Beijing, May 22 (IANS) A draft decision on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for Hong Kong to safeguard national security was submitted to China's national legislature f
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IANS File Photo. Washington, May 22 (IANS): US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the administration will carefully review the economic situation in the next few weeks, and that there
Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has increased to 50,694 with 1,067 deaths, the Health Ministry said in its latest update on Friday. A total of 2,603 new
IANS File Photo. Washington, May 22 (IANS): The number of initial unemplyment claims in the US totalled to 2.4 million last week as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep the nation, the Lab
IANS File Photo. London, May 22 (IANS): London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on all major retailers across the UK capital to sell non-medical face mass in all of their stores to help combat the
IANS Photo. Tehran, May 22 (IANS) Iran has condemned the new US sanctions on a number of Iranian institutions and individuals. The new sanctions are a sign of the US' "failure,
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI): The deadly coronavirus came from China and the United States is not going to take it lightly, Donald Trump said on Thursday. "It came from China. We are not happy abou
Washington, May 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US would not close in the case of a second coronavirus wave. "People say that's a very distinct possibility. I
Rome, May 22 (IANS) The coronavirus infection curve has continued downward overall in Italy, three months after the pandemic officially broke out in the country's northern Lombardy region on February 21.
Washington, May 22 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surged to over 5.1 million, while the death toll stood at 332,900, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Frid
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters): The World Bank on Thursday approved a record $500 million in grants and low-interest loans to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight swarms of desert locusts that
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters): The United States announced its intention to withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty that permits unarmed aerial surveillance flights over participating countries, sayin
AMSTERDAM, May 21 (Reuters): Medical researchers in the Netherlands have signed up 1,500 people who have recovered from the new coronavirus to donate blood as part of an international push to develop a tre
YANGON/DHAKA/BANGKOK, May 21 (Reuters): Zarchi Lwin pawned her only two gold bangles for $140 when the owner of the Myanmar factory where she sewed winter coats for British retailer Next Plc shut it
HANOI, May 21 (Reuters): A military court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a former deputy defence minister accused of allowing three plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred to privat
HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters): China will propose national security laws for Hong Kong in response to last year's often violent pro-democracy protests that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Reuters): Malaysia reported 35 new coronavirus cases at an immigration detention centre on Thursday, after authorities rounded up undocumented migrants this month in areas under lockd
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not face criminal action following allegations of misconduct over his relationship with a U.S tech entrepreneur but he might have had an
GULU, Uganda, May 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Before Uganda's coronavirus lockdown, HIV-positive Matina had a morning routine. After waking she drank tea, ate something small, and took her antiret
DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters): Iran's top health official appealed to Iranians to avoid travelling during the Eid al-Fitr religious holiday later this month to avoid the risk of a new surge of coronavirus in
