KATHMANDU, June 18 (Reuters): The upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map of the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a row that has strained ties between the South
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BEIJING, June 18 (Reuters): China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing's wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area's
LONDON/GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters): Large multi-country trials of the combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 have recruited thousands of patients and the World Health Organization is now
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters): Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton said the U.S. president is unfit for office, according to interview excerpts released on Thursday after portio
MEXICO CITY/ACAPULCO, Mexico, June 18 (Reuters): The coronavirus is threatening to hamstring Mexico's fight against some of its most vicious drug gangs, as police and officials fall sick, security forc
VATICAN CITY, June 18 (Reuters): The Vatican urged Catholics on Thursday to disinvest from the armaments and fossil fuel industries and to closely monitor companies in sectors such as mining to check if th
TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters): The arrest of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's former justice minister could be a devastating blow for the Japanese leader whose support is near record lows, raising the possibilit
BARCELONA, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Online child sex abuse has soared in Europe during coronavirus lockdowns, campaigners and lawyers warned, calling for greater international cooperation and
DUBAI, June 18 (Reuters): Iran on Thursday condemned as inhumane a fresh round of U.S. sanctions against its regional ally Syria and said it would expand its trade ties with Damascus. The Unit
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters): The temporary fences that separated protesters from the White House have come down. But its occupant, President Donald Trump, appears to be more isolated than ever.
United Nations, June 18 (IANS): Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir has been elected President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. Bozkir, who was running uncontested, won unanim
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly
Washington, June 18 (IANS) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped to over 8.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 448,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Geneva, June 18 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the positive results of dexamethasone in treating the novel coronavirus, while warning that the drug should not be used on mild cases or for p
Geneva, June 18 (IANS) The brother of George Floyd, the unarmed African-American man killed last month under police custody in Minneapolis, said that "black lives do not matter in the United States of Amer
United Nations, June 18 (IANS) UN General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has proposed that heads of state and government as well as Ministers should not be in New York for this year's General Ass
HAIFA, Israel, June 17 (Reuters): Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat by drawing power from a mobile phone charger. The disi
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters): U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation, as Congress sought to curb racial discriminati
GENEVA, June 17 (Reuters): The brother of the late George Floyd called on the top U.N. human rights body on Wednesday to investigate police brutality and racial discrimination in the United States. &nbs
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday there was more work to be done to tackle discrimination in Britain but that his government would look at new ways of l
