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Millions return to lockdown in Philippines

-- 2020-08-04 11:35:37

Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse. Stay-at-home orders are now in...

Latin America exceeds 5 million Covid-19 cases, tally shows

Reuters 2020-08-04 10:31:04

Latin America broke through 5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday, a Reuters tally showed, underscoring that the region is the area of the world hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic...

Japan to impose stricter re-entry procedures for travellers from Bangladesh

-- 2020-08-04 10:19:18

The Japanese Foreign Ministry has said that all foreign residents re-entering the nation from Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines and Peru will need to undergo stricter procedures from next Friday,...

Heavy rains in South Korea displace more than 1,000 people, 13 dead

-- 2020-08-04 09:41:01

Days of heavy rain caused floods in South Korea that have forced more than 1,000 people from their homes, killing at least 13 with another 13 missing, authorities said on Tuesday. Deaths were reporte...

China will not accept US 'theft' of TikTok: China Daily

Reuters 2020-08-04 09:29:57

China will not accept the “theft” of a Chinese technology company and is able to respond to Washington’s move to push ByteDance to sell short-video app TikTok’s US operations t...

There may never be a 'silver bullet' for coronavirus, WHO alerts

-- 2020-08-03 23:53:23

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a "silver bullet" for COVID-19, and the road to normality would be long, reports Reuters....

Global Covid-19 cases now over 18m

-- 2020-08-03 21:18:50

Globally, the number of officially confirmed coronavirus cases has shot past 18 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The total number of cases stood at 18,109,901 and the fatalities ro...

Afghan forces besiege jail seized by Islamic State

-- 2020-08-03 20:30:21

Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 29 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to...

Flash floods kill two people in Thailand, storm moves for Myanmar

-- 2020-08-03 19:12:05

Flash floods killed at least two people and swept through hundreds of houses in northern Thailand, authorities said after tropical storm Sinlaku dumped heavy rains on 18 provinces over the weekend, re...

Britain to roll out 90-minute coronavirus tests

-- 2020-08-03 18:32:03

Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months. They will comprise 5...

Landslides kill 10 in Nepal as heavy rains take toll in South Asia

-- 2020-08-03 17:34:03

Heavy rain in Nepal triggered landslides on Monday that killed eight labourers at a construction site and two members of a family, taking the toll in floods and landslides to 177 since late May. Else...

Public transport can bounce back from COVID-19: ADB report

-- 2020-08-03 17:27:10

Public transport must adapt to a “new normal” in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and adopt technologies that will render it more green and resilient to future disas...

Vietnam says early August 'decisive' in containing coronavirus

-- 2020-08-03 16:49:22

Vietnam is in the midst of a “decisive” fight against the novel coronavirus, the prime minister said on Monday, with the focus on Danang city where infections have appeared in four factori...

China suspends extradition agreement with New Zealand

Reuters 2020-08-03 16:24:25

China said on Monday it will suspend its extradition agreement with New Zealand in response to Wellington suspending its existing extradition treaty with Hong Kong. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman...

Nobel Peace laureate John Hume passes away

REUTERS 2020-08-03 16:13:27

John Hume, a Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died on Monday at the age o...

Former Pope Benedict is in critical condition

-- 2020-08-03 16:12:38

Former Pope Benedict XVI is seriously ill after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse reported on Monday, citing his biographer, reports Reuters.&nbsp...

Iran cover-up of coronavirus deaths revealed by data leak

BBC 2020-08-03 15:07:47

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iran is nearly triple what Iran's government claims, a BBC Persian service investigation has found. The government's own records appear to show almost 42,000...

With a heavy hand, India rides out Kashmir's year of disquiet

REUTERS 2020-08-03 13:54:46

The scars of last summer remain in Soura, an enclave that became a symbol of Kashmir’s resistance to India’s central government a year ago on Wednesday. Coils of concertina wire, remnants...

India reports 52,972 new coronavirus infections

-- 2020-08-03 11:48:20

India reported 52,972 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.8 million, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed on Monday. With 771 new deaths, the...

Islamic State attack leads to mass jailbreak in Afghanistan

Reuters 2020-08-03 11:18:17

Islamic State militants were battling Afghan security forces in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday morning, after an overnight assault on a prison that led to a mass jailbreak, officials said. T...

Latin America sees Covid records tumble as cases near 5 million

Reuters 2020-08-03 10:03:47

Argentina broke past 200,000 Covid-19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world’s worst affected region towards a combined 5 m...

US election will be Nov. 3 as planned: Trump advisers

Reuters 2020-08-03 09:56:21

The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov. 3. White H...

Honduras extends coronavirus curfew for another week

Reuters 2020-08-03 09:10:21

Honduras will extend its coronavirus curfew for another week through to August 9 in an effort to curb the coronavirus pandemic, the security ministry said on Sunday. Honduras first imposed a curfew,...

Seven Marines, one sailor presumed dead

-- 2020-08-02 21:34:39

Seven US Marines and a Navy sailor missing since a training accident off the Southern California coast were presumed dead on Sunday after the military concluded an extensive 40-hour search, reports Re...

US records over 25,000 coronavirus deaths in July

Reuters 2020-08-02 18:27:20

US coronavirus deaths rose by over 25,000 in July and cases doubled in 19 states during the month, according to a Reuters tally, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of quickly reopening the economy. The...

India Home Minister Amit Shah tests positive for COVID-19

-- 2020-08-02 17:36:32

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for coronavirus, the minister tweeted on Sunday afternoon. He said he is getting admitted to a hospital on doctors’ advice, reports hindustimes...

South Africa's coronavirus cases surpass half a million

-- 2020-08-02 16:53:49

South Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday, while cases in Africa as a whole approached a million, reports Reuters. Africa&rsqu...

Philippines to update Covid-19 strategy as health workers seek 'timeout'

Reuters 2020-08-02 16:17:18

The Philippines’ health department vowed on Sunday to update its game plan against Covid-19 within a week and sought to beef up the healthcare workforce in the capital Manila, where medical fron...

Indian police crackdown on illegal liquor suppliers after 86 die

-- 2020-08-02 15:50:09

Indian police raided rural hamlets and made arrests to break up a bootlegging cartel on Sunday, after 86 people died from consuming illegally-produced alcohol this week in the northwestern state of Pu...

Russia's virus cases surpass 850,000

Reuters 2020-08-02 14:22:47

Russia reported 5,427 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing its nationwide tally to 850,870, the fourth largest caseload in the world. Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 70 pe...