Ottawa, June 20 (IANS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he was "disappointed" with China for charging two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after they were detained in Decemb
Washington, June 20 (IANS): The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump will host a 4th of July event despite pleas from lawmakers to cancel over concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic, media
Washington, June 20 (IANS): Involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Canadian businessman and former Pakistan army doctor, Tahawwur Hussain Rana has been re-arrested by the US in Los Angeles on request of t
Geneva, June 20 (IANS) The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is entering a "new and dangerous" phase. Thursday saw the most cases in a single day reported to the WHO.
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) Beijing on Saturday reported 22 new domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases, while maintaining a state of alert and continued testing of its residents after a fresh coronavirus outbreak
Rio De Janerio, June 20 (IANS) Brazil has become the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of Covid-19, as the disease continues to spread.
The health ministry also pos
Washington, June 20 (IANS) The total number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 8.6 million, while the deaths were nearing 460,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Since Myanmar shut off the internet in two states a year ago, lawyer Oo Twan Hla, who was once able to check online when his cases were scheduled, said he must now travel through a war zone
New York, June 19 (Reuters): The Trump administration is heading to court on Friday afternoon to urge a federal judge to block the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton's memoir.
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GENEVA, June 19 (Reuters): The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday condemned discriminatory and violent policing after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and ordered a report on "
WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened unspecified action against any protesters at his weekend Tulsa, Oklahoma, re-election rally in a warning that his campaign sa
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters): She is known the world over for her campaign for girls' education. Now Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has finished her degree at Oxford University and, like all st
MANILA, JUNE 19 (IANS): Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has a second cyber-defamation lawsuit pending, filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng on February 13 because of a tweet published a year earlier by the dire
GENEVA, June 19 (Reuters): The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday's 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of them in the Americas, the World Health Organization
WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters): President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will make a filing on "Dreamer" immigrants who are in the United States illegally but entered as children,
DUBAI, June 19 (Reuters): Iran's tally of confirmed coronavirus cases topped 200,000 on Friday, as state media continued to warn about a lack of proper social distancing despite a new surge of infections.
DUBAI, June 19 (Reuters): The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia exceeded 150,000 on Friday following a rise in new infections over the past 10 days.
The Saudi Ministry of Health
MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin has called on the leaders of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to make good on an agreement to hold a face-to-face summit to try to
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Myanmar reported 23 cases of coronavirus infection on Friday among a group of people held in quarantine there after being deported from Thailand.
The health ministry said in a
GENEVA, June 19 (Reuters): Any new national security laws imposed on Hong Kong "must fully comply with China's human rights obligations" and international treaties protecting civil and politi