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Coronavirus emerged in Italy earlier than thought, Italian study shows 15 Nov 2020 - 08:34 pm

ROME - The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy since September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian...

Vaccine scientist hopes for return to 'normal' by next winter 15 Nov 2020 - 08:29 pm

London - If coronavirus vaccinations are rolled out widely, life could return to "normal" by next winter, one of the scientists behind the...

Biden advisers call for urgent COVID-19 action, including financial relief 15 Nov 2020 - 07:38 pm

WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's top aide Ron Klain on Sunday urged Congress to pass bipartisan COVID-19 financial relief as a surge...

Austria plans 'mass tests' to help exit virus lockdown 15 Nov 2020 - 07:27 pm

Vienna - Austria is planning "mass testing" for coronavirus to help a chart a way out of the second lockdown coming into force...

Prince Charles champions post-Brexit ties on German visit 15 Nov 2020 - 07:22 pm

Berlin - Britain's Prince Charles on Sunday said bonds between his country and Germany would "remain strong" as he visited Berlin against a...

500 reported arrested in Belarus protests 15 Nov 2020 - 07:16 pm

KYIV, Ukraine: A human rights group in Belarus said more than 500 people were arrested in protests around the country calling for authoritarian...

Ancient statue of Hermes dug up in Athens 15 Nov 2020 - 05:48 pm

Athens: The head of an ancient statue of the Greek god Hermes has been unearthed during excavations for sewage system improvements in central...

Trump cites Biden victory on Twitter, still presses false rigging claims 15 Nov 2020 - 04:53 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the Nov....

Fire damages historic mosque on Istanbul's Bosporus Strait 15 Nov 2020 - 04:02 pm

ISTANBUL: A historic wooden mosque in Istanbul caught on fire Sunday and Turkish firefighters put out the blaze, working from both land and...

French authors to pay fines of bookshops open despite virus closure 15 Nov 2020 - 03:49 pm

Paris: One of France's best-known authors, Alexandre Jardin, vowed Sunday that writers would bail out rebel bookshop owners fined for opening in defiance...

Pakistan gets $370 million syndicated loan: Statement 15 Nov 2020 - 03:34 pm

Dubai: The government of Pakistan has closed a $370 million syndicated loan comprising a conventional and Islamic tranche, Dubai's biggest bank Emirates NBD...

Gunmen kill 34 in attack on bus in west Ethiopia: rights body 15 Nov 2020 - 03:24 pm

Addis Ababa: Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a "gruesome" attack on a passenger bus in west Ethiopia, a part of the...

Germans should brace for 4-5 months of severe COVID-19 measures: Minister 15 Nov 2020 - 01:41 pm

FRANKFURT: Germans should brace for another 4-5 months of severe measures to halt the rise in coronavirus infections and should not expect the...

Damage, injuries as Vamco hits Vietnam 15 Nov 2020 - 12:38 pm

Hanoi: Storm Vamco barrelled into Vietnam on Sunday, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people after wreaking devastation in the Philippines. The...

Trolls get creative after WHO allegedly censors Taiwan 15 Nov 2020 - 12:27 pm

Taipei: Alleged censorship of Taiwan on the World Health Organization's Facebook page inspired some creative trolling Thursday, with special characters and foreign scripts...

Soumitra Chatterjee, legend of Indian cinema, dies at 85 15 Nov 2020 - 12:22 pm

NEW DELHI: Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Indian actor with more than 200 movies to his name and famed for his work with Oscar-winning...

Australia 'victim' of own COVID-19 success as locals want to return: Minister 15 Nov 2020 - 11:38 am

Melbourne: Australia's triumph in reining in COVID-19 while infections surge in many parts of the world is making the country a "victim of...

Asia forms world's biggest trade bloc, a China-backed group excluding U.S. 15 Nov 2020 - 11:28 am

Hanoi: Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world's largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had...