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A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

China approves emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines

Emergency use authorization allows unapproved vaccine candidates to be used among people with high risk of infection on...

24 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

The authorization makes it easier for some patients to obtain the treatment but is not the same as full FDA approval

24 Aug 2020 8:58 AM IST

Nepal links with China affecting its autonomy, ability to take independent decisions: Report

Nepal links with China affecting its autonomy, ability to take...

The report details how Nepal's foreign policy has veered towards pushing the interests of Beijing

23 Aug 2020 3:47 PM IST

Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen, center, attends a ceremony commemorating the 62nd anniversary of deadly attack by China on Kinmen island, in Kinmen. (AP)

US envoy joins Taiwan president at military memorial

Washington's support for Taiwan's democratically elected government has been a chronic irritant in relations with...

23 Aug 2020 3:20 PM IST

Friends, family and community members hold a prayer vigil and protest, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, in Lafayette, La., for 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin, who was shot and killed by Lafayette police officers while armed with a knife the night before.(AP)

Protest erupts over fatal police shooting of Black man in Louisiana

Pellerin's death prompted a crowd of protesters to gather Saturday and demonstrate against the latest fatal police...

23 Aug 2020 3:00 PM IST

Israeli policemen remove protesters from the street during a demonstration of thousands against the Israeli government near the Prime Ministers residence in Jerusalem. (AFP)

Israeli protesters, decrying corruption, keep pressure on Netanyahu

Saturday's protest comes just days before an August 25 deadline for the government to pass a state budget

23 Aug 2020 2:38 PM IST

Kaskar, according to the official, confirmed that his brother, Dawood Ibrahim wanted in several cases including the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, is in Pakistan. (Photo: File | PTI)

Pakistan claims Dawood Ibrahim's name was added to list based on UN...

Pakistan's FO said assertions that they admitted the 'presence of certain listed individuals on its territory are...

23 Aug 2020 2:05 PM IST

In petitions started at dozens of universities, students arguing for reduced tuition say online classes fail to deliver the same experience they get on campus. (Representational Image: AFP)

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts

Many schools, however, respond that they have improved online classes since the spring and insist remote learning is...

23 Aug 2020 1:37 PM IST

The eighth and final launch of the USD 3 billion Iridium NEXT project completed delivery of 75 new satellites to orbit. (Photo: AP)

China successfully launches new optical remote-sensing satellite

A multifunctional test satellite and another satellite named Tiantuo-5 were also launched via the rocket

23 Aug 2020 12:57 PM IST

A relative (L) along with workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) place the body of a person who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus before cremation in a furnace at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground, in New Delhi. (AFP)

World COVID-19 deaths top 800,000 as nations ramp up measures

More than half the global fatalities have been reported in the hardest-hit United States, Brazil, Mexico and India

23 Aug 2020 12:40 PM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, speaks to an officer as he arrives to attend a meeting with military officials in Grodno, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus braces for mass protests as Lukashenko orders army to defend...

The president denounced mass protests, which he said were receiving support from Western countries, and ordered army to...

23 Aug 2020 12:15 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump campaign releases first commercial for Indian-Americans...

The Trump campaign believes that Indian-Americans can play an important role in this election, especially in some of the...

23 Aug 2020 11:38 AM IST