Washington: The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a new initiative aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies. With a $1.5-billion investment from federal stimulus funding, …
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Washington: A shooting outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. was a “suspected hate crime”, police said. A police report said the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Alexander Alazo from Texas, “knowingly …
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Islamabad; Pakistan’s National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and went into self-isolation, he confirmed in a tweet. “I tested positive for coronavirus and quarantined …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump has appeared to undercut his own intelligence agencies by suggesting that he has seen evidence the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory. Earlier, the US …
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London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will set out a “comprehensive plan” next week on how to restart the economy, reopen schools and help people travel to work …
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Kabul: The two houses of the Afghan Parliament — the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) and the Meshrano Jirga (upper house) — have been put under a lockdown until the end …
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Seoul: At least 38 people were killed as a fire ripped through a warehouse in South Korea’s Icheon city, with rescue workers continuing their search for missing persons amid the …
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San Francesco: As COVID-19 impacts every aspect of work and life globally, Microsoft has seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in just two months of its third quarter (January-March period), …
We saw 2 years of digital transformation in 2 months: Satya Nadella Read MoreWashington: The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that he would keep the US embassy in Israel in Jerusalem if elected in the November election. “The move shouldn’t have happened …
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Islamabad: The COVID-19 death toll in Pakistan has increased to 343 with the emergence of 26 fatalities in 24 hours, the highest single day jump, health authorities said. Special Assistant to …
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