Beijing: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday informed the US Embassy in China of its decision to withdraw its consent for the establishment and operation of the American Consulate General in …
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Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that political leadership and community engagement are the two vital pillars of the response to COVID-19. Tedros told a …
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London: Hackers have compromised student and alumni data at least eight universities in the UK and Canada including University of York, University College, Oxford, University of Leeds and University of London …
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Geneva, The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s latest comments on the relations between the UN health body and China is …
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Srinagar, Pakistan resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Nougam sector in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday evening, officials said. “Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC …
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Washington: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called Donald Trump the “first racist elected President”, the media reported. Biden made the remark while addressing a virtual townhall on Wednesday in …
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Washington: US administration officials were alerted after a cafeteria employee on White House grounds tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to news reports. Both NBC News and CNN reported on …
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Washington: NASA is targeting late September for the launch of the first operational commercial crew flight of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space …
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Kabul: At least 250 Afghan security force members were killed and over 300 others injured in 220 attacks carried out by the Taliban in the past three weeks in the 11 …
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Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 15.1 million mark, while the deaths have increased to over 621,800, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday …
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