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Washington: The US has surpassed Italy as the country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world as the fatalities as of Sunday …

Rome: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 19,468 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries so far to 152,271, according …

London: The death toll of those hospitalized in Britain who tested positive for the novel coronavirus reached 9,875 as of Friday afternoon, marking a daily …

Talmiz Ahmad Talmiz Ahmad, the author, a former diplomat, holds the Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis International University, Pune, and is Consulting Editor, The …

On Friday, Iran Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sayyed Ebrahim Raeisi while in a conversation with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, named Gaza as the biggest prison …

Washington:More than 40 Indian-Americans and citizens of India have reportedly lost their lives due to the deadly coronavirus and the number of those having …

Washington: The United States on Friday become the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in …

Kabul: At least 20 employees of the Afghan Presidential Palace have tested positive for the novel coronavirus out of 517 samples examined, a media …

Washington: The US Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam after its captain warned a coronavirus outbreak was threatening …

Beijing: China has reported 46 new coronavirus cases, including four local and 34 asymptomatic infections, while three more people have died due to the …

LONDON: A British Muslim doctor who warned the Prime Minister Boris Johnson of supply shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) has died from COVID-19. …

Brasilia: Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, passed the mark of 1,000 deaths on Friday, the health ministry said. The …

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to put women and girls at the centre of their efforts to recover from …

New York: New York has more coronavirus cases than any country and accounts for around half of all deaths in the United States. Why …

Rome: The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 Friday as Easter celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty churches with billions of people …

LONDON: New York has more coronavirus cases than any country and accounts for around half of all deaths in the United States. Why was …

New Delhi: The global death toll due to coronavirus crossed the 100,000 mark on late Friday, with Italy, the US and Spain accounting for over …

ISTANBUL: Turkey ordered citizens to stay at home for 48 hours across 31 cities starting midnight Friday as it rolled out new strict measures …

Washington: Many US companies are laying off Indian employees who are working on H1B visas. According to a data released by the US Department …

PARIS: In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe …

Brussels: Belgium’s death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic has topped 3,000, officials said Friday after the country recorded 496 more deaths in the …

Madrid: Spain recorded its lowest daily death toll from coronavirus in 17 days, with 605 people dying, the government said on Friday. The update raised …

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been shifted out of the intensive care unit (ICU) at a London hospital, where he remains under …

Brussels: Another horror day of the coronavirus pandemic saw the global death toll pass 94,000, although there were tentative signs of hope that the …

Manila: A 23-day old baby succumbed to COVID-19 in the Philippines, it was reported on Friday. The newborn, one of the youngest COVID-19 fatality, died …

London: In a relief to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the High Court in London has deferred hearings on a plea by the SBI-led consortium …

Washington: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed over 16,000 lives and infected over 460,000 people in the US, devastating the country’s economy and rendering a …

Vatican City: Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held …

Washington: US unemployment is rising at a jarring rate, with data released Thursday showing 17 million people have lost their jobs since mid-March as …

New York: The death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 90,000 worldwide on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The fresh figure reached …