-- 2020-11-22 14:23:37
A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to preve...
Reuters 2020-11-22 12:20:19
The United States recorded its 12th million Covid-19 case on Saturday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, ignoring warnings from health offici...
Reuters 2020-11-22 10:55:55
With a parade of people dressed in dinosaur costumes to represent Thailand’s establishment, high school students led a protest by thousands of people in Bangkok on Saturday with calls to bring d...
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The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the U.S. White House for the first time in six decades, a move that could further infuriate Beijing, which has accused the United States of tryi...
AP 2020-11-21 19:32:30
France's government on Friday got supermarket chains and e-commerce platforms like Amazon to agree to postpone "Black Friday" promotions, responding to concerns that shops shuttered by the nation's co...
AP 2020-11-21 19:24:48
Iran on Saturday shuttered businesses and curtailed travel between its major cities, including the capital of Tehran, as it grapples with the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in the Mideast region....
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Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly 40 years of iron-fisted rule. His resignation came days after military tanks rolled through t...
Al Jazeera 2020-11-21 19:12:35
Iran has condemned a statement by three European powers expressing concern over its scaling back of commitments under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. In a statement on Saturday, the Iranian foreign m...
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Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on Saturday. Africa’s biggest economy was last in...
Reuters 2020-11-21 18:43:24
The tally of coronavirus cases in the Eastern European sub-region passed 5.0 million on Saturday, a Reuters tally showed, as governments across Europe take measures to try to rein in surging cases. T...
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Internet and technology companies have threatened to leave Pakistan after the government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move to allegedly curtail freedom of express...
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday the Gulf state plans to launch special economic zones in 2021, reports Retuers. Speaking to a G20 panel, Falih also said t...
Reuters 2020-11-21 17:18:59
India on Saturday summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat over what New Delhi said was a foiled attack this week in the frontier territory of Jammu and Kashmir by a Pakistan-based militant group, a charg...
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Several rockets hit residential areas in the early rush hour in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 31, police officials said. The explosions, close to...
REUTERS 2020-11-21 13:42:15
Japan's capital confirmed a record 539 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, beating its previous high of 534 cases, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Saturday marks the third day that the...
-- 2020-11-21 11:30:07
US President Donald Trump's oldest son has tested positive for coronavirus, according to his spokesman. Donald Trump Jr, 42, was diagnosed at the start of this week and has been quarantining at his h...
REUTERS 2020-11-21 11:26:03
The head of an Indian company contracted to make AstraZeneca Plc's Covid vaccine said it could deliver it to health care workers and elderly Indians by January as the country's caseload of infect...
REUTERS 2020-11-21 11:06:48
President Donald Trump’s desperate bid to overturn the November 3 election result was dealt another blow on Friday after it was announced he had lost Georgia, while the winner, President-elect J...
Reuters 2020-11-20 23:22:37
German police said they had opened a murder inquiry against a senior doctor in the western city of Essen over the killing of two seriously ill coronavirus patients with a lethal injection. The doctor...
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A Bangladeshi couple based in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty in a US federal court to providing support to family members who joined IS in Syria. The US Attorney's Office announced that Shahidul Gaf...
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Social media giant Twitter Inc faced censure from Indian legislators for a second time in weeks for failing to take down posts critical of India's top court and judges that a parliamentary panel calle...
REUTERS 2020-11-20 14:06:38
India crossed the grim milestone of 9 million coronavirus cases, with 45,882 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday. India is only the second country to cros...
Reuters 2020-11-19 18:58:45
AstraZeneca and Oxford University's potential COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in older adults, data published on Thursday showed, with researchers expecting to release late-stage tr...
Reuters 2020-11-19 18:18:56
For Naela Abu Jibba, a mother of five who lives and works in the Gaza Strip, taking the road less travelled has become a way of life. The first woman taxi driver in the Islamist-run Palestinian terri...
FE Online Report 2020-11-19 17:45:55
UNICEF in a new report warned of significant and growing consequences for children as the COVID-19 pandemic lurches toward a second year, according to a statement issued on Thursday. Released ahead o...
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A Pakistan court has awarded a 10-year jail term to suspected Mumbai attack mastermind and Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in two terror cases, reports thequint.com citing PTI. A court offi...
Reuters 2020-11-19 17:21:40
The US death toll from COVID-19 surpassed a grim new milestone of 250,000 lives lost on Wednesday, as New York City’s public school system, the nation’s largest, called a halt to in-classr...
REUTERS 2020-11-19 13:24:20
Running against an obscure rival, the son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo is expected to cruise to victory in an election next month for the post his father once held as mayor of Surakarta. The p...
REUTERS 2020-11-19 12:27:12
The South Asia sub-region surpassed 10 million Covid-19 cases on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, led by India where officials have been concerned Diwali celebrations could derail a recent fall...
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Ethiopia has issued arrest warrants for 76 army officers accused of being linked to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Forces loyal to that party are fighting the government in the restive...
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