SYDNEY, July 27 (Reuters) - Countries around Asia are confronting a second wave of coronavirus infections and are clamping down again to try to contain the disease, with Australia recording a record daily rise
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Washington, July 27 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 16.1 million, while the deaths have increased to over 647,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday mor
Washington, July 27 (IANS) The death toll from COVID-19 in the US was nearing 150,000 with daily fatalities continuously passing the 1,000 mark, amid calls to shut down the country to contain the surging pandem
SEOUL, July 26 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea a
BANGKOK, July 26 (Reuters): Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a Japanese cartoon jingle on Sunday with lyrics mocking the government as hungry hamsters feasting on taxpayer cash, part of a new protest movem
MOGADISHU, July 26 (Reuters): Somalia's parliament ousted Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in a no-confidence vote on Saturday, as a simmering power struggle between him and the president came to the f
NANTES, France, July 26 (Reuters): A Rwandan refugee who volunteered as a warden at France's 15th-century Nantes cathedral has confessed to setting the blaze that gutted its interior a week ago, his la
ASUNCION/SANTIAGO, July 26 (Reuters): Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reuters tally showed on Sunday, amid a
MOSCOW, July 26 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones, which the defence ministry s
MADRID/LONDON, July 26 (Reuters): Spain is safe for tourists and Spaniards, the government insisted on Sunday after Britain abruptly imposed a two-week coronavirus quarantine on travellers returning from t
WARSAW, July 26 (Reuters): Poland's conservative ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) distanced itself on Sunday from a proposal by the justice minister to withdraw from a European treaty on violence aga
WARSAW, July 26 (Reuters): Poland will take steps next week to withdraw from a European treaty on violence against women, which the right-wing cabinet says violates parents' rights by requiring schools
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 (Reuters): Malaysian authorities launched a search on Sunday for 24 Rohingya refugees who went missing while trying to swim to shore from a boat off the resort island of Langkawi.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 (Reuters): Malaysian former prime minister Najib Razak, fighting dozens of charges over a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal at state fund 1MDB, faces his first verdict on Tuesday in
Reuters Hurricane Hanna battered the south Texas coast with blistering winds and crashing waves into the early hours of Sunday, leaving a large area already badly hit by COVID-19 bracing for torrential downp
London, July 25 (IANS): The UK's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have denied contributing to a new book about their life in the Royal Family, it was reported on Saturday. Authors Omid Scobie and
London, July 25 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted that his government did not understand coronavirus during the "first few weeks and months" of the outbreak in the country, adding t
Washington, July 25 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has signed four executive orders aimed at cutting prescription drug prices, which would allow discounts and import of cheaper drugs from abroad. "Th
London, July 25 (IANS) Boris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the "first few weeks and months" of the UK outbreak. In an interview with the BBC, PM said the
Washington, July 25 (IANS) The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 15.6 million, while the deaths have increased to over 638,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday mor
