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A healthcare worker gives a COVID-19 test to a medical staff near Halyk Arena in Almaty. (AFP)

China warns of 'unknown pneumonia' deadlier than COVID-19 in...

This unidentified virus has caused 1,772 deaths in the first six months of 2020, including 628 people in June alone

10 July 2020 1:20 PM IST

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. WHO promises honest evaluation of how world handled COVID-19. (AFP Photo)

How world handled COVID-19: WHO promises 'honest evaluation' after...

The panel will provide an interim report to an annual meeting of health ministers in November and present a substantive...

10 July 2020 10:02 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for a roundtable discussion on the Safe Reopening of Americas Schools during the coronavirus pandemic, in the East Room of the White House. (AFP)

Melania Trump's statue set on fire in her hometown in Slovenia

In January, a large wooden statue resembling Donald Trump was also burnt in another Slovenian city

9 July 2020 2:39 PM IST

World Health Organization headquarters at Geneva. (AFP)

WHO acknowledges 'evidence' of COVID-19 airborne spread

The change in the WHO's assessment of risk of transmission could affect its current advice on keeping 1 metre of...

8 July 2020 9:00 AM IST

The Netherlands will not be the first member state whose ID cards omit gender. The German ID card does not include it.

Contents of your underwear do not concern the govt': Gender off Dutch...

In a letter to parliament, Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven said gender categories would be omitted from ID cards from...

4 July 2020 9:06 PM IST

Representational Image. (AP)

Putin mocks US embassy in Russia for flying rainbow flag

His comments followed a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms that included an effective ban on gay marriage

4 July 2020 12:19 PM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron (4-L) and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (3-L) pose for a family photo after the first cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. (AFP)

French Prime Minister, government resign ahead of cabinet reshuffle

President Emmanuel Macron says the move will set out a 'new course' as the country grapples with the fallout of the...

3 July 2020 4:30 PM IST

Merkel urges EU unity on China

'Only together the 27 EU member countries have enough weight to achieve ambitious deals with China,' the German...

3 July 2020 2:36 PM IST

Members of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis gather for a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Climate battles are having their day in court

As lawsuits for climate go up, lawyers are getting creative using new legal arguments to challenge companies and...

3 July 2020 9:33 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his passport to a member of a local electoral commission as he arrives to cast his ballot in a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms at a polling station in Moscow on July 1, 2020. (AFP)

Putin could stay in power till 2036 as per the new constitution...

In a seven day long voting, Russians overwhelmingly approved the package for constitutional changes put forward by...

2 July 2020 8:37 AM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. (AP Photo)

'No excuse' for countries that fail in contact tracing, says WHO chief...

Although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is actually speeding up, Tedros Adhanom said

30 Jun 2020 12:42 PM IST

Medics wearing PPE kits carry the body of a person who died of COVID-19 at a district hospital, in Noida. (PTI)

Half a million lives lost to the pandemic

The world has reached a grim milestone on the virus front while some countries are still grappling with only the first...

29 Jun 2020 8:34 AM IST