New York: The US dollar strengthened in late trading on Tuesday as appetite for risky assets diminished amid a steep sell-off in oil futures. The dollar index, which measures the greenback …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work on a plan to get funding to the oil and gas industries as a steep sell-off in oil futures continued. …
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Paris: France, which plans to unwind some restriction measures from May 11, registered 531 more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday as hospitalisation-related figures pursue a slow decline. Hospitals and nursing homes numbers …
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London: The UK government on Tuesday announced that the human trial of a potential COVID-19 candidate vaccine being developed by researchers at University of Oxford will begin from Thursday. Scientists at …
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New Delhi, Serendipity Arts Foundation and Les Rencontres dArles have announced a major photography, video and new media grant supported by the Embassy of France in India. Named the ‘Serendipity …
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Canberra: Elective surgeries will resume in Australia within a week amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Tuesday. The National Cabinet, which comprises Morrison and state and …
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Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked the media not to publish either the name or the photograph of the alleged shooter in the country’s bloodiest shooting rampagethat left …
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New York: In a sudden twist, US President Donald Trump has announced that he was shutting the country to legal immigration temporarily through an executive order. “In light of the …
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Amman: Jordan has refused to allow medical aid to pass through the country on its way to an isolated Syrian refugee camp amid the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi …
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New York: New York state, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, has launched a large-scale COVID-19 antibody testing in an effort to find out how much of …
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