MOSCOW, October 17 (Reuters): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd have received renewed approval to conduct late-stage clinical trials in India of the Russian COVI
BEIJING, October 17 (Reuters): A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotech's <SVA.O> experimental COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers and other high-risk groups as part of a national programme f
PARIS, October 17 (Reuters): A middle school history teacher in France was knifed to death near the school where earlier this month he had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, considered blas
MEXICO CITY, October 17 (Reuters): Mexico's former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos used his power in office to protect the Beltran-Leyva cartel, directing military operations against rival gangs a
Washington, October 17 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 39 million mark, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,103,350, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
New Delhi, October 17 (IANS): Rattled by the strengthened US naval presence in the region, China has gone in for a fresh round of gunboat diplomacy with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) count
Islamabad, October 17 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing a serious outburst from the opposition parties, who have now joined together and launched an anti-government campaign, aimed at topplin
Washington, October 17 (IANS): A Republican Senator from the state of Georgia mispronounced Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris' name, leading to racism accusations.
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Washington, October 17 (IANS): Former US President Barack Obama is set to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Philadelphia on October 21, according to Democratic Party sources.
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YEREVAN/BAKU, October 16 (Reuters) - Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday, defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, and U.S. Secretary of
October 16 (Reuters) - U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus crossed 8 million on Thursday, rising by 1 million in less than a month, as another surge in cases hits the nation at the onset of cooler weather.
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BANGKOK, October 16 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Thai anti-government protesters chanted "Down with Dictatorship" under pouring rain in Bangkok on Friday, defying a government ban on demonstrations fo
ZURICH/GENEVA, October 16 (Reuters): A World Health Organization (WHO) trial that concluded Gilead Sciences Inc. remdesivir did not significantly help COVID-19 patients is reliable, a scientist who evaluated it
ROVANIEMI, October 16 (Reuters): Christmas is coming, but in Santa's home village in northern Finland, the COVID pandemic means that the flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at th
Washington, October 16 (IANS): A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was currently leading US President Donald Trump by seven points nationwide, with just 18 days remaining
Washington, October 16 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has said that he will accept a peaceful transfer of power following the November 3 election, but said he wanted an "honest election".
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Washington, October 16 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 38.8 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,097,180, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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DAR ES SALAAM, October 16 (Reuters): Tanzania said on Thursday it had deployed a helicopter to bolster its efforts to put out a blaze that has been burning on Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, in
LAGOS/ABUJA, October 16 (Reuters): Hundreds of protesters marched to the gates of Nigeria's parliament on Thursday, hours after the army said it was ready to step in and restore order after more than a