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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)

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

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP)

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

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP)

'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

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)

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)

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

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

WHO is China's PR agency: Trump

Trump administration has launched a probe into the role of the WHO on virus and has temporarily suspended the financial...

1 May 2020 11:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Coronavirus originated from China's Wuhan lab: Trump

The US president says he has evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion

1 May 2020 10:37 AM IST

A hospitalized patients relative takes a break after he wrote a letter as the only way to communicated with the patient, outside a public hospital in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. (AP)

Trump administration suspends immigration court hearings due to virus...

The Justice Department estimated in late February that there were 25,000 people waiting in Mexico for hearings in US...

1 May 2020 9:26 AM IST

A naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat patients who do not have the new coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up to capacity with those that do. (AP Photo)

Deadliest day in US as virus toll crosses 3000

Hospitals in the New York City area have been overrun with patients suffering from COVID-19

31 March 2020 1:38 PM IST

A worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple Universitys Liacouras Center. (Photo- AP)

Amid stagggering number of coronavirus deaths, New York asks for...

Even before the governor's appeal, close to 80,000 former nurses, doctors and other professionals were stepping up to...

31 March 2020 12:13 PM IST

In a first, US infant dies of Covid19

The Chicago infant was among 13 new deaths in Illinois

29 March 2020 2:25 PM IST

US not to impose lockdown in virus epicentre New York

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention however, advised residents of the region not to travel except for...

29 March 2020 11:05 AM IST