US sets one-day record for Covid-19 cases, Texas pauses reopening
Reuters, Texas :The governor of Texas temporarily halted the state’s reopening yesterday as Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations surged and the country set a new record...
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US puts sanctions on 5 Iranian ship captains for bringing oil to Venezuela
Reuters :Speaking at a news conference, Pompeo said the ships delivered about 1.5 million barrels of Iranian gasoline and related components, and warned mariners against...
North and South mark 70th anniversary of Korean War
AFP :North and South Korea on Thursday separately marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a conflict that killed millions of...
New Delhi plans mass screening effort as virus cases surge
AP, New Delhi :Indian authorities are launching a massive coronavirus survey taking down health details from New Delhi’s entire population of 29 million, and testing...
Japan confirms its scrapping US missile defense system
AP, Tokyo :Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the country’s...
US state of California reports another record high of new COVID-19 cases
Xinhua, Los Angeles :U.S. state of California reported 7,149 new cases of COVID-19 over a 24-hour span on Wednesday, shattering the daily record for new...
Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes: Fauci
AP, Washington : The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday – issuing...
India initiates diplomatic spat with Pakistan
Dawn.com, Islamabad : In a sign of escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, Delhi on Tuesday asked Islamabad to cut the size of its diplomatic...
Kim suspends plans for military action against S Korea
Al Jazeera News : North Korea has announced it will suspend “military action plans” against South Korea, after a meeting of the governing party’s Central...
Office cluster pushes Tokyo coronavirus cases to one-and-half-month high, governor says
Reuters, Tokyo : The daily number of new coronavirus cases in Tokyo climbed to 55 on Wednesday, Governor Yuriko Koike said, the highest tally in 1-1/2...
Rohingya refugees tell Malaysia how dozens perished during four-month voyage
Reuters : Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that dozens of their people perished and their bodies...
Army called to run facilities in Delhi as cases surge
Reuters : India reported 16,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, its highest daily increase since the outbreak began, and the government called in the army...