DUBAI, June 22 (Reuters): The lack of global leadership and unity to fight the coronavirus is a bigger threat that the outbreak itself, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday, adding
Brasilia, June 22 (IANS): Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 COVID-19 deaths, which came amid growing political unrest and just days after the country confirmed mor
Moscow, June 22 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ruled out that he will run for a new presidential term if such a constitutional amendment is adopted, the media reported.
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan, June 22 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen oversaw the first public test flight of a new locally designed and made advanced jet trainer on Monday, part of her government's plan to b
Washington, June 22 (IANS) The total number of global COVID-19 cases was nearing 9 million, while the deaths have increased to over 467,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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DEAD SEA, West Bank, June 21 (Reuters): Palestinians are worried their restricted access to the salty waters of the Dead Sea and its mineral-rich beaches could be cut further if Israel annexes land in
CAPE TOWN, June 21 (Reuters): South Africa's last apartheid president, F.W. de Klerk, has withdrawn from a U.S. seminar about minority rights because he did not want to embarrass himself or his hosts i
Washington, June 21 (Reuters): TikTok users and Korean pop music fans are being partly credited for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at President Donald Trump's first political ra
FRANKFURT, June 21 (Reuters): Authorities in Germany's Goettingen and North Rhine Westphalia regions have called on police to enforce quarantine measures following a rise in local coronavirus infection
New Delhi, June 21 (PTI): United States President Donald Trump has once again blamed China for the global spread of the deadly coronavirus which has killed over 450,000 people and infected more than 8.5 million
WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters): U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had investigated President Donald Trump's lawyer but the
BELGRADE, June 21 (Reuters): Serbians went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in Europe's first national election since coronavirus lockdowns took effect three months ago, with the ruling
KABUL, June 21 (Reuters): Taliban militants kidnapped about 60 civilians in central Afghanistan over the past week, officials said on Sunday, with more than half still being held amid efforts by the United
LONDON, June 21 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he was appalled and sickened by a stabbing spree in a southern English town which police said was an act of terrorism.
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MOSCOW, June 21 (Reuters): Vladimir Putin is considering running for a new term as Russia's president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable him to do so, Russian news agencies quot
MADRID, June 21 (Reuters): Passengers wearing masks and wheeling suitcases arrived at Madrid's main airport on Sunday as Spain opened its borders to most European countries and ended a state of emergen
JAKARTA, JUNE 21 (IANS): Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted on Sunday, spewing a column of ash by up to 6 km high, and the highest level of flight alert was issued.
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VATICAN CITY, June 21 (Reuters): The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern for the environment as restrictions are lifted, Pope Francis
TOKYO, June 21 (Reuters): Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet rose by nine percentage points to 36% despite the recent arrest of his former justice minister on suspicion of
WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters): A U.S. judge denied on Saturday a request by the Trump administration for an injunction to block publication of a book by Donald Trump's former national security adviser