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Japan lifts coronavirus travel curbs to help economy bounce back 19 Jun 2020 - 03:39 pm

TOKYO - Japan lifted all coronavirus-related curbs on domestic travel on Friday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling on people to go sightseeing...

Fauci confident in vaccine efforts, predicts no more US lockdowns 19 Jun 2020 - 03:32 pm

Washington - The United States does not need more widespread lockdowns to bring its COVID-19 outbreak under control, despite the fact that the...

Virus already in Italy by December, waste water study finds 19 Jun 2020 - 02:51 pm

Rome - The coronavirus was already present in two large cities in northern Italy in December, over two months before the first case...

Czechs record biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases in two months 19 Jun 2020 - 02:40 pm

PRAGUE - The Czech Republic reported its biggest one-day jump in new coronavirus cases in two months on Friday, with the rise exceeding...

Twitter Flags Trump Tweet With CNN Clip as ‘Manipulated Media’ 19 Jun 2020 - 02:20 pm

Twitter Inc. has again flagged a tweet by President Donald Trump, with the social network warning that it contained "manipulated media.” The tweet...

India reports record rise in coronavirus cases as major city locks down 19 Jun 2020 - 01:44 pm

CHENNAI, India/NEW DELHI - India reported a record daily jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases on Friday as the southern city...

Two blasts kill four in southern Pakistan 19 Jun 2020 - 01:32 pm

Karachi - Separate bomb and grenade attacks killed at least four people including security personnel in southern Pakistan on Friday, police said. Two...

Ten Indian soldiers freed by China’s army days after clashes 19 Jun 2020 - 12:49 pm

China’s military has released 10 Indian soldiers captured on Monday during deadly clashes between troops from the two nations along their contested Himalayan...

Glaxo’s Covid vaccine partnership with Clover begins human tests 19 Jun 2020 - 11:23 am

GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine partnership with Clover Biopharmaceuticals started tests in humans, following a number of other programs in the sprint to come...

Thousands evacuated from Arizona wildfires 18 Jun 2020 - 11:53 pm

PHOENIX - Over 2,000 people were evacuated from three large wildfires in Arizona on Thursday as dry conditions and gusty winds whipped blazes...

Facebook pulls Trump ads which used Nazi symbol 18 Jun 2020 - 11:44 pm

San Francisco - Facebook on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trump's campaign containing a symbol used by Nazi Germany, the latest move...

California orders residents to wear masks outside the home 18 Jun 2020 - 11:28 pm

LOS ANGELES - California on Thursday ordered residents to wear masks at nearly all times outside the home, saying the strict new rule...

India lifts export ban on hydroxychloroquine 18 Jun 2020 - 10:39 pm

New Delhi - India Thursday fully lifted an export ban on hydroxychloroquine, a drug favored by US President Donald Trump as a treatment...

Canada hits 100,000 coronavirus cases, major challenges remain 18 Jun 2020 - 09:30 pm

OTTAWA - Canada officially racked up 100,000 cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday and although the outbreak is slowing, health experts said...

WHO eyes hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses before 2021 18 Jun 2020 - 07:32 pm

Geneva - The World Health Organization said Thursday that a few hundred million COVID-19 vaccine doses could be produced by the end of...

Photos of stolen Van Gogh handed to Dutch art sleuth 18 Jun 2020 - 07:27 pm

Amsterdam - A Dutch art detective revealed Thursday he has received two recent photographs of a Vincent Van Gogh painting stolen from a...

Artists paint New York shops boarded up after looting to raise hope 18 Jun 2020 - 07:12 pm

NEW YORK - Boarded-up shops, a depressing sight for New Yorkers after looters infiltrated anti-racism marches in the city's trendiest neighborhoods, are being...