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US President Donald Trump (left) and North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un. (AFP)World
Trump hails Kim's reappearance, but North Korea denuclearization...

Lack of a clear successor for Kim has raised fears about the security of North Korea's weapons program in the event of a...

3 May 2020 10:10 AM IST

A man gets his bottle filled with a herbal extract believed to protect from COVID-19, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (AP)World
Madagascar ships anti-virus herbal tea to Guinea-Bissau president

WHO has clarified that the herbal tea's effects had not been tested, and there are no published scientific studies of...

3 May 2020 9:49 AM IST

Worshippers wearing face masks attend a prayer ceremony entitled overcoming and healing the COVID-19 coronavirus, while marking Buhhas birthday at the Jogye buddhist temple in Seoul. (AFP)World
Indian-American physician launches study to find if prayers could heal...

Randomly chosen patients will receive a "universal" prayer offered following rituals of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam,...

3 May 2020 9:23 AM IST

Two women walk past the closed Gogo Girls strip club in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. (AFP)World
Curtains fall on strip clubs in Israel's 'Sin City'

Once popular among even the TV stars and military, Israel's strip clubs are now converted into centres for social...

3 May 2020 8:53 AM IST

Representational Image. (PTI)World
Pakistan summons senior Indian diplomat over alleged ceasefire...

The Foreign Office in a statement claimed that the Indian forces violated ceasefire in Hajipir and Sankh Sectors on...

2 May 2020 2:53 PM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP)World
Joe Biden denies alleged sexual assault ever happened

The US presidential candidate finally broke his silence after a month the allegation was raised by his former aide

2 May 2020 2:23 PM IST

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. (AFP)World
Canada puts a ban on assault-style weapons in aftermath of mass...

PM Trudeau had previously said that a ban was in the works even before the most recent mass shooting happened almost two...

2 May 2020 1:55 PM IST

Medical staff from Britains NHS (National Health Service) in scrubs walk outside the ExCeL London exhibition centre, which has been transformed into the \NHS Nightingale\ field hospital in London. (AFP)World
Britain hits coronavirus testing target as death toll leaps again

Johnson and his government have been criticised for not stepping up testing, and also for moving slowly on bringing in...

2 May 2020 1:36 PM IST

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP)World
'So what?' says Bolsonaro on 5000 corona deaths in Brazil

The far-right leader's off-the-cuff comment has been sparking anger among the public

2 May 2020 12:28 PM IST

A medic wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 testing. (PTI)World
Indian origin doctors in UK at greater risk of virus infection

While 37 per cent of the UK's doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India, all currently on the frontline...

2 May 2020 12:09 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)World
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

One vial of the drug Remdesivir. (AFP)World
US allows use of remdesivir to help virus recovery

No drugs are currently FDA-approved for treating the coronavirus, and remdesivir will still need formal approval

2 May 2020 11:02 AM IST

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