London: A six-week-old baby has died of coronavirus in England, becoming the UK’s youngest COVID-19 victim, the National Health Service (NHS) has confirmed. A further 332 deaths in hospitals in …
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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday responded to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s congratulatory message for successfully containing the novel coronavirus in the Asian giant, where the disease originated …
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Manila: The Philippine Supreme Court has dismissed a request to make public the medical reports, both physical and psychological, of the country’s President Rodrigo Duterte, whose health has been questioned …
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Washington: The personal assistant of Ivanka Trump, US President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior White House adviser, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the media reported. But the assistant, …
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Washington: The global COVID-19 death toll has surpassed the 270,000 mark, while the number of cases from across the world was nearing 4 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump said the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man from the state of Georgia who was shot dead while jogging unarmed, was “a very disturbing …
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Damascus: Mosques in Syria reopened for the first time since March as part of the government’s plan to ease the measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the mosques were opened for …
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New York: US President Donald Trump has been asked by five lawmakers to temporarily suspend new H-1B and practical training visas as unemployment in the country soars to highest ever numbers …
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Islamabad: The number of COVID-19 cases surged to a record high in Pakistan as the governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan announced the partial easing of lockdown measures …
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Tokyo: COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 87 to 15,662, with the figure including 39 new infections in the capital, remaining below 100 for a sixth straight day and dropping well …
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