Pakistan reports nine new cases of polio amid eradication drive
ISLAMABAD: In a major blow to Pakistan’s polio eradication campaign, nine new cases of the crippling disease have been reported from the country
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US Attorney General William Barr under fire over comparison of COVID-19 lock-in to slavery
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China’s ByteDance to place TikTok’s global headquarters in US to escape Trump ban
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US to rejoin Paris Agreement if Democrats are voted to power: Joe Biden
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US lawyer says Julian Assange faces decades in prison if convicted
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As Donald Trump played down threat of COVID-19 pandemic, health experts’ alarm grew
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Facebook may have to stop moving EU user data to US
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Global temperature inching towards agreed limit, may exceed by next decade: UN
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Sri Lanka’s death row convict MP Premalal Jayasekera allowed to attend Parliament session
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leaves Russia for Iran
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauds Russian scientists for developing COVID-19 vaccine
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India, Russia finalise AK-47 203 rifles deal: Report
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Students in Inner Mongolia protest Chinese language policy
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Months after lockdown, children in Wuhan return to school
Beijing, Sep 1 (AP) Children returned to school Tuesday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic that
First direct Israel-UAE flight lands in Abu Dhabi amid deal
ABU DHABI: A Star of David-adorned El Al plane flew from Israel to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, carrying a high-ranking American and Israeli de
COVID-19: Not all classrooms can reopen, concedes France Education Minister
PARIS: Not all French classrooms can safely reopen Tuesday, the education minister acknowledged Sunday, amid a persistent rise in coronavirus infectio
As virus rebounds in France, Macron bristles at border rules
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Kamala Harris to counter US President Trump’s convention speech
WASHINGTON: Democratic Party’s Indian-origin vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will deliver a speech on Thursday to counter President Do
Portland protesters set fire to building, police arrest 25
PORTLAND: Protesters in Portland repeatedly set fire late Monday night to a police union headquarters building and were repelled by officers spraying
WHO says plasma therapy to treat coronavirus still ‘experimental’
GENEVA: The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and tha
