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Kamala Harris pauses in-person campaigning after staffer diagnosed with COVID-19 15 Oct 2020 - 10:20 pm

U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris canceled travel plans through Sunday as a precaution after one of her staff members tested positive...

Trump calls Fauci a ‘Democrat’ after he objected to campaign ad 15 Oct 2020 - 10:11 pm

President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on one of the nation’s top health officials, labeling Anthony Fauci a "Democrat” -- but saying that...

Mask-free Queen ventures outside 'HMS Bubble' to secret lab 15 Oct 2020 - 07:41 pm

Salisbury, United Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday made her first public visit outside a royal residence since the start of the...

Swiss virus situation 'deteriorating': minister 15 Oct 2020 - 07:32 pm

Geneva - As Switzerland sees record high Covid-19 infection numbers on a daily basis, the health minister warned Thursday that the situation is...

Trump talks up bigger COVID-19 stimulus deal as election clock ticks 15 Oct 2020 - 07:24 pm

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is willing to raise his offer of $1.8 trillion for a COVID-19 relief...

EU imposes sanctions on 6 Russians over Navalny poisoning 15 Oct 2020 - 05:38 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union and Britain imposed sanctions Thursday on six Russians, some among the highest-ranked officials in the nation, and a state...

Nokia's COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask 15 Oct 2020 - 04:32 pm

STOCKHOLM: Nokia has created an automated system that uses a thermal camera and real-time video analytics to determine if a person has COVID-19...

London and Paris clamp down as Europe hits virus records 15 Oct 2020 - 04:25 pm

Londoners will be banned from mixing with other households indoors and Paris is set for a curfew, as European leaders struggle to cope...

Sweden wants to up defense budget due to regional tensions 15 Oct 2020 - 04:19 pm

STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s left-leaning government on Thursday proposed a 40% increase for its defense budget from 2021-2025 with the defense minister saying the move...

Austria orders first local quarantine of its second COVID-19 wave 15 Oct 2020 - 03:42 pm

VIENNA: Austria on Thursday ordered the first local quarantine of its second wave of coronavirus infections, in a town near Salzburg, as cases...

Japan plans near-full capacity baseball to test virus measures 15 Oct 2020 - 03:19 pm

Tokyo: Japan will allow baseball fans to pack into a near-full stadium to test coronavirus containment measures, the economy minister said Thursday, as...

Floods kill 40 in India, damage crops 15 Oct 2020 - 03:18 pm

MUMBAI: Floods brought by heavy rains and overflowing rivers across large swathes of western and southern India have killed at least 40 people...

Indian cinemas reopen after going dark for months amid virus 15 Oct 2020 - 02:57 pm

NEW DELHI: Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee -...

Sanofi reports positive animal test results for potential COVID-19 vaccine 15 Oct 2020 - 02:39 pm

Paris: Clinical trials of an experimental vaccine against COVID-19 which is being developed by France's Sanofi and U.S. biotech firm Translate Bio are...

How to hold the world's largest book fair in a pandemic 15 Oct 2020 - 02:22 pm

Frankfurt am Main: The Frankfurt book fair, the world's largest, is going ahead this week even after a spike in coronavirus infections turned...

London shifts into 2nd-highest virus risk tier as cases rise 15 Oct 2020 - 02:19 pm

LONDON: Britain’s health secretary has shifted London into the second-highest COVID-19 alert level amid a rise in cases. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told...

Oxford scientists develop 5-minute COVID-19 antigen test 15 Oct 2020 - 12:05 pm

LONDON: Scientists from Britain's University of Oxford have developed a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes,...