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Divided Koreas mark 70 years since war began, but no treaty in sight

Divided Koreas mark 70 years since war began, but no treaty in sight

-- 2020-06-25 11:53:01

Seventy years after the Korean War began, prospects for a peace treaty to officially end the conflict appear as distant as ever, as the two Koreas held low-key commemorations on Thursday amid heighten...

Latin America's Covid-19 deaths seen hitting nearly 390,000 by October

Latin America's Covid-19 deaths seen hitting nearly 390,000 by October

Reuters 2020-06-25 10:56:51

The death toll from the coronavirus in Latin America is expected to skyrocket to 388,300 by October, with Brazil and Mexico seen accounting for two-thirds of fatalities as other nations in the region...

India calls in army as virus cases surge

India calls in army as virus cases surge

-- 2020-06-24 18:52:42

India reported 16,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, its highest daily increase since the outbreak began, and the government called in the army to manage new treatment centres with thousands of a...

Farmers must connect agriculture with biodiversity: FAO

Farmers must connect agriculture with biodiversity: FAO

-- 2020-06-24 17:50:33

Farmers across the world must connect agriculture with the protection of biodiversity and the environment to have a sustainable food supply system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nati...

Mukesh Ambani joins club of world's 10 richest

Mukesh Ambani joins club of world's 10 richest

-- 2020-06-24 17:32:49

Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is now among the world's top 10 wealthiest people. Ambani is the chairman and chief executive of one of India's most valuable companies, Reliance Industries. His n...

India, Pakistan to expel embassy staff in tit-for-tat spy row

India, Pakistan to expel embassy staff in tit-for-tat spy row

Reuters 2020-06-24 16:41:20

India said on Tuesday it would expel half the staff in Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi over alleged spying by officials there, prompting Islamabad to say it would respond in kind. Relations between t...

Australia reports first Covid-19 death in more than a month

Australia reports first Covid-19 death in more than a month

Reuters 2020-06-24 13:19:54

Australia’s second most populous state on Wednesday said a man in his 80s died overnight from the coronavirus, the country’s first death from the virus in more than a month, as concerns ab...

North Korea suspends military action plans against South Korea

North Korea suspends military action plans against South Korea

-- 2020-06-24 13:14:00

North Korea has decided to suspend military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, as a report suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeake...

Rohingyas tell Malaysia how dozens perished during four-month voyage

Rohingyas tell Malaysia how dozens perished during four-month voyage

Reuters 2020-06-24 12:31:49

Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that dozens of their people perished and their bodies were thrown in the sea during a tortuous four-mont...

Global coronavirus death toll nears half a million

Global coronavirus death toll nears half a million

UNB 2020-06-24 11:22:36

The global death toll from Covid-19 reached 476,911 on Wednesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University. Besides, the number of confirmed...

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 587 to 191,449

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 587 to 191,449

Reuters 2020-06-24 11:16:44

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 587 to 191,449, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The reported death toll rose b...

7.4 magnitude quake strikes Mexico, killing at least six

7.4 magnitude quake strikes Mexico, killing at least six

Reuters 2020-06-24 10:01:18

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck southern Mexico’s Pacific coast on Tuesday (local time), killing at least six people and seriously injuring others in isolated villages, while causi...

Pubs, restaurants, hotels to reopen in England

Pubs, restaurants, hotels to reopen in England

Reuters 2020-06-23 20:39:28

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday pubs, restaurants and hotels could reopen in England early next month when the social distancing rule is relaxed, easing the coronavirus lockdown that h...

19 Indian sailors reach Kolkata by Novoair

19 Indian sailors reach Kolkata by Novoair

-- 2020-06-23 17:52:37

Nineteen Indian sailors returned home on a special flight of Novoair, bdnews.com reported quoting a statement sent by the airline. The sailors, who were stranded in Bangladesh by the coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 471,640

Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 471,640

-- 2020-06-23 16:27:03

The global death toll from Covid-19 reached 471,640 on Tuesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University. Besides, the number of confirmed cases...

Singapore to hold general election amid pandemic

Singapore to hold general election amid pandemic

-- 2020-06-23 15:31:41

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday that he has advised President Halimah Yacob to dissolve the parliament and issue the Writ of Election. He made the remarks in a live address t...

Hong Kong records sixth coronavirus death: Cable TV

Hong Kong records sixth coronavirus death: Cable TV

Reuters 2020-06-23 13:48:12

A 72-year-old man died in Hong Kong from coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the death toll from Covid-19 in the city to six, local television Cable TV said. Hong Kong has avoided the large numbers of inf...

Two more Trump campaign staffers test positive for coronavirus

Two more Trump campaign staffers test positive for coronavirus

Reuters 2020-06-23 13:40:55

Two more staff members of President Donald Trump’s campaign who were in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for his rally on Saturday have tested positive for the coronavirus, a Trump campaign spokesman said on Mo...

India and China agree to disengage in disputed Himalayan border

India and China agree to disengage in disputed Himalayan border

REUTERS 2020-06-23 13:40:28

Indian and Chinese military commanders have agreed to disengage troops from a heavily disputed stretch of their border where a clash last week left 20 Indian soldiers dead, an Indian government source...

15 killed in brutal attack on indigenous Mexican village

15 killed in brutal attack on indigenous Mexican village

-- 2020-06-23 12:33:24

Assailants killed 15 inhabitants of an indigenous village in southern Mexico that has been plagued by local disputes, authorities said on Monday, in one of the most brutal attacks to shake the country...

Coronavirus cases soar in big countries, especially Brazil: WHO

Coronavirus cases soar in big countries, especially Brazil: WHO

-- 2020-06-23 11:03:50

Coronavirus cases are soaring in several major countries at the same time, with “worrying increases” in Latin America, especially Brazil, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday...

Global coronavirus cases top 9 million

Global coronavirus cases top 9 million

-- 2020-06-23 10:46:42

Global cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 9 million on Monday, as Brazil and India grappled with a surge in infections, and the United States, China and other hard-hit countries reported new out...

Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for this year's Hajj

Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for this year's Hajj

-- 2020-06-23 09:33:49

Saudi Arabia says it will bar arrivals from abroad to attend the hajj this year due to the coronavirus, allowing only a limited number of Saudi citizens and residents to make the pilgrimage with socia...

Nine die of gastrointestinal disease outbreak in Zimbabwe, 1,000 infected

Nine die of gastrointestinal disease outbreak in Zimbabwe, 1,000 infected

Xinhua 2020-06-22 17:42:55

Nine people in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo died of a gastrointestinal disease outbreak, while about a thousand were infected with the water-borne disease. The local authority said i...

US allocated $12b for global Covid-19 response so far

US allocated $12b for global Covid-19 response so far

FE Online Report 2020-06-22 17:15:57

The US government has so far allocated more than $12 billion that will benefit the global Covid-19 response, said a press release. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the US government has announced more...

Five Bangladeshi doctors died of coronavirus in KSA

Five Bangladeshi doctors died of coronavirus in KSA

-- 2020-06-22 16:59:13

At least five Bangladeshi physicians died of coronavirus while serving their duties at different hospitals and clinics across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The people of the Bangladeshi community and...

Fourth-worst-hit India sees surge in rural virus cases

Fourth-worst-hit India sees surge in rural virus cases

AP 2020-06-22 14:39:55

India’s coronavirus caseload has risen to 425,282 as infections keep soaring in rural areas to which migrant workers fleeing major cities have returned in recent weeks. India’s health min...

Fearing second Covid-19 wave, Europe aims to train 'army' of medics

Fearing second Covid-19 wave, Europe aims to train 'army' of medics

Reuters 2020-06-22 12:55:04

Europeans are enjoying the gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown measures, but in hospitals they are already preparing for the next wave of infections. Some intensive care specialists are trying to...

Ten French children repatriated from Syria, says French foreign ministry

Ten French children repatriated from Syria, says French foreign ministry

-- 2020-06-22 12:26:35

Ten French children are being repatriated to France from refugee camps in north-east Syria, the French foreign ministry said a statement on Monday. The ministry added that the children had been hande...

PepsiCo China food processing factory halted after Covid-19 infection found

PepsiCo China food processing factory halted after Covid-19 infection found

Reuters 2020-06-22 12:14:51

PepsiCo China said on Sunday that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing had been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for the coronavirus, in the latest outbreak...