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President Donald Trump looks through a face shield, in front of poster of the manufacturing of these shields, while touring Ford Motor Co.s Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. (AP)

Maskless Trump tours Michigan Ford plant

The US president did not wear a face covering despite a warning that a refusal to do so might lead to a ban on his...

22 May 2020 1:56 PM IST

A caretaker fix the face mask of a resident of the public shelter Stella Maris as they wait seated respecting social distance while Brazils Armed Forces soldiers disinfect the place. (AFP)

Virus hits young people harder in Brazil

A closer look at the data from Brazil raises questions about the widely held idea that COVID-19 is mainly dangerous for...

22 May 2020 12:53 PM IST

US slams China for Sikkim, Ladakh aggression. (AFP Photo)

US slams China for Sikkim, Ladakh aggression

Indian and Chinese troops had clashed in early May, resulting in injuries to both sides

21 May 2020 2:59 PM IST

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million. (PTI Photo)

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million with over 3,26,000 deaths

Latin America accounted for around a third of the 91,000 cases reported earlier this week

21 May 2020 1:32 PM IST

Brazils Armed Forces soldiers prepare to disinfect the public shelter Stella Maris as a measure to combat the outbreak of new novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP)

Brazil suffers record surge in coronavirus deaths

US president Donald Trump indicates he is considering a travel ban from Brazil

20 May 2020 12:24 PM IST

Trump calls world health body puppet of China. (AFP Photo)

WHO a puppet of China, says Donald Trump

Trump threatened to permanently freeze US funding to the WHO unless "substantive improvements" were made within the next...

19 May 2020 12:41 PM IST

Trump, in a surprise announcement, said on Monday he is taking hydroxychloroquine. (AFP Photo)

Despite FDA warning, Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about its use

19 May 2020 10:15 AM IST

Trump threatened Monday to permanently freeze US funding to the World Health Organization. (AFP Photo)

Trump threatens permanent freeze on WHO funding in 30 days

Washington suspended funding to the WHO in mid-April, accusing it of being too close to Beijing

19 May 2020 9:39 AM IST

Waorani indigenous people. (AFP)

First coronavirus case detected in Ecuador's Amazon tribe

Waorani organizations warns that virus spread could be catastrophic for the community, which is generally vulnerable to...

18 May 2020 9:35 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

Obama was 'grossly incompetent president': Trump

Trump's reaction came after Obama on Saturday criticised the US authorities' response to the coronavirus outbreak

18 May 2020 9:04 AM IST

Rev. Timothy Pelc blesses Easter baskets outside St. Ambrose Church in Grosse Pointe Park. He offered a prayer and sprayed holy water from a squirt gun instead of blessing baskets inside the church in a bid to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Michigan priest draws squirt gun to shoot holy water

Priest says he was concerned about how the Vatican might react when the photos of him squirting holy water became viral

18 May 2020 8:53 AM IST

Medical workers attend to a COVID-19 patient at the Sao Jose municipal hospital, in Duque de Caxias, Brazil. (AP)

Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases

Brazil's Health Ministry registered 14,919 new confirmed cases in the prior 24 hours, taking the total to 233,142

17 May 2020 2:16 PM IST