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Global coronavirus deaths top 1,70,000

The figures have been compiled from national authorities and information by the World Health Organization

21 April 2020 5:23 PM IST

Faisal Edhi with PM Imran Khan (Twitter)

Philanthrophist's son who met Pakistan PM Imran Khan tests positive...

Philanthrophist's son who met Pakistan PM Imran Khan tests positive for coronavirus

21 April 2020 3:45 PM IST

Former Fiji prime minister, Laisenia Qarase (AFP)

Former Fiji prime minister Qarase dies

Qarase was a champion of indigenous Fijians and won two elections without gaining any significant support from the...

21 April 2020 2:11 PM IST

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Covid-19: Sri Lanka postpones parliamentary poll for nearly 2 months

The island nation has been under a 24-hour curfew since March 20 to combat the deadly virus

21 April 2020 10:48 AM IST

Donald Trump (AFP)

Trump says will 'temporarily suspend' immigration due to coronavirus

Trump's tweet gave no further details about what the measure would entail,how it would be implemented or how long it...

21 April 2020 10:25 AM IST

Donald Trump (AFP)

Trump wants to use oil crash to fill national stockpile

The president had announced his intention on March 13 to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to the brim

21 April 2020 9:10 AM IST

Healthcare workers of the Medical Emergency Services of Madrid (SUMMA 112) UVI-6 unit, transfer a suspected COVID-19 patient on a stretcher from her home to a hospital in Madrid. AFP Photo

Pandemic weakens in Spain as death toll shows downward trend

The latest figures, which showed a slight drop from Sunday, brought further relief to the country

20 April 2020 4:56 PM IST

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro appears at a protest asking for military intervention in front the armys headquarters during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday. AP Photo

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro joins anti-quarantine protest in the country's...

On Friday, he sacked his health minister, who supported the restrictions that Bolsonaro says are damaging the economy

20 April 2020 4:36 PM IST

A healthcare worker of the Medical Emergency Services of Madrid (SUMMA 112) UVI-6 unit, wearing a protective suit, visits a suspected COVID-19 patient at her home in Madrid. AFP Photo

Parts of Europe limp back to normalcy as virus outbreak slows

Hard-hit Spain, where a nationwide lockdown has been extended, also said it would ease restrictions to allow children...

20 April 2020 1:40 PM IST

Some of the nearly 1,800 digital billboards and screens across all five boroughs are displaying messages of public safety, gratitude, pride, and solidarity with essential workers as seen in Times Square in New York: AFP photo

Many Indian American doctors succumb to covid19

Many Indian-American physicians have succumbed to coronavirus. A majority of them are said to be from New York and New...

20 April 2020 11:07 AM IST

Gunman on a rampage kills 16 in Canadas Nova Scotia

Gunman on a rampage kills 16 in Canada's Nova Scotia

While they believe the attack did not begin as random, police did not say what the initial motive was

20 April 2020 9:51 AM IST

Health workers applaud in support of the medical staff that are working on the COVID-19 virus outbreak at the Puerta de Hierro hospital in Majadahonda, Spain. AP Photo

Spain sees a downward trend in Covid19 fatalities

The total fatalities in Spain, the third hardest-hit country in the world after the US and Italy, have reached 20,453

19 April 2020 4:52 PM IST