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US deports al Qaeda terrorist Mohammed Ibrahim Zubair to IndiaThe United States has deported al Qaeda terrorist Mohammed Ibrahim Zubair to India, sources said on Thursday. He was convicted in america for providing material...US condemns China's 'disastrous' security law proposal for HKUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday rebuked China because of its proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong, calling it arbitrary and disastrous...UK to introduce quarantine for int'l arrivals on June 8Britain will introduce a COVID-19 quarantine for for travelers arriving from overseas from June 8, interior minister Priti Patel said on Friday, a measure that...Vatican opposes Israeli annexation planThe Vatican expressed concern over Israel's intend to annex large elements of the occupied West Bank, saying respect for international law and UN resolutions is...Trump drug 'raises death risk in Covid patients'The drug US President Donald Trump said he was taking to defend against Covid-19 actually increases the risk of patients with the condition dying from...Brazil surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hoursBrazil registered 1,179 coronavirus deaths during the past 24 hours, medical ministry said Tuesday, as the pandemic exacted its worst daily toll yet in the...US records a lot more than 1,500 coronavirus deaths in past a dayThe United States recorded another 1,536 coronavirus deaths over the past a day, the Johns Hopkins University tracker said.That figure, tallied by 8:30 pm (0030...Spain govt seeks 2-week extension of lockdownSpain's government on Tuesday said it could seek parliament's approval to increase the state of emergency by another fortnight, until June 7, even while the...Trump says US topping virus cases is an 'honour'President Donald Trump has argued it is "a badge of honour" that the US gets the world's highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections."I look at...Hungary outlaws changing birth gender on documentsHungary's parliament has approved a law that bans transsexuals from changing the gender they were assigned at birth on official documents.Regulations, proposed by the governing...Botswana probes mysterious death of 12 elephantsBotswana is probing the mysterious deaths of a dozen elephants in the country's famed Okavango Delta, the tourism ministry said Tuesday, ruling out poaching as...Pompeo demands China reveal Panchen Lama ‘immediately’US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday demanded that China reveal “immediately” the whereabouts of the Panchen Lama chosen by the Dalai Lama, 25...Italy says virus daily death toll under 100The daily coronavirus death toll in Italy dropped to 99 on Monday for the first time since early March, the civil protection agency said, as...WHO to review virus response as Trump renews attackThe World Health Organization said it could launch an independent review of its response to the coronavirus pandemic as US President Donald Trump renewed his...Rocket hits near US embassy in Baghdad: security sourcesOne rocket hit near to the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday morning, security sources told AFP, the first ever to land in the high-security...France virus intenstive care patients drop below 2,000The quantity of coronavirus patients in intensive care in France has fallen under 2,000 for the very first time in two months, medical ministry said...Global coronavirus death toll crosses 320,000The global death toll from coronavirus reached 320,130 by Tuesday morning.The global confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 4,890,863, according to data provided by Worldometer.With the...US records 820 new coronavirus deaths in a day: TrackerAMERICA on Sunday recorded 820 new coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours, however the country's total death rate neared 90,000, a Johns Hopkins University...One dead after air show jet crashes into homeAt least one individual has died after an aerobatic Canadian air force jet crashed into a residential neighbourhood while doing a flyover.Another crew member was...European countries set to help expand ease lockdownsItaly and Spain are among a number of Europe that are set to help expand ease their coronavirus lockdown restrictions from Monday.Most businesses in Italy,...Hospitals in Brazil's major city 'near collapse'The mayor of Brazil's most significant city, São Paulo, has said its health system could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with...Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 316,671The global death toll from coronavirus pandemic reached 316,671 by Monday morning.Since first reported in China in December this past year, coronavirus has up to...WHO committee to go over Taiwan exclusionThe World Health Organization (WHO) is to raise the question of Taiwan's participation as an observer at the World Health Assembly (WHA), which opens practically...Montenegro clashes after priests arrested for lockdown violationMontenegro law enforcement fired tear gas on Wednesday in clashes with demonstrators protesting against the arrest of a Serbian Orthodox bishop and seven priests suspected...Global coronavirus death toll nears 300,000As the number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases near 4.5 million, the death toll too is rising, inching towards 300,000. On Thursday morning, the global death...'Total' lockdown for Chile capital after Covid-19 spikeChile ordered a mandatory total quarantine for the administrative centre Santiago's seven million persons Wednesday after authorities reported a 60 percent spike in coronavirus infections...US accuses China of hacking coronavirus researchChina-linked hackers happen to be targeting organisations researching the Covid-19 pandemic, US officials say.The FBI said it had seen hacking attempts on US groups researching...France's bookstores fight for survival after lockdownNeighborhood bookstores found in France survived the television set and later the advent of over the internet shopping. Then emerged the coronavirus lockdown, an eight-week-long...Children worldwide present rare virus reactionRatings of UK and US children have already been affected by a good rare inflammatory disease associated with coronavirus.Numerous children have also been diagnosed with...Russia now has second highest number of virus casesRussia has confirmed 232,000 cases of coronavirus - the second highest toll on earth after the US.In the last a day the united states has...Germany not alarmed by infection rate riseThe scientific body advising the German government on coronavirus says it is not concerned that the virus reproduction rate - the R rate - has...Crew of virus-hit cruise liner disembark in UruguayCrew members from the coronavirus-hit cruise ship Greg Mortimer have already been permitted to disembark in Uruguay, after almost 8 weeks at sea.Of the a...US condemns attack on Afghan maternity wardUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned a militant attack on a maternity ward in Kabul, Afghanistan.Two babies and 12 mothers and nurses were...Fauci warns of 'needless suffering and death'The most notable US infectious diseases doctor has warned senators the virus will spread if the united states opens up too early.Dr Anthony Fauci said...Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 292,816The global death tally from coronavirus pandemic reached 292,816 by Wednesday morning.Because the first reported in China in December this past year, coronavirus has so...Zinc-hydroxychloroquine found effective in a few Covid-19 patientsThe antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine has demonstrated mixed results against the Covid-19 coronavirus in early studies, but a new paper out of NY suggests combining it...Covid-19: US registers 830 deaths in past a dayAMERICA recorded 830 Covid-19 coronavirus deaths during the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 80,352, in line with the real-time tally by Johns Hopkins...US meat exports to China soarUS President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay available to protect the nation’s food supply even as personnel got sick and died. The...Argentina debt talks deadlocked as deadline loomsThe Argentine government has extended a deadline to restructure $65bn (£53bn) of debt to 22 May in an effort to avert further financial turmoil.Argentina had...Putin eases Russian lockdown as cases riseRussian President Vladimir Putin says that from Tuesday the nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be eased and businesses will get back to work.He said the country's...French shops reopen but masks widely requiredFrance has cautiously begun to lift its lockdown, with millions back in work after eight weeks of restrictions.Shops are reopening, many pupils are time for...NY care homes told to test workers for Covid-19Workers at health care homes in NY state should be tested for coronavirus twice weekly under new rules laid out by Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo.Care...Colombian airline Avianca files for bankruptcyColombia's national airline, Avianca, has got filed for bankruptcy security in a US court.The carrier may be the second-largest in Latin America, but its passenger...Johnson unveils 'conditional method' to reopenBoris Johnson features unveiled a "conditional method" to reopen society, allowing persons in England to invest more time outdoors from Wednesday.The PM also said persons...Zambia praises sex staff for 'coronavirus tracing'Sex personnel in Zambia are assisting to trace people who have contracted coronavirus after a surge in latest infections in the border community of Nakonde,...Malta envoy quits after comparing Merkel to HitlerMalta's ambassador to Finland features resigned after comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, local media claim.Michael Zammit Tabona reportedly wrote on...French travellers exempt from UK quarantine plansFrench passengers will be exempt from quarantine methods that will come into force in the united kingdom amid the pandemic.Boris Johnson said on Sunday they...Brazil's Amazon sees surge in deforestationDeforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose sharply last month as the country prepared to send troops to try to curb unlawful logging and mining.Brazil's space...Tesla ordered to keep main US plant closedElectric car firm Tesla has been ordered keep its main plant in the US closed, as California grapples with a coronavirus outbreak.Chief executive Elon Musk...Global coronavirus cases exceed 4 millionConfirmed coronavirus cases around the world stood at 4,012,837 on Saturday morningThe virus has so far killed 276,216 people.Currently, 2,351,480 are being treated and 48,699...