Fauci ‘absolutely not’ surprised Trump got Covid-19
Al Jazeera News :Top United States infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said he was “absolutely not” surprised that President Donald Trump contracted the coronavirus.The US...
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UK lockdowns Wales and Manchester head towards tougher restrictions
Reuters, London :About six million people in the United Kingdom face tougher COVID-19 lockdowns in coming days as Wales and Manchester, the country’s third largest...
Deadly car bomb attack outside Afghanistan police headquarters
Al Jazeera News :At least 12 civilians have been killed and more than 100 people wounded after a car bomb targeting an Afghan police headquarters...
Turkish Cypriots vote in presidential runoff
Al Jazeera News :Turkish Cypriots in Northern Cyprus have started voting in a presidential runoff in a poll that could decide whether they gain control...
Laughter may be effective medicine for these trying times
The New York Times :Some enlightened doctors, nurses and therapists have a prescription for helping all of us to get through this seemingly never-ending pandemic:...
Iran says UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted
AFP, Tehran :Iran said a longstanding UN embargo on arms sales to and from the Islamic republic expired Sunday in line with a 2015 landmark...
Saudi Arabia resumes prayers at Mecca’s Grand Mosque
Al Jazeera News :Saudi Arabia is allowing its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform daily prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the...
Police arrest nine after teacher beheaded in Paris suburb
Al Jaeera News :The French police have arrested nine people after a suspect beheaded a school teacher in broad daylight on the street in a...
Dead baby caught in tug of war between Duterte’s police, activist
Al Jazeera News :Jailed Philippine activist Reina Mae Nasino wanted to hold her three-month-old daughter for the last time before she was laid to rest...
Myanmar says most Rakhine voting stations will not operate in Nov election
Reuters :More than half the polling stations initially planned in conflict-torn Rakhine for Myanmar’s Nov. 8 election will no longer operate, as parts of the...
United States surpasses 8m Covid-19 cases
Al Jazeera News :The United States has recorded more than eight million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said on Friday, a grim milestone that...
Nobel Prize winner urges billionaires to save millions from famine
AP :The head of the World Food Program, this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, again urged billionaires to donate just a few billion...