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People shop at at the Central de Abasto wholesale food market in Mexico City. (AP)

Food markets become virus hotspots in Latin America

Every single merchant in a vast market in Peru has tested positive for the virus

27 Jun 2020 12:17 PM IST

A Sri Lankan Telugu man Masannage Raja bathes his monkey Raju in Kalawewa, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Sri Lanka Telugu community fears decline of traditional ways

The pause in livelihoods due to COVID-19 has only accelerated the decline of their traditional arts, say community...

27 Jun 2020 10:55 AM IST

Residents wearing masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus past by lanterns and neon lights promoting a restaurant in Beijing. (AP)

China, South Korea report new cases in double digits

A recent report said testing found only a few cases without a link to Beijing market and the steps taken mean the risk...

27 Jun 2020 10:35 AM IST

A man reads a newspaper next to the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Lima, Peru. (AP)

Even before virus, communities in US feel loss of newspapers

Digital outlets also have limitations, since many people in poor and rural areas are unable to count on reliable...

27 Jun 2020 9:58 AM IST

Facebooks research has found that the timeliness of an article is an important piece of context that helps people decide what to read, trust and share and that some news organizations have complained that sharing of older stories purported to be current news can misconstrue the state of current events. (Photo | AP)

Coronavirus posts on Facebook will come with a notification on its...

Our goal is to make it easier for people to identify content that's timely, reliable and most valuable to them, a...

26 Jun 2020 7:25 PM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks following a tour of Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin.(AFP)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to axe Obamacare

The legal push is sure to be an important political battleground in the presidential election in a November vote

26 Jun 2020 3:31 PM IST

Healthcare workers from University of South Florida (USF) Health administer coronavirus testing at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (AFP)

Virus taking stronger hold in the US

The US, which counts the most infections in the world, is seeing daily jumps in COVID-19 cases nearing the peak reached...

26 Jun 2020 2:07 PM IST

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. (AP)

Mexican president slammed after comments on women staying at home

President Obrador suggested the tradition of women staying at home to take care of older family members was key to...

26 Jun 2020 12:27 PM IST

Medical workers staff a drive-through Covid-19 testing site located in a shopping centre carpark in Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia starts virus testing blitz to stop second wave in Melbourne

30 new COVID-19 infections reported in Melbourne overnight in a continuing outbreak that has raised fears of a second...

26 Jun 2020 12:09 PM IST

Petrol price in the national capital on Friday crossed Rs 80 per litre mark. (PTI Photo)

Fuel prices hiked for 20th day; Petrol, diesel price crosses Rs...

Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 80.13 per litre from Rs 79.92 while diesel rates were increased to Rs 80.19 a...

26 Jun 2020 11:12 AM IST

Armed policemen man a checkpoint along a road in Cebu City, central Philippines. (AFP)

Authoritarian regimes are using virus to silence its critics,...

500 signatories, including more than 60 former leaders, wrote an open letter organised by Institute for Democracy and...

25 Jun 2020 3:16 PM IST

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2020, an internally-displaced Somali woman, right, is informed how to protect herself from the coronavirus, at the Weydow IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP)

Who hasn't heard of COVID-19 by now? More than you think

UN says scores of migrants arriving in Somalia every day are unaware of the pandemic that's wreaking havoc all over the...

25 Jun 2020 2:54 PM IST