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A security guard checks the temperature of a shopper before allowing entry into a shopping mall. (AFP)

As lockdown curbs ease, South Korea throws open malls

The term bobok sobi - revenge shopping - trends on the nation's social media as people rush to make purchases delayed...

4 May 2020 11:53 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a Fox News virtual town hall \America Together: Returning to Work,\ event. (AFP)$ World

Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus

The US president relaunched his election campaign on Sunday with a live television event inside the iconic Lincoln...

4 May 2020 11:11 AM IST

A student is scanned for temperature before entering Dinh Cong secondary school in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP)

Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million

Experts caution that both cases and deaths from COVID-19 are almost certainly underreported in every country

4 May 2020 10:22 AM IST

A staff member (R) wearing a face shield talks with a passenger at a long-distance bus station in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)

Top Chinese health official warns of virus rebound

As of Sunday, 962 asymptomatic cases, including 98 from abroad, were still under medical observation in the country

4 May 2020 9:35 AM IST

A globe showing Europe, Africa and Asia is pictured on an illustration representation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Paris. (AFP)

China intentionally concealed severity of the pandemic: Report

The analysis states that while downplaying the severity of the virus, China increased imports and decreased exports of...

4 May 2020 9:21 AM IST

Corazzieri Guards wearing protective face masks, as they place a wreath at the monument commemorating those killed at work, as people keep away from May Day (May 1) workers celebrations during the countrys lockdown. (Photo taken in Rome and released by the Presidential Quirinale Palace press office)

Italy begins to emerge from world's longest nationwide lockdown

Italy's staggered reopening is complicated by a highly decentralised system that allows the country's 20 regions to...

4 May 2020 8:50 AM IST

A mosque in dubai. (AFP photo)

Over a lakh Indians in UAE want to come back home

The coronavirus has infected 13,599 people and claimed 119 lives in the UAE

3 May 2020 3:09 PM IST

People walk on a pedestrian overpass near a mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in southern Tehran. (AP)

Iran will reopen mosques on Monday as lockdown eases: Rouhani

Iran on Saturday reported its lowest daily toll of new infections since March 10

3 May 2020 2:28 PM IST

Police officers stand guard outside the Lal mosque which is sealed as its cleric denies a government-imposed nationwide lockdown to help contain the spread of the coronavirus in Islamabad. (AP)

Pakistan sees highest single day spike in covid cases

Pakistan's coronavirus tally records 19,52 new cases; death toll raised to 440

3 May 2020 1:52 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

Britains prime minister Boris Johnson displaying his Get Well Soon cards sent in by children while he was ill with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)

UK had contingency plans for Boris Johnson death

Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID-19

3 May 2020 11:45 AM IST

A medical worker takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)

UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

3 May 2020 11:04 AM IST