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US wants to send team of experts inside China for COVID-19 probe: Trump

WASHINGTON: The US wants to send a team of experts to China to investigate coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said, a day after he...

Show ‘self-discipline’, stay indoors to combat COVID-19: Pak PM Imran Khan advises people

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged the people of Pakistan to show "self discipline" and refrain from going outside to stem the...

China ‘number one’ in coronavirus deaths, official toll ‘unrealistic’: Trump

WASHINGTON: S President Donald Trump has cast doubt on the accuracy of China's official coronavirus death toll, terming it "unrealistic" and claiming that the...

Spain sees a sharp drop in Covid19 fatalities

MADRID: Spain registered Sunday a sharp drop in the daily death toll from coronavirus, with the number falling to 410 from 565. The total fatalities...

Coronavirus cases in US cross 700000-mark, death toll more than 35000

WASHINGTON: The number of the coronavirus cases in the US crossed 700,000 on Friday, while over 35,000 people have died from the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Others will revise virus COVID-19 death tolls like China: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization has said that many countries would likely follow China in revising up their death tolls once they start getting...

COVID-19: Record 4,591 deaths in US in last 24 hours

WASHINGTON: A record number of 4,591 Americans have died in the last 24 hours due to the deadly novel coronavirus in the US, which...

China, Pakistan, US participate in virtual discussion on Afghanistan convened by UN

UNITED NATIONS: China, Pakistan, Russia and the US were among the nine nations that participated in a virtual discussion convened by the UN Secretariat...

Africa could see 300,000 coronavirus deaths this year: Report

JOHANESBURG: Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report that cites modeling by the...

China refutes allegations on coronavirus ‘originating from Wuhan lab’

BEIJING: China is refuting allegations that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated in a laboratory near the city of Wuhan where contagious samples were...

US scientists warn social distancing may have to remain till 2022

WASHINGTON: Social distancing measures such as restrictions on public gatherings may have to remain in place intermittently for at least a couple of more...

Two million coronavirus cases recorded globally

PARIS: More than two million cases of the new coronavirus have been officially registered around the world, half of them in Europe, according to...

74 million in water-scarce Arab world lack hand-washing facility: UN

BEIRUT: Some 74 million people in the water-scarce Arab region are at greater risk of catching the novel coronavirus because they lack a sink...

As world battles coronavirus, 117 million children face measles risk: UN

PARIS: Around 117 million children worldwide risk contracting measles because dozens of countries are curtailing their vaccination programmes as they battle COVID-19, the United...

Global toll rises to 114,539 as coronavirus continues to ravage US, Europe

PARIS: The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 114,539 on Monday, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official...

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in NYC surpasses 100,000

NEW YORK: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New York City has surpassed the 100,000 mark with a total of 6,898 deaths, taking...

Afghan govt releases 361 Taliban prisoners

NEW DELHI/KABUL: The Afghanistan government has so far released over 350 Taliban prisoners out of the 5,000 it committed to free under the US-Taliban...

Saudi Arabia extends coronavirus curfew indefinitely

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman extended a nationwide curfew until further notice due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the interior ministry said...

Migrant workers returning home could spread coronavirus in sub-continent: World Bank

WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Sunday said migrant workers returning home could become vectors carrying the coronavirus to unaffected states and villages and that...

US first country to record over 2,000 Covid-19 deaths in one day: Report

WASHINGTON; The US has become the world’s first country to have registered more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day with 2,108 fatalities...

Pak to receive more medical supplies from China as coronavirus cases near 5,000

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to receive more medical supplies from its all-weather ally China to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country where the...

Global coronavirus deaths surpass 94,000 amid signs of hope

BRUSSELS: Another horror day of the coronavirus pandemic saw the global death toll pass 94,000, although there were tentative signs of hope that the...

New York using mass graves amid outbreak: Report

NEW YORK: Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus...

India will do everything possible to help humanity’s fight against COVID-19: Modi responds to Trump

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will do everything possible to help the humanity's fight against COVID-19, responding to US...

Global coronavirus cases top 1.5 million, more than 87,320 people die across 192 countries

PARIS: More than 1.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been registered worldwide, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 0530 GMT...

Pray at home during Ramadan, says Khamenei to Iranians

TEHRAN: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appealed for Iranians to pray at home during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan to help...

PCB to conduct online fitness tests of Pakistan players, drills include ‘Yo-Yo’

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board will conduct fitness tests for over 200 of its locked-down players via video link and the drills, among others,...

Not sure who was going easy on Kohli to protect IPL contracts: Paine on Clarke’s comments

HOBART: Australian cricket team didn't want to unnecessarily provoke Virat Kohli but his predecessor Michael Clarke's claims of players being scared to sledge the...

Trump threatens to hold US funding for ‘China-centric’ WHO

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has threatened to put a "very powerful" hold on US' funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the UN agency...

Covid-19: About 400 million workers in India may sink into poverty, says UN report

UNITED NATIONS: About 400 million people working in the informal economy in India are at risk of falling deeper into poverty due to the...

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