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Rajasthan records 620 new COVID-19 cases, states tally at 54,290

India had last recorded less than 55 cases in a day on August 5 when the tally surged by 52,509 fresh infections and the country passed 19 lakh-mark. The recove...

Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 days

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand on Monday. New Zealand, one of few countries that is perceived as having successfully handled the Covid-19 c...

NZ PM Ardern launches 'COVID election' campaign promising jobs

New Zealand has reported fewer than 1,600 cases, and just 22 deaths. "We have seen overseas how quickly the virus can re-emerge and spread in places where it ...

AI Express Crash: Agency Hired To Recover Passengers’ Baggage

Meanwhile, the mortal remains of co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar were taken to his home town Mathura through surface transport from Delhi with due honours on Sunday ear...

India to halt imports of 101 defence items, announces Rajnath Singh

The import of items included in the list will be progressively be banned from December 2020 to December 2025. "These steps will create big opportunities for...

Greece accuses Turkey of 'threatening peace' in the Mediterranean

Turkey on Monday issued a new Navigation Telex (NAVTEX) for seismic surveys in the Eastern Mediterranean that will be conducted by its vessel Oruc Reis protec...

Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near White House

The White House was placed on lockdown following the incident. Trump said Secret Service took him to the Oval Office, not the bunker, when he was briefly remo...

Bill & Melinda Foundation partner with India's Serum Institute

While Australia may be nearly 18 months away from a Coronavirus vaccine, the dean of Health Sciences at Melbourne's Swinburne University, Professor Bruce Thom...

Committee on covid vaccine distribution meets tomorrow amid advanced trials in India

The clinical trial of the Russian coronavirus vaccine is undergoing at two institutions: the Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital and the Sechenov First M...

COVID-19 numbers looking positive in San Diego County

As of Monday, there have been 10 reporting periods without a coronavirus death in the province. In Southwest Arkansas, Miller County added 19 cases to reach...

CanSino to start Phase III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi

The clinical trials of the inactivated Covid-19 vaccine from Sinopharm will be conducted by G42 Healthcare, an artificial intelligence company based in Abu Dh...

Donald Trump abruptly escorted from White House briefing by Secret Service

The suspect was transferred to a local hospital, and the District of Columbia fire department said the man suffered serious or possibly critical injuries. "It w...

Macron Denounces "Cowardly" Attack That Killed French Aid Workers In Niger

This August 9, 2020 image shows the wreckage of the vehicle where six French aid workers, their local guide and the driver were killed by unidentified gunmen ...

India's COVID-19 death rate down to 2 per cent

About 13,78,105 patients have recovered so far and there are 6,19,088 active cases across the country. As many as 53,879 coronavirus patients were discharge...

Trump ushered from briefing after shots fired near White House

There was a shooting outside the White House , according to reports. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry was at the press conference, taking to Twitter t...

Now Twitter Is Looking Into Acquiring TikTok Amid Looming Trump Ban

Twitter is joining the tech giant in pursuing the purchase of TikTok's U.S. operations after President Trump set a fall deadline for the video-sharing platfo...

Trump quickly escorted from briefing after shooting outside White House

The White House was placed on lockdown following the incident. Trump, as host of this year's summit, is in charge of the guest list and has said he plans to inv...

Nagasaki marks 75 years since atomic bombing

The historic pictures of the tragic incident show that huge blast led to a mushroom cloud, which grew as high as 9,000 metres (30,000 feet). While Japan inwar...

The foreign threats to the United States election

Although the Trump administration has always taken a hawkish stance vis a vis Beijing, US-China relations have sunk to a new low in recent months over issue...

2 shot, over 100 arrested, 13 officers injured in Chicago violence

A door to the Block 37 retail building is shattered, August 10, 2020, after vandals struck overnight in Chicago's famed Loop. "Officers were dispatched to our d...

Melbourne reports lowest COVID-19 case growth since July 29

Nearly 270 Victorian residents have been fined over the past 24 hours for breaching the restrictions, including a man helping a friend to move a television 27 k...

One person shot outside White House

One person was taken to the hospital, in unknown condition. Trump said law enforcement shot a "suspect" and the person was being taken to a hospital. Like th...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: School openings going well, except photos

Schools in Florida, Tennessee, Indiana, and North Carolina have had to either shut down or ask students to quarantine after positive COVID-19 tests. "As we sa...

Donald Trump Narrows Convention Speech to the White House or Gettysburg

The President said last week that he would "probably" give his acceptance speech from the White House, which was met with pushback from even some Republicans ov...

Russian Federation acting against Biden as China opposes Trump: U.S. counterintelligence chief

In a statement, Evanina provided the USA intelligence agencies' most recent assessment of election threats to the November presidential election. Meanwhile,...

Dead, Several Injured As Explosion Flattens Baltimore Homes

But in the space of three minutes, firefighters pulled a woman and a man alive from the rubble. "Several houses exploded", said the International Association ...

Hot and humid today, highs to top 100

Our area will be stuck between Atlantic high pressure and an inland trough of low pressure all week. A few showers are possible into early Tuesday morning bef...

Strongest natural disaster in 100 years jolts the Carolinas, Virginia

The U.S. Geological Service said the quake's epicenter was about 2.5 miles (four kilometers) southeast of Sparta. Residents from OH to Alabama reported fee...

Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa Brothers Win by Landslide in Parliamentary Election

Sri Lanka People's Front, the party led by the Rajapaksa brothers, won 145 seats in the 225-member parliament in the election last Wednesday. Also Read | In...

Lebanon's Prime Minister Resigns After Beirut Explosion

Meanwhile, at least eight lawmakers have announced they are resigning from Parliament which is set to convene later this week. A drone picture shows the scene...

Multiple Videos Show Looters Destroying Magnificent Mile in ‘Assault’ on Chicago

A police officer inspects a damaged Best Buy store on Monday. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she implemented a community protection program - a lockdown ...

Hong Kong Media Leader Arrested under New Security Law

In the evening, police also arrested prominent anti-Beijing activist Agnes Chow Ting at her home, according to a tweet by fellow activist Nathan Law, who is now...

United Kingdom appoints new commander to tackle migrant Channel crossings

The Home Office has officially asked the Royal Navy for help and a former Royal Marine has been appointed "clandestine Channel threat commander". The governme...

India's COVID-19 death rate down to 2%, decreasing

So far, 15,35,743 people have recovered from the infection, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. The total coronavirus cases now stands at 22 lak...

White House 'looked into' carving face of Donald Trump on Mt Rushmore

Wrote the NYT on Sunday : "Since the first days after she was elected governor of South Dakota in 2018, Kristi Noem had been working to ensure that President...