Rome: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 28,236 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities, and recoveries to 207,428, latest data from the country’s Civil Protection Department showed …
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the news that there were no more hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus originated last December, praising …
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Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a phosphatic fertiliser factory on Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday. “All the participants broke …
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United Nations: UN General Assembly President Tijjani Muhamad-Bande is holding consultations on two possible ways of holding the elections for the non-permanent Security Council seats, one of which is assured for …
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Moscow: Russian Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Vladimir Yakushev and his deputy Dmitry Volkov have tested positive for COVID-19, the TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing the ministry. “I …
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that the COVID-19 outbreak still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). “Of course, the COVID-19 …
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San Francisco: While it appears that only a COVID-19 vaccine may take us back to normal, its development may take at least nine months to two years, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates …
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Los Angeles: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s beach house in Malibu is up for auction. Olympic gold medallist Bruce Jenner, now Caitlyn Jenner, had called the beach house his home on …
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Seoul: A North Korea defector elected as a lawmaker in South Korea on Friday claimed he was “99 per cent” sure that Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-un died after surgery amid rising …
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Beijing: A team of researchers here has developed a quick, sensitive test of antibodies against coronavirus in human blood, which could help doctors track a person’s exposure to the disease, as …
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