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12 killed, 19 missing in Nepal landslides
Kathmandu: At least 12 people were killed and 19 others missing in multiple landslides caused due to incessant rains in western Nepal, police said on Friday.
Seven people, including three children, lost their lives due to landslides in…
WHO experts to visit China as part of virus probe
Beijing: Two World Health Organisation experts will spend the next two days in the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One animal health expert and one…
Latin America and Caribbean are hot spots: UN
United Nation: Latin America and the Caribbean have become a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic, with several countries now having one of the highest per capita infection rates and absolute number of cases in the world, U.N.…
B’desh’s shortest-ever budget session prorogued
Dhaka: The budget and eighth session of Bangladesh's incumbent 11th Parliament was prorogued after only nine working days, becoming the shortest in the country's recent history, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The session was prorogued at…
China warns of unknown pneumonia deadlier than COVID
Beijing: China has warned its citizens living in Kazakhstan of a local "unknown pneumonia" which, it said, has a "much higher" fatality rate than the COVID-19 disease, prompting the Central Asian country to dismiss it as "fake news."
The…
WORLD WATCH
2 deputies shot in California shooting
Knightsen (US): Two sheriff's deputies were shot late Thursday night and a suspect is dead in a shooting in Contra Costa County, California, according to reports.
The shooting was reported in…
Satellite images show undeclared N Korean facility
Washington/Seoul: New satellite imagery has revealed a previously undeclared North Korean facility that experts suspect could be used to build nuclear warheads, a media report said on Thursday.
The images, captured by Planet Labs and…
WHO chief taps ex-leaders to head COVID-19 response panel
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organisation said Thursday that former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark will head a new panel tasked with giving an honest assessment of the…
US surpasses 3 mn COVID cases
Washington: More than three million people in the US have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Over 131,000 deaths have been reported, and on Tuesday the US broke its record for most new cases reported…
Imran inaugurates first-ever infectious diseases hospital
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated Pakistan's first-ever specialised hospital for infectious diseases here on Thursday to meet the increasing challenges posed by the coronavirus that has claimed nearly 5,000 lives and infected…