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A man wipes the face of a Turkish soldier wearing a face mask for protection against the new coronavirus. (AP)World
Turkey resumes intercity train services as coronavirus curbs ease

The virus has killed more than 4,300 people in Turkey, from nearly 160,000 infections

28 May 2020 3:16 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping votes on a proposal to draft a security law on Hong Kong during the closing session of the National Peoples Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 28, 2020. (AFP)World
China's parliament approves Hong Kong national security bill

According to a draft released last week, the law would allow Chinese mainland security agencies to operate openly in...

28 May 2020 1:28 PM IST

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Five coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire

Lax regulations and poor enforcement have often been blamed for large fires in Bangladesh that have killed many in...

28 May 2020 12:27 PM IST

A shopping mall official (unseen) uses a thermal scanner to check the temperature of shoppers before they enter at the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. (AFP)World
Pakistan uses militant-tracking tech to hunt virus

Intelligence services are using geo-fencing and phone-monitoring systems that ordinarily are employed to hunt high-value...

28 May 2020 11:43 AM IST

Students from Hong Kong and Taiwan display placards reading Bad laws of Chinas national security\ during a protest outside the Hong Kongs Taipei office on May 28, 2020. (AFP)World
China refuses UN Security Council meeting on Hong Kong issue

The Beijing legislature is expected on Thursday to move forward on the law, bypassing Hong Kong's own lawmaking body

28 May 2020 10:43 AM IST

Bill Gates. (AFP)World
Bill Gates conspiracy theories viral in Africa

A Kenyan politician's false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation regarding the American...

28 May 2020 9:55 AM IST

Protesters demonstrate against the death of George Floyd outside the 3rd Precinct Police Precinct on May 27, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (AFP)World
'It was a public execution'

Cops fire rubber bullets and tear gas on thousands protesting over the death of another African-American at the hands of...

28 May 2020 8:59 AM IST

Medical workers take in patients outside a special coronavirus area at Maimonides Medical Center as the U.S. surpasses 100,000 fatalities from COVID-19 on May 27, 2020 in New York City. (AFP)World
US coronavirus deaths top 100,000 as country reopens

In three months, more Americans have died from Covid than the Korean War, Vietnam War and the US conflict in Iraq from...

28 May 2020 8:20 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)World
Trump offers to mediate 'raging' India-China border dispute

The US president had also once offered to help in the disputed region of Kashmir, triggering a political storm in...

27 May 2020 7:08 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)World
Trump threatens to 'close down' social media platforms

The spat began when Twitter labelled two of the US president's tweets as "unsubstantiated" and accused him of making...

27 May 2020 6:50 PM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a bottle and a pill of Hydroxychloroquine. (AFP)World
After WHO, France puts ban on hydroxychloroquine

Under the new French rules, the drug can be used only in clinical trials to test its efficacy against coronavirus

27 May 2020 3:42 PM IST

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South Korea examines first suspected cases of Covid-linked syndrome in...

The syndrome has raised fears that COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus, could pose a greater risk to children than had...

27 May 2020 3:30 PM IST

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