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‘US agencies abroad doing disgusting things to contain China’

‘US agencies abroad doing disgusting things to contain China’

-- 2020-07-19 16:56:21

China's embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of ‘outrageously smearing’ the country and driving a wedge with its Southeast Asian neighbours over the contested South China...

Floods in India, Nepal dislocate nearly 4 million people, at least 189 dead

Floods in India, Nepal dislocate nearly 4 million people, at least 189 dead

-- 2020-07-19 16:52:13

Nearly four million people in India's northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, g...

Covid-19: Global death toll crosses 600,000

Covid-19: Global death toll crosses 600,000

-- 2020-07-19 16:40:51

The global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000, said the Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed infections worldwide has passed 14.2 million, out of which 3.7 million are in the...

WHO reports record daily raise in global Covid-19 cases for second day in a row

WHO reports record daily raise in global Covid-19 cases for second day in a row

-- 2020-07-19 16:27:52

The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours, reports Reuters. The biggest increases...

Turkish police detain 27 people over links to Islamic State

Turkish police detain 27 people over links to Islamic State

-- 2020-07-19 15:53:21

Turkish police said on Sunday they had detained 27 people with links to the Islamic State militant group whom they suspect were preparing for an attack. Police said they had learned that the people h...

Three dead, several injured after glacier tour bus rolls over in Canadian national park

Three dead, several injured after glacier tour bus rolls over in Canadian national park

Reuters 2020-07-19 12:44:27

A glacier tour bus rolled over in Canada’s southern province of Alberta, killing three people and injuring several, CBC News reported on Saturday. The sightseeing bus overturned en route to the...

US virus deaths surpass 140,000 as outbreak worsens

US virus deaths surpass 140,000 as outbreak worsens

REUTERS 2020-07-19 10:12:50

US deaths from the novel coronavirus exceeded 140,000 on Saturday as cases continued to rise in 43 out of 50 states over the past two weeks, according to a Reuters tally. Since late June, the United...

UN chief: World 'at the breaking point' due to inequalities

UN chief: World 'at the breaking point' due to inequalities

AP 2020-07-18 22:33:19

Saying "we are at the breaking point," the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked this year's massive anti-racism protests and have been furth...

France to impose mask-wearing in banks, shops from July 20

France to impose mask-wearing in banks, shops from July 20

-- 2020-07-18 22:32:45

France will enforce mask-wearing in enclosed public spaces including banks, shops and indoor markets from July 20, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Saturday, as part of efforts to curb a resurgen...

Chinese ports hit capacity as virus tests slow clearing

Chinese ports hit capacity as virus tests slow clearing

Reuters 2020-07-18 21:24:31

Testing of imported food for the novel coronavirus is pushing capacity at some major Chinese ports to their limit, major shippers told customers this week, warning of additional fees and possible dive...

25m people infected, 35m at risk in Iran, says Rouhani

25m people infected, 35m at risk in Iran, says Rouhani

-- 2020-07-18 20:02:18

President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million were at risk of acquiring it as Iran reimposed restrictions in th...

US divided over masks, schools as Covid-19 cases exceed over 70,000 again

US divided over masks, schools as Covid-19 cases exceed over 70,000 again

-- 2020-07-18 18:27:46

Americans debated mask mandates and the reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday as state and local officials imposed conflicting orders and cases rose by more than 70,000 across...

Indonesia exceeds China with highest Covid-19 cases in East Asia

Indonesia exceeds China with highest Covid-19 cases in East Asia

-- 2020-07-18 17:57:32

Indonesia overtook China on Saturday as the country with the most confirmed coronavirus cases in East Asia with 84,882 infections, and authorities said the actual infection rate could be higher due to...

Firemen battle blaze at Nantes cathedral in western France

Firemen battle blaze at Nantes cathedral in western France

-- 2020-07-18 14:30:11

Firemen were battling a fire that broke out early on Saturday morning inside the cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, the local fire service said on Twitter. TV images showed smoke coming...

Global Covid-19 cases top 13m, death toll tops 0.6m

Global Covid-19 cases top 13m, death toll tops 0.6m

-- 2020-07-18 13:05:22

Global confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases topped 14 million on Friday, reaching 14,060,402 as of 10:35 pm local time (0235 GMT on Saturday), according to the Center for Systems Science and Enginee...

In a first, world records 1.0m corona cases in 100 hours

In a first, world records 1.0m corona cases in 100 hours

REUTERS 2020-07-18 11:02:06

Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1.0 million cases in under 100 hours. The first case was repo...

Fahim Saleh’s assistant charged with his murder

Fahim Saleh’s assistant charged with his murder

-- 2020-07-18 10:28:44

A man has been charged with the murder of leading tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh who was found dead in New York on Tuesday, police say. The body of Saleh, 33, was found decapitated and dismembered in...

US, UK, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials

US, UK, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials

-- 2020-07-17 20:24:00

Western countries have accused Russian hackers of trying to steal valuable private information about a coronavirus vaccine. Intelligence agencies in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada said...

US aircraft carriers return to South China Sea

US aircraft carriers return to South China Sea

-- 2020-07-17 19:33:35

The United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea for the second time in two weeks as China and the United States accuse each other of stoking tensions in the region. The US...

Indian company launches UV sanitisation box to kill virus

Indian company launches UV sanitisation box to kill virus

-- 2020-07-17 18:01:57

Indian consumer appliance company, Orient Electric has launched a box-shaped sanitisation chamber at 160 US dollars that uses ultra-violet (UV-C) light to kill viruses including coronavirus, bacteria...

Britain eyes normal life before Christmas: Boris Johnson

Britain eyes normal life before Christmas: Boris Johnson

-- 2020-07-17 17:28:46

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Britain could return to normality before Christmas, setting out a phased removal of lockdown restrictions, but warned that while he was hoping for th...

Russia's coronavirus death toll passes 12,000

Russia's coronavirus death toll passes 12,000

Reuters 2020-07-17 16:14:26

Russia’s death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 12,000 on Friday, as the country reported 186 new deaths in the past 24 hours. The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre regis...

Mumbai building collapse kills eight

Mumbai building collapse kills eight

Reuters 2020-07-17 13:56:17

Heavy rains lashing India’s financial capital of Mumbai have caused the collapse of a multi-storey building, killing six people and injuring several, authorities said. The dilapidated six-store...

Philippines allows entry of specified foreign nationals from Aug

Philippines allows entry of specified foreign nationals from Aug

-- 2020-07-17 12:23:50

The Philippines will allow the entry of foreign nationals with long-term visas into the country from August 1, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday. In a statement, Roque said the int...

India's coronavirus cases cross 1.0 million

India's coronavirus cases cross 1.0 million

REUTERS 2020-07-17 10:31:28

India’s cases of novel coronavirus crossed the million mark, the health ministry data showed on Friday, as infections spread out into the smaller towns and the countryside following the lifting...

US shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day

US shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day

REUTERS 2020-07-17 10:10:53

The United States shattered its daily record for coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting more than 77,000 new cases as the number of deaths in a 24-hour period rose by nearly 1,000, according to...

UK says Russia tried to meddle in election by leaking US trade documents

UK says Russia tried to meddle in election by leaking US trade documents

-- 2020-07-16 19:29:54

Britain said on Thursday that Russia sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents relating to a planned free trade agreement with the United States and l...

Fauci terms White House criticism of him bizarre, adds 'let's stop this nonsense' and fight Covid-19

Fauci terms White House criticism of him bizarre, adds 'let's stop this nonsense' and fight Covid-19

-- 2020-07-16 16:50:16

US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Wednesday called the White House effort to discredit him “bizarre” and urged an end to the divisiveness over the country’s response to t...

Floods ravage eastern India as coronavirus infections surge

Floods ravage eastern India as coronavirus infections surge

Reuters 2020-07-16 15:55:54

Monsoon floods have swamped large parts of India’s densely populated eastern states, forcing more than a million people into makeshift shelters despite the risk of coronavirus, senior officials...

Reconnaissance plane crashes in Turkey, killing seven

Reconnaissance plane crashes in Turkey, killing seven

Reuters 2020-07-16 12:02:49

Seven Turkish security personnel were killed when a reconnaissance plane crashed in eastern Van province, state-owned Anadolu news agency quoted the interior minister as saying on Thursday. Suleyman...