Beijing/Washington, May 24 (PTI) Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, weeks before Beijing disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, a US media report said, citin
London, May 24 (IANS) Sniffer dogs can help prevent the spread of Coronavirus by detecting SARS-CoV2, the virus behind Covid-19, according to a study, which found that the canines can be 88 per cent accurate in
Bangkok, May 24 (AP): Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person Monday for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on February 1, Myanmar media reporte
Kinshasa, May 24 (IANS): At least 15 people were killed after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano located on the outskirts of Goma city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the autho
Wellington, May 24 (IANS): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday welcomed the appointment of Cindy Kiro as the new Governor-General.
Kiro's appointment for a five-year term has been approve
Islamabad, May 24 (IANS): Officials of the High Commission of India in Islamabad along with their family members have been placed under quarantine after one of them tested positive for Covid-19 following their
Washington, May 24 (IANS) US' top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has said he is "not convinced" Covid-19 developed naturally, and has called for an open investigation into China to unrave
BEIJING, MAY 23 (AP): Twenty-one people running a mountain ultramarathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday.
Dhaka, May 23 (PTI): A prominent Bangladeshi senior woman investigative journalist was released from jail on Sunday after a court granted interim bail to her, a week after she was arrested on charges of violati
Rome, May 23 (AP): A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plunged to the ground Sunday, killing at least nine people and sending two childr
Kathmandu, May 23 (PTI): Authorities in Nepal on Sunday tightened security around the Supreme Court building and government offices here as top leaders of the Opposition alliance prepared to file a writ petitio
Sanaa, May 23 (IANS): The Saudi-led Arab coalition launched multiple airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen's oil-rich province of Marib, a government military source said.
The strikes on Saturday targe
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated the largest Chinese-built nuclear power plant, as the country tried to stretch itself away from dependency of fossil fuels for its en
Sanaa, May 23 (IANS): The Saudi-led Arab coalition launched multiple airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen's oil-rich province of Marib, a government military source said.
The strikes on Saturday targe
London, May 23 (IANS): Former BBC Director-Deneral Tony Hall announced that he has resigned as the National Gallery's chairman after an inquiry into the British broadcaster's 1995 interview with the lat
Dubai, May 22 (IANS): Healthcare groups in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have offered work to nurses from Kerala who have been stranded in the country due to Covid job scams, according to a news report.
In
Berlin, May 22 (IANS): Germany is adjusting its classification of the UK to identify it as a "virus variant area" due to the spread of the coronavirus strain first identified in India, the Robert Koch
Abuja, May 22 (IANS): Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers died in an air force plane crash in the country's Kaduna state, a military spokesman said.
The 11 victims we
Beijing, May 22 (IANS): An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale jolted China's Qinghai province on Saturday, authorities said, adding there were no reports of any casualties.
The quake struck Ma
Gaza, May 22 (IANS): A relative calm has dominated the Gaza Strip after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militants came into effect in the besieged enclave afte