PARIS, May 22 (Reuters): The pilot of a crashed Pakistan International Airlines jet sent a Mayday and told controllers the aircraft had lost power from both its engines on its second attempt to land, accor
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SEOUL, May 22 (Reuters): When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May, South Korean authorities were able to confirm his wide-ranging movements in and outside the city in minutes, inc
KAWASAKI, Japan, May 22 (Reuters): Two paramedics jump out the back of an idling ambulance with Tokyo plates, carefully lowering an elderly woman on a stretcher. The patient, her small face covered with an
BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters): China said on Friday it will continue to strengthen anti-pollution controls and meet its environmental targets for 2020, but warned that the coronavirus pandemic would weigh on e
MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters): Russia denied on Friday a U.S. accusation that it had repeatedly violated the Open Skies treaty, which allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, and said it was Washin
GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters): The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system "has in effect collapsed", the United Nations said on Friday, appealing for
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be home quarantined for 14 days after an officer who attended a meeting with him this week tested positive for the new coronavirus,
HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters): A proposal to impose national security laws in Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases in the global financial hub, raising fears of direct enforcement
LONDON, May 22 (Reuters): Billionaire financier George Soros said the European Union could break apart in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic unless the block issued perpetual bonds to help weak membe
RIYADH, May 22 (Reuters): The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that they had forgiven the men who murdered their father, paving the way for a legal reprieve for five defendan
Reuters Oxford University and AstraZeneca plan to recruit around 10,000 adults and children in Britain for trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine which on Thursday received U.S. backing worth up to $1
KARACHI, Pakistan, May 22 (Reuters): A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with around 100 passengers and crew crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern city of Karachi, with many feared d
DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters): Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a "tumor" to be eliminated and hailed Tehran's supply of arms to Palestinians, drawing swift condemnation from
HONG KONG/BEIJING/WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last year's pro-democracy unrest, a Chinese official said on Thursday, drawi
Washington, May 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced that he was withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty, a multilateral agreement to guarantee transparency regarding weapons control, and accus
IANS Photo. Colombo, May 22 (IANS): At least three women were killed and nine others injured in a stampede during the distribution of coronavirus-related aid in the Sri Lankan capital, police
HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong activists called on Friday for people to rise up against Beijing's plans to impose national security legislation in the city, prompting alarm that the new laws
IANS File Photo. Ottawa, May 22 (IANS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged citizens to continue taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously as a possible second wave of the deadly disease
IANS FIle Photo. New York, May 22 (IANS) Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, was released from a federal prison into home confinement in New York
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI): China, the second-largest military spender after the United States, has hiked its defence budget from last year's $177.6 billion to $179 billion, nearly three times that of India, t
