LONDON, October 15 (Reuters): Scientists from Britain's University of Oxford have developed a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said on Thursda
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The 2020 US presidential election could be the most closely contested in recent memory due to a deeply divided electorate and the possibility that President Donald Trump will challenge widely us
New Delhi, October 14 (IANS): At a time when the seventh round of India and China military talks to resolve the border disputes in Eastern Ladakh have ended in a deadlock, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told
BANGKOK, October 14 (Reuters) - At least 10,000 Thai protesters marched to the prime minister's office on Wednesday demanding he stepped down, while thousands of royalist supporters also turned out in their
WASHINGTON, October 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced fresh questioning at her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, with the panel's Republican c
LONDON, October 14 (Reuters) - The director general of the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday an additional 10,000 children a month could die this year from malnutrition as a result of the impact of th
VATICAN CITY, October 14 (Reuters) - Pope Francis stayed a safe distance from well-wishers at his weekly general audience on Wednesday, saying new rules aimed at curbing the coronavirus meant he had to hold bac
JOHNSTOWN, Pa./PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., October 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden fanned out to critical battleground states on Tuesday as the presidential race entered a final,
SEOUL, October 14 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to build at least 25,000 homes over the next five years as citizens begin an 80-day campaign to achieve economic goals despite growing cris
New York, October 14 (IANS): Global Covid-19 cases have surpassed 38 million, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The global case count on Tuesday
WASHINGTON, October 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces more grilling by senators on Wednesday, a day after fending off repeated efforts by Democrats to elicit clues about her view
YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of a "severe" response, as tensions mounted over a fraying ceasefire in the mo
SANFORD, Fla., October 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Monday for the first time since he announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, touting his management of the pandemic as opin
Washington, October 13 (IANS): Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus "on consecutive days", White House doctor Sean Conley said in the first public disclosure about the US Preside
New York, October 13 (IANS): Deaths due to the novel coronavirus in the US is expected to reach almost 400,000 by February 1, 2021, according to a new forecast.
The new forecast released on Monday by the Ins
BAKU/YEREVAN, OCTOBER 12 (REUTERS): Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing strains on a two-day old humanitarian c
SEOUL, October 12 (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became visibly emotional during a speech at a military parade over the weekend as he thanked troops for their sacrifices and apologised to citizens f
Stockholm, October 12 (IANS): The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics was on Monday awarded to American economists, Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new
WASHINGTON, October 12 (Reuters): Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and tha
Dhaka, October 12 (IANS): The Bangladesh Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved a legal amendment to elevate the maximum punishment in rape cases to death from life imprisonment.
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