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US president Donald Trump. (AFP)

US unveils 18-point plan to hold China accountable for coronavirus...

The prominent suggestions include moving manufacturing chain from China and deepening military-strategic ties with...

15 May 2020 9:22 AM IST

US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus. (AFP Photo)

Chinese hackers stealing research on coronavirus vaccine: FBI

The hackers are also targeting information and intellectual property on treatments and testing for COVID-19

12 May 2020 11:27 AM IST

The Konarak support vessel which was struck during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman, is docked in an unidentified naval base in Iran.(Photo provided by the Iranian Army)

Iran accidentally strikes its own ship, 19 sailors dead

The incident comes amid months of heightened tensions between Iran and US since Trump unilaterally withdrew from...

11 May 2020 3:28 PM IST

Liz Vereshko, left, is assisted into PPE equipment by fellow nurse Evana Croda before stepping into a patients room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (AP)

They don't want our IT guys, but they want our nurses, docs

US to offer 40,000 Green Cards to foreign medics while temporarily banning the issuance of work-based visas like H-1B

9 May 2020 2:04 PM IST

Authorities say firefighters in the Florida Panhandle battled wildfires through the night that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes. (AP)

Hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in Florida

With only 35% of the fire contained, officials say it could be days before the fire could be brought under control

8 May 2020 1:39 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Korean Central News Agency)

North Korea praises China for getting the pandemic under control

China is North Korea's most significant ally and economic lifeline, accounting for about 90% of the country's external...

8 May 2020 9:28 AM IST

Rangels pronouncement marks another blow to Maduro after a handful of similar defections by senior officers this year. (Photo:AP)

Venezuela: Two US nationals arrested for plotting to overthrow Maduro...

The arrests came a day after the government said it foiled an "invasion" from the sea.

5 May 2020 1:17 PM IST

An Indian Navy helicopter (unseen) throws rose petals on the INHS Asvini (Indian Naval Hospital Ship) staff to pay tribute to all those involved in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai. (AFP)

Coronavirus global death toll hits 2,40,000

The United States has the highest number of total deaths with 65,645 out of 1,121,414 cases.

3 May 2020 12:20 PM IST

Amy Senter, owner of Jakes on Main, folds T-shirts in preparation for reopening her shop after being forced to close due to the coronavirus in St. Charles, Mo. (AP)

Businesses reopen in a few US states

Enterpraises are asked to make sure the coronavirus doesn't come storming back by employing their own restrictions...

2 May 2020 11:41 AM IST

A Health Care Worker walks across the parking lot at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site in Wantagh, New York. (AFP)

Countries must prepare for virus resurgence after easing lockdown: WHO

WHO director-general defended of his and the WHO's timely actions in declaring the new coronavirus an international...

2 May 2020 10:12 AM IST

Gilead Sciences Inc on Monday priced its COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir at $2,340 per patient for wealthier nations and agreed to send nearly all of its supply of the drug to the United States over the next three months. (AFP Photo)

Gilead prices COVID-19 drug remdesivir at $2,340 per patient in...

Remdesivir is expected to be in high demand as one of the only treatments so far shown to alter the course of COVID-19

30 Jun 2020 11:23 AM IST

Workers in protective suits take the temperatures of people at a COVID-19 testing site for those who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus outbreak at a wholesale food market in Beijing. (AP Photo)

Coronavirus cases surge in US, but slow in China, South Korea

World Health Organization reported largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, at more than 183,000 new cases in...

22 Jun 2020 1:27 PM IST