Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said it is “especially concerned” about the impact of COVID-19 on women, children and adolescents. Speaking at a virtual press conference from Geneva on Friday, …
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Kiev: Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, announced via her official social media account that she has tested positive for COVID-19 virus. “I feel good, but I am in …
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has made his first public appearance in weeks of coronavirus lockdown to celebrate the country’s national day. He used the Russia Day holiday to promote a …
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New York: A woman in the US has said that ‘Blue Lives Murder’ shirts available for sale on e-commerce giant Amazon are hate speech, according to a report. For the …
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Rome: Prosecutors from northern Italy will question Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday after relatives of COVID-19 victims demanded an inquiry into alleged government negligence into the crisis. The prosecutors …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump entrenched himself in his fierce defense of the police and challenged the Democratic leaders of Washington state by threatening to intervene if they do not …
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Kathmandu : The Nepal government has decided to relax the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in a phase-wise manner, allowing most of the economic activities to operate by following certain health protocol …
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Oslo: A Norwegian court on Thursday sentenced a gunman to 21 years in prison for killing his teenage step-sister and opening fire at a mosque last August. Philip Manshaus, 22, …
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San Francisco: In a perhaps first such case, Facebook bought a tool from a third-party cybersecurity firm in a bid to hack one of its own users so that the …
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Islamabad: Shehbaz Sharif, President of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a party spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. Sharif, 69, a cancer survivor, was …
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