Washington : US President Donald Trump has nominated Kenneth Weinstein, the president and CEO of the conservative think tank Hudson Institute, as the US ambassador to Japan. Weinstein, a fluent …
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Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus, Brazilian media reported on Friday. The positive test comes after Bolsonaro’s press secretary was found to have the infection …
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Los Angeles: Singer Gloria Gaynor is urging fans to sing the chorus of her iconic 1978 hit number, “I will survive”, while washing their hands, to combat the spread of COVID-19. …
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New Delhi: Following the shutting down of university campuses in various parts of the US in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the government on Thursday advised Indian students to avoid international …
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London: New satellite images have revealed mass graves dug in the Iranian city of Qom, sparking additional concerns about the growing coronavirus outbreak in the country which has so far …
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Tokyo, March 13 (IANS) Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday assured Donald Trump that the country continues to prepare for the Olympic Games to begin on the scheduled date, hours …
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Cairo: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the Middle East has exceeded 10,000, an alarming situation posed by the raging pandemic. In the worst-hit Iran alone, the confirmed cases totalled …
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Jerusalem; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the formation of “an emergency national government” to address the coronavirus crisis in the country amid the political stalemate. In a broadcast …
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New Delhi: The 112 people who were evacuated from Wuhan in China and kept in quarantine at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) facility in Chhawla here have tested negative for the …
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Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has warned against the “nationalist withdrawal” as a pitfall to avoid at international levels in the fight against the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. “Two pitfalls must be …
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