MADRID, July 19 (Reuters): Authorities in Catalonia on Sunday urged more than 96,000 people in three towns to stay at home, as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of Spain's worst-hit regions.
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HANOI, JULY 19 (REUTERS): China's embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of “outrageously smearing” the country and driving a wedge with its Southeast Asian neighbors over the co
BRUSSELS, July 19 (Reuters): A European Union plan to breathe life into economies throttled by the coronavirus pandemic hung in the balance on Sunday as leaders quarrelled over the level of spending on the
Reuters The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours. The biggest incr
Reuters U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 140,000 on Saturday as cases continued to rise in 42 out of 50 states over the past two weeks, according to a Reuters tally. Since late June
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters): Syria held a parliamentary election on Sunday, gripped by a collapsing economy and new U.S. sanctions after President Bashar al-Assad clawed back control of most of the
JERUSALEM, July 19 (Reuters): Israeli police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence on Saturday as protests mounted against him over alleged c
WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters): John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Friday, a passing that prompted tributes from leaders ac
Yangon, July 19 (Reuters): Myanmar's public marked one of the Southeast Asian nation's darkest moments on Sunday with tributes to slain independence heroes, though the annual Martyrs' Day gatherings
JERUSALEM, July 19 (Reuters): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will begin in earnest in January with witnesses being heard three times a week, a court decided on Sunday.
BRUSSELS, July 19 (Reuters): European Union leaders toiled in search of a coronavirus stimulus deal for a third day on Sunday but German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the mounting acrimony over the le
SAO PAULO, July 19 (Reuters): Brazil's top indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire has been hospitalized with digestive bleeding, according to a post on the Facebook page of Raoni's institute.
Washington, July 19 (IANS) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to over 14.2 million, while the deaths have topped to more than 601,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Washington, July 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he was saddened by the death of civil rights icon and Democratic Congressman John Lewis. "Saddened to hear the news of civil rights he
Geneva, July 19 (IANS) The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours -- the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. &nb
London, July 19 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he does not want to impose a second national lockdown in the event of another COVID-19 outbreak, a media report said on Sunday. Speak
Reuters President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million were at risk of acquiring it as Iran reimposed restrictions in t
Reuters A week that marked the return of capital punishment by the U.S. government after a 17-year hiatus ended on Friday with a third execution of a federal prisoner. Dustin Lee Honken, a convi
New Delhi/Muzaffarabad, July 18 (IANS): The Imran Khan government's move to strengthen its hold over Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK), through a council which had been abolished by former premie
Paris, July 18 (IANS): A fire broke out on Saturday at a 15th century cathedral in the French city of Nantes, authorities said, adding that the blaze has now been contained. Images from the scene s
