KABUL, May 26 (Reuters): The Afghan government urged the Taliban to extend a three-day ceasefire which is due to end on Tuesday night and also announced that it would release 900 prisoners from the insurge
GENEVA, May 26 (Reuters) - Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an “immediate second peak” if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health
Beijing, May 26 (IANS) Chinese health authority said on Tuesday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in the Chinese mainland on Monday.
Seven imported cases were report
Washington, May 26 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 5.5 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 346,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Geneva, May 26 (IANS) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General, said that a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on COVID-19 patients has come to "a temp
Washington, May 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he would be "reluctantly forced" to move the Republican National Convention (RNC) scheduled to be held in August in North Carolina to a ne
WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that he may move the Republican National Convention from North Carolina set for August if the event faces state social distancing
BANGKOK, May 25 (Reuters): A researcher leading Thailand's push to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine says its aim is to make it cost-effective and accessible to Southeast Asia, and play a part in preve
MADRID/BARCELONA, May 25 (Reuters): Spain urged foreign holidaymakers on Monday to return from July as one of Europe's strictest lockdowns eased, though tourism businesses were sceptical about salvagin
MOSCOW, May 25 (Reuters): Russian prosecutors asked a court on Monday to sentence former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who is on trial accused of spying for the United States, to 18 years in a maximum security
BERLIN, May 25 (Reuters): Germany's central and regional governments were at odds on Monday over when and how far to ease contact distancing rules, with allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that
MANILA, May 25 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given his government a week to process some 24,000 repatriated Filipino workers stuck for weeks on cruise ships or in coronavirus quarantine, s
MANILA, May 25 (Reuters): One by one, Michelle Asinto's six children take the plate of rice doused in soy sauce and eat their share before passing it on.
This is what a meal can look like
HONG KONG, May 25 (Reuters): China's foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the city's security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass pro-democr
ALMATY, May 25 (Reuters): Several snow leopards, including a mother and her cub, have been spotted near the Kazakh city of Almaty wandering through a usually popular hiking destination that is now mostly off li
Beijing, May 25 (IANS): China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has accused the US of spreading "conspiracies and lies" about the coronavirus pandemic, ratcheting up tensions between the two nations, it
Vienna, May 25 (IANS): Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen has apologised after staying at a restaurant beyond the country's coronavirus-related closing time of 11 p.m.
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Tokyo, May 25 (IANS): The Japan government on Monday decided to lift the state of emergency for COVID-19 in Tokyo and four other prefectures of the country, the only places where the measure implemented to curb
Canberra, May 25 (IANS): Tens of thousands of Australian school students returned to their classrooms on Monday to resume full-time face-to-face classes, as the country plans to normalize its economic activity
Jerusalem, May 25 (IANS): An Israeli plane landed in Turkey for the first time in 13 years, the country's flag carrier El Al said.
El Al was the only Israeli airline to conduct flights to Turke