Washington, June 18 (IANS) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped to over 8.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 448,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Geneva, June 18 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the positive results of dexamethasone in treating the novel coronavirus, while warning that the drug should not be used on mild cases or for p
Geneva, June 18 (IANS) The brother of George Floyd, the unarmed African-American man killed last month under police custody in Minneapolis, said that "black lives do not matter in the United States of Amer
United Nations, June 18 (IANS) UN General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has proposed that heads of state and government as well as Ministers should not be in New York for this year's General Ass
HAIFA, Israel, June 17 (Reuters): Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat by drawing power from a mobile phone charger. The disi
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters): U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation, as Congress sought to curb racial discriminati
GENEVA, June 17 (Reuters): The brother of the late George Floyd called on the top U.N. human rights body on Wednesday to investigate police brutality and racial discrimination in the United States. &nbs
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday there was more work to be done to tackle discrimination in Britain but that his government would look at new ways of l
KATHMANDU, June 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Ever since the death of a young Dalit man killed along with five friends in what activists called a "caste-based massacre", Nepalis have been taking to
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, June 17 (Reuters): The controlling shareholder and former chairman of Seazen Group, one of China's largest property developers, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison af
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters): The United States on Wednesday imposed its toughest sanctions ever targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to choke off revenue for his government in a bid to force it back to
MOSCOW, June 17 (Reuters): Russia said on Wednesday that differences between other nations over the role of the World Health Organization have delayed a video conference being organised between the permane
OSLO, June 17 (Reuters): Chinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded salmon from Norway was not the source of the coronavirus found on cutting boards at a Beijing wholesale food market, Norway's f
BEIJING, June 17 (Reuters): China and India have agreed to de-escalate the situation at their border as soon as possible following a clash between the their troops, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wed
SEOUL, June 17 (Reuters): South Korea's President Moon Jae-in faces the biggest crisis yet in his bid to foster reconciliation with North Korea, as it lashes out with the destruction of a joint office
JERUSALEM, June 17 (Reuters): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing a limited initial annexation in the occupied West Bank, hoping to quell international opposition to his pledge of wide territoria
Reuters The report on Tuesday of a powerful treatment for the new coronavirus brought skepticism along with optimism among U.S. doctors, who said the recent withdrawal of an influential COVID-19 st
UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (Reuters): A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen asked the United Nations on Tuesday to share details of its accusations that the coalition was responsible for 222
SEOUL, June 17 (Reuters): North Korea said on Wednesday it had rejected a South Korean offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tension over defiance by North Korean defectors and stalled reconcilia
Washington, June 17 (IANS) The global number of COVID-19 cases has increased to over 8.1 million mark, while the death toll surged to over 441,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of
