YANGON, October 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar goes to the polls on November 8 in its second general election since the end of full military rule in 2011.
Here is a timeline of some key events in the nation's re
October 30 (Reuters) - The United States broke its single-day record for new coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting over 91,000 new cases, as hospitalizations also hit new highs in many states, according
Washington, October 30 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 45 million mark, while the deaths have surged to 1,179,270, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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WASHINGTON, October 29 (Reuters): The White House coronavirus task force is warning of a persistent and broad spread of COVID-19 in the western half of the United States and its members urged aggressive mi
FRANKFURT, October 29 (Reuters): A coronavirus strain that emerged in Spain in June has spread across Europe and now makes up a large proportion of infections in several countries, researchers said, highli
MOSCOW, October 29 (Reuters): Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a staunch ally of President Vladimir Putin, threw a champagne party in Russia's parliament in 2016 to toast Donald Trump's presidential election
MADRID, October 29 (Reuters): Spain will be under a state of emergency until early May, giving regions legal backing to decide curfews and restrict travel to try and contain rampant COVID-19 contagion.
AMSTERDAM, October 29 (Reuters): A U.N. judge on Thursday ordered Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga to undergo a medical examination to see whether he is fit to be sent to Arusha, Tanzania for trial
LONDON, October 29 (Reuters): Growing evidence that COVID-19 antibody levels can wane swiftly after someone is infected is not necessarily bad news for immunity, experts said on Thursday, and does not
KUALA LUMPUR, October 29 (Reuters): Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday Muslims have a right to "kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past" but he d
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 29 (IANS): With five days to go for the US election and a week out from the final presidential debate, it's raining polls and the needle isn't moving wildly in national numbers althoug
VATICAN CITY, October 29 (Reuters): Pope Francis condemned as "savage" an attack in which three people were killed at a church in France on Thursday, and the Vatican said terrorism and violence w
MOSCOW, October 29 (Reuters): Russia has temporarily stopped vaccinating new volunteers in its COVID-19 vaccine trial due to high demand and a shortage of doses, a representative at the firm running the study s
BANGKOK, October 29 (Reuters): Thai protesters criticised spending by King Maha Vajiralongkorn's palace and held a "fashion show" that parodied members of the royal family at a rally in Bangk
BRUSSELS, October 29 (Reuters): A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccine
BERLIN, October 29 (Reuters): Face masks and limits on numbers are important, but good ventilation technology is the most essential ingredient of all in reducing the risk of the coronavirus spreading at pu
PARIS, October 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): European women are at least 60 years away from winning equality with men and the pandemic could further slow progress, according to a report released on Thur
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Moderna Inc is on track to report early data from a late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate next month, the company said on Thursday, offering the clearest timeline yet on when the world w
MOSCOW, October 29 (Reuters): Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko replaced his interior minister and named three security hawks to new roles on Thursday to tighten his grip on the country after nearly 1
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 29 (Reuters): From his lab in Toulouse, France, Benjamin Sanderson models the range of extreme risks to humans from climate change, research he hopes can inform policymakers plann