There may never be a coronavirus ‘silver bullet’, says WHO

The World Health Organisation warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the efforts being made to discover effective vaccines around the world. The WHO urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the known basics, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a […]

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Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle has ‘given up hope’ of a reunion with daughter

Thomas Markle and his daughter Meghan Markle have become the highlight of international media outlets for a few months now. However, it seems the constant ‘lies and deceit’ which followed their public scuffle got the better of Thomas and thus he decided to no longer yearn for any sort of reunion with his daughter. Talking […]

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Global COVID-19 cases jump past 18 million as Melbourne imposes curfew

MELBOURNE: The global tally of coronavirus cases crossed 18 million on Monday with the illness continuing its march as Australia’s second-largest city imposed restrictions to curb the spread of the disease. Six months after the World Health Organisation declared a global emergency, the virus has killed more than 687,000 people since it first emerged in […]

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Pompeo says Trump days away from taking action against TikTok

WASHINGTON:  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said President Donald Trump is days away from taking strict action against the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok to protect US national security. He said TikTok and other Chinese software companies operating in the US, such as WeChat, feed personal data on American citizens directly to […]

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Three killed in Afghan prison attack

JALALABAD: Daesh militants stormed a prison holding hundreds of Taliban and the groups fighters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least three people and disrupting the relative calm of a ceasefire across the country, officials said. The gunmen set off an explosives-packed car near the prison before opening fire on security guards at the […]

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India’s Interior Minister Amit Shah hospitalised with Covid-19

India’s Interior Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to hospital after catching the coronavirus, he said on Sunday, becoming the most senior politician in the country to test positive for the disease. Shah, a close aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, heads a ministry that has been at the forefront of managing the epidemic. India’s […]

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Muslim man in India attacked with hammer on suspicion of transporting beef: media

A young Muslim man was brutally attacked by a group of men near Delhi on suspicions of transporting beef, it emerged on Sunday after a video of the incident went viral on social media. According to Times of India, police said that the incident took place on Friday morning in Haryana’s Gurgaon district and one […]

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Thousands march in Berlin against coronavirus curbs

Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying they violated people’s rights and freedoms. The gathering, estimated by police at 17,000, included libertarians, constitutional loyalists and anti-vaccination activists. There was also a small far-right presence with some marchers carrying Germany’s black, white and red […]

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Indian police crackdown on illegal liquor suppliers after 86 die

Indian police raided rural hamlets and made arrests to break up a bootlegging cartel on Sunday after 86 people died from consuming illegally produced alcohol this week in the northwestern state of Punjab, officials said. “We have conducted raids at more than 30 places today and we have detained six more persons,” Dhruman H. Nimbale, […]

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Iran says it has detained US-based opposition leader over 2008 bomb attack

Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a United States-based leader of a pro-monarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks, and that he is being held in Iran. An intelligence ministry statement cited by state television did not say how, where or when […]

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