind of mask all the time. Some officials have gone so far as to recommend that families practice social distancing even within the confines of their homes.
2020-04-03 22:51:52 Read More

Prince Charles opens new London hospital for virus patients

Prince Charles remotely opened a vast temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients at London's main exhibition center Friday, as the number of coronavirus-related deaths reported in the UK surpassed China's official total. While confirmed virus cases and deaths continued to rise steeply, British PM Johnson said he remained in isolation with a fever.
2020-04-03 21:09:12 Read More

In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken

Two of the most powerful people in Washington haven't spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that has already killed more than 6,000 Americans and put 10 million others out of work.
2020-04-03 20:45:23 Read More

In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken

UK PM stays in coronavirus isolation with mild symptoms

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms of the coronavirus, including a high temperature, seven days after he first tested positive.
2020-04-03 17:56:25 Read More

UNGA adopts resolution on COVID-19

The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted its first resolution on the coronavirus pandemic co-sponsored by India and 187 other nations, calling for intensified global cooperation to defeat the deadly disease that is causing "severe disruption" to societies and economies.
2020-04-03 15:26:38 Read More

Italian PM tells EU to 'show more ambition, unity, courage'

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Covid-19: Pak struggles to stop congregational prayers

Ministry of health services said that Pakistan's coronavirus cases jumped to 2,450 on Friday. Thirty five people have died due to the pandemic, while 126 have recovered so far. The number of cases were regularly on the rise in the country despite more than one week of partial lockdown.
2020-04-03 12:57:19 Read More

Trump again tests negative for coronavirus, says wearing masks okay

Trump's physician, Sean Conley, said in a letter released by the White House that Trump was tested with a new, rapid point-of-contact test and the result came back in 15 minutes. "He is healthy and without symptoms," Conley said. At his daily White House news briefing, Trump said Americans should wear protective face masks if they wish. Scarves work just as well, he said.
2020-04-03 12:34:32 Read More

China to observe April 4 as mourning day for coronavirus victims

China will observe a national day of mourning on Saturday for martyrs, including the "whistleblower" doctor Li Wenliang, who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak and the over 3,300 people who died of the COVID-19 in the country. During the commemoration, national flags will fly at half-mast across the country.
2020-04-03 11:18:04 Read More

US slams Pak court's verdict in Daniel Pearl murder case

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Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

With about 40,000 people per square kilometer (103,600 per square mile) living in plastic shacks side by side, which is more than 40 times the average density of Bangladesh, the refugees are dangerously exposed to the virus. Each shack is barely 10 square meters (107 square feet) and many are overcrowded.
2020-04-03 09:08:59 Read More

Americans urged to wear masks outside as coronavirus pandemic worsens

The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the still-exploding coronavirus pandemic, as the US death toll rose by 1,000 in a single day for the first time. As of Thursday evening the US death toll from COVID-19 stood at 5,887, with more than 243,000 cases across all 50 states.
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As unknown carriers loom, nations scramble for masks

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As unknown carriers loom, nations scramble for masks

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World Bank to roll out $160 bn emergency aid over 15 months

The World Bank on Thursday approved a plan to roll out $160 billion in emergency aid over 15 months to help countries deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. â€‹â€‹The World Bank board announced the first set of fast-track crisis funding, with an initial $1.9 billion going to projects in 25 countries, and operations moving forward in another 40 nations.
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UK coronavirus death toll rises to 2,921, up 24% in a day

The United Kingdom's coronoavirus death toll rose 24 per cent to 2,921 as of April 1. As of 0800 GMT on April 2, a total of 163,194 people had been tested of which 33,718 tested positive, the health ministry said. "Of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 2,921 have sadly died," the ministry said.
2020-04-02 20:15:50 Read More

Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew in Mecca and Medina

Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew in Mecca and Medina on Thursday, extending measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, which has infected more than 1,700 people in the kingdom and killed 16. The interior ministry said in a statement there were some exceptions, including for essential workers and in order for residents to buy food and access medical care.
2020-04-02 18:12:53 Read More

Spain virus death toll tops 10,000: Govt

The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged over 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 mark, the government said.â€‹
2020-04-02 17:10:39 Read More

China reports 35 new imported coronavirus cases, six deaths

China reported 35 new imported cases of the novel coronavirus while the death toll from the COVID1-9 infections increased to 3,318 after six more fatalities were confirmed on Wednesday from the virus hit Hubei province, health officials said on Thursday.
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Covid-19: 44 Texas University students test positive after spring break trip

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'Iran only acts in self-defence,' foreign minister tells Trump

Iran said on Thursday it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warned it and its allies against attacking US troops in Iraq.
2020-04-02 15:12:30 Read More

'Shoot them dead': Philippine President says won't tolerate lockdown violators

In a televised address, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures that they could be shot for causing trouble. He said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated. The Philippines has recorded 96 deaths and 2,311 confirmed cases with infections now being reported in the hundreds every day.
2020-04-02 14:30:28 Read More

Russian plane lands in US with medical supplies to combat coronavirus

The Permanent Mission of Russia to NATO on Thursday tweeted a video of the Russian Ministry of Defence cargo aircraft Ruslan AN-124-100 arriving at the John F Kennedy airport in New York. "MoD cargo aircraft Ruslan AN-124-100 arrived in Flag of United States NY JFK airport with 60 tons of medical equipment, ventilators, masks & other protection gear to assist in fighting real common adversary- COVID19," the mission said in the tweet.
2020-04-02 12:29:09 Read More

North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus

North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near a million. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea quickly shut down its borders in Jan after the virus was first detected in neighbouring China, and imposed containment measures.
2020-04-02 11:55:02 Read More

Pak court commutes death sentence of prime accused in US journalist Daniel Pearl murder case

A Pakistan court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of Ahmed Omar Sheikh, the prime accused in the 2002 murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl to seven years in jail, as per reports. The Sindh High Court overturned the anti-terrorism court's earlier verdict on Sheikh. The other three convicts, who were earlier given life sentences, were also acquitted.
2020-04-02 11:27:31 Read More

US begins repatriation of its nationals from India: Official

The US has begun repatriation of its stranded nationals, who want to return home, from India which is undergoing a 21-day lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus pandemic, a senior American diplomat said, praising the Indian govt for extending full support. So far, the US has repatriated over 30,000 citizens from over 60 countries on more than 350 flights.
2020-04-02 10:49:45 Read More

Singapore reports fourth death due to coronavirus

The ministry said that a 68-year-old male Indonesian national, who was a Singapore Work Pass holder, passed away from complications due to Covid-19 infection on April 2. The patient was admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on March 22 and was confirmed to have Covid-19 infection on the same day. He had been in Indonesia from January 20 to March 16 and was in the intensive care unit (ICU) since March 26.
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US virus deaths pass 5,000: Johns Hopkins

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Trump casts doubt on Chinese coronavirus figures

Prez Donald Trump has cast doubt on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover-up. "How do we know" if they are accurate, Trump asked. "Their numbers seem to be a little bit on the light side", nonetheless he insisted that "relationship with China's a good one".
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Pakistanâ€™s coronavirus cases jump to 2,119

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2020-04-01 23:19:53 Read More

Trump warns Iran of 'heavy price' in case of attack on US troops

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Puerto Rico shutters police stations amid Covid-19 curfew

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UK government promises more virus tests as criticism grows

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Europe toll hits grim milestone as UN warns of humanity's worst crisis since World War II

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Europe coronavirus death toll tops 30,000: AFP tally

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 30,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of the deaths registered in Italy and Spain, according to an AFP tally . A total of 30,063 deaths have been recorded in Europe out of 458,601 cases, making it the continent hit hardest by Covid-19.
2020-04-01 13:39:12 Read More

US virus deaths pass 4,000: Johns Hopkins University

The total US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. â€‹The number of deaths was 4,076 -- more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday.
2020-04-01 10:06:34 Read More

US virus deaths pass 4,000: Johns Hopkins University

Harry and Meghan embark on new life in Los Angeles

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are currently rumored to be hunkering down at a compound in Malibu, the exclusive beach community outside Los Angeles long favored by A-listers and movie moguls.
2020-04-01 09:48:27 Read More

6.5 magnitude quake hits US state of Idaho

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Tokyo bans indoor smoking from today

Japan lags behind many countries in its efforts to reduce tobacco usage, and the ban â€” just in Tokyo â€” only applies to traditional cigarettes. E-cigarettes too are banned. The ban was part of Tokyoâ€™s preparations for the 2020 Olympics, and covers establishments with hired employees.
2020-04-01 08:19:39 Read More

Five things we still don't know about the coronavirus

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CNN reporter Cuomo, brother of NY governor, has coronavirus

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Wuhan's favorite noodles are back as virus-hit city recovers

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Indonesia declares state of emergency as virus toll jumps

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Coronavirus: White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast

Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible. The public could get its first close look at the Trump administration's own projections Tuesday at the daily briefing.
2020-03-31 14:09:25 Read More

Millions of Nigerians enter lockdown as Africa tries to halt virus

Businesses are being closed, non-food shops shut and people required to stay at home as officials look to track down possible carriers of the disease after reporting 131 confirmed cases and two deaths so far. Enforcing the restrictions in sprawling Lagos will be a mammoth challenge as millions live crammed into slums and rely on daily earnings to survive.
2020-03-31 12:49:26 Read More

Coronavirus: New York hospital doctor prepares for the worst

With the rapid rise of hospitalizations and a health system nearly at capacity, New York doctor Shamit Patel is preparing for the worst over the next few days, all while hoping he won't have to start choosing which coronavirus patients to treat. Just 10 days ago, only half of the 46-year-old internist's patients at Beth Israel -- one of the Mount Sinai hospitals in Manhattan -- were suffering from Covid-19.
2020-03-31 12:01:25 Read More

Italy extends lockdown until 'at least' April 12

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Monday any easing of containment measures would be done incrementally to ensure Italy does not give up gains it has made against the extraordinary disease. "It cannot last very long," he said. Health minister Roberto Speranza later announced that "all containment measures would be extended at least until Easter" on April 12.
2020-03-31 11:32:27 Read More

Extreme isolation: World's last virus-free corners hold tight

A coronavirus-free tropical island nestled in the northern Pacific may seem the perfect place to ride out a pandemic -- but residents on Palau say life right now is far from idyllic. The microstate of 18,000 people is among a dwindling number of places on Earth that still report zero cases of COVID-19 as figures mount daily elsewhere.
2020-03-31 11:06:02 Read More

US President Donald Trump says US to send medical supplies to Italy, France, Spain

Trump, speaking at his daily briefing, went into few specifics about the type of aid or the timing, but said a large quantity was destined for Italy, which has the world's highest pandemic death toll. Trump "reiterated the commitment of the United States to working with Italy and all of our European Allies and partners to stop the spread of the virus and get medical care to all of those in need," the White House said in a statement
2020-03-31 10:14:38 Read More

Coronavirus: Next 30 days are very vital, says Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump's remarks came a day after he extended the "social distancing" guidelines until April 30, expecting the peak death rate from Covid-19 to hit the country in two weeks. "Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days, and this is a very vital 30 days," Trump said.
2020-03-31 09:46:09 Read More

Coronavirus: China reports 48 new imported cases, one death

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2020-03-31 09:13:43 Read More

'Megxit': Harry and Meghan formally quit royal life

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan formally step down as senior members of the British royal family on Tuesday, as they start a new life in the US. The couple have already relocated to California, according to reports, after announcing in January that they intended to quit royal life and "work to become financially independent".
2020-03-31 08:12:13 Read More

UN adopts 4 resolutions, voting by email because of Covid-19

The UNSC adopted 4 resolutions, with its 15 members voting by email because of the coronavirus pandemic. Members voted to keep troops in Darfur until end of May; maintain the UN political mission in Somalia until June 30; extended the mandate of the UN panel of experts for N Korea until April 30, 2021 and stressed the importance of supporting the peacekeeping operations.
2020-03-31 08:00:46 Read More

US coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on deadliest day

In a grim new milestones marking the spread of the virus, total deaths across the United States hit 3,017, including at least 540 on Monday, and the reported cases climbed to more than 163,000. However, the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed US Navy hospital ship was a sign of hope in the cityâ€™s desperate fight.
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US records 2,502 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours

Britain's hero of the hour 'Captain Tom' turns 100

Don't believe polls that show Biden ahead in presidential race: Trump

Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election

UK COVID-19 death toll jumps to 26,097

Pompeo praises India for lifting export restrictions on critical medical supplies

Sri Lanka records over 70% fall in tourist arrivals

Tensions flare up between Australia, China over Covid-19 probe

South Korea construction fire kills 30

Pak summons senior Indian diplomat over 'ceasefire violations'

'Iran death toll from corona outbreak reaches 5,957'

UK PM Johnson and partner announce birth of baby boy

Concerns raised over Malaysia lockdown penalties

Tokyo governor calls to extend state of emergency

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern spoke to Queen on pandemic response

Trump ignored 12 warnings issued by CIA about coronavirus

Indonesia govt to defend corona spending in top court

Indonesia govt to defend corona spending in top court

Thailand reports nine new coronavirus cases, no more deaths

Biden wins Ohio's mail-in primary delayed by coronavirus

US closer to testing international air travelers: Trump

'Failure to stop corona at source led to nations going through hell'

No. of coronavirus cases in US crosses 1 million, fatalities 58,000

US registers millionth case as pandemic lockdowns ease

Pentagon releases 'UFO' videos taken by US Navy pilots

Worried about coronavirus, US House wonâ€™t return â€” for now

Trump and Putin issue rare joint statement promoting cooperation

Trump and Putin issue rare joint statement promoting cooperation

France to outline plans to lift coronavirus lockdown

Singapore to enter into recession this year due to coronavirus pandemic: Monetary Authority of Singapore

Pope says obey rules during exit from coronavirus lockdowns

Donald Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer

Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal

Covid-19: Arab doctor leads Israeli hospital's anti-virus fight

Covid-19: Signs of progress in US as deaths decrease in New York

As coronavirus cases rise, UAE adjusts to a new normal in pandemic

Indian national is first case in US border protection custody to have COVID-19

UK sets up new insurance scheme for NHS medics' families

Beijing to shut coronavirus special hospital, clears all cases

Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases, two new deaths

Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases, two new deaths

Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro

World cannot afford a lost generation of youth due to Covid-19: Guterres

New York cautious as more US states ease virus lockdowns

Is Brazil the next big hot spot as other nations ease up?

Trump: US may seek damages from China over coronavirus

South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumours are untrue

Spain counts 331 new virus deaths in 24 hours: Government

Boris Johnson back at work, says tide being turned on Covid-19

Bangladesh cleric tests positive for coronavirus after leading Ramzan prayers

South Korea's ex-strongman on trial for defamation

South Korea's ex-strongman on trial for defamation

Pak's anti-graft body issues arrest warrant against Sharif

Pak govt moves to grant voting right to expatriates

China's Wuhan city discharges last coronavirus patient from hospital

New Zealand has won a battle against virus transmission: PM Jacinda Ardern

Osaka to name and shame pachinko parlours defying corona lockdown

Saudi Arabia abolishes death penalty for juveniles

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 'alive and well': South Korea

Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors and floggings

Canada warns against chloroquine use as coronavirus treatment

Canada warns against chloroquine use as coronavirus treatment

As virus lockdown eases, Italy ponders what went wrong

German minister backs creating legal right to work from home

Russia at risk of spike in coronavirus cases during May holidays: Official

Russia coronavirus cases surpass 80,000; death toll at 747

Boris Johnson to be back to work at Downing Street from Monday

Pak denies preparing vaccine for COVID-19; cases cross 12,000

South Korea reports 10 new coronavirus cases

Thousands demonstrate against Israeli coalition deal

Beijing bans 'uncivilised' behaviour to improve public hygiene

French PM Edouard Philippe to present strategy on ending virus lockdown

French PM Edouard Philippe to present strategy on ending virus lockdown

As coronavirus crisis ravages Pakistan, military trumps Imran Khan

UK visa surcharge for overseas doctors under review, says Priti Patel

Italy celebrates Liberation Day amid virus restrictions

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