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Special trains for 3.6m Indian workers stranded in lockdown 23 May 2020 - 04:39 pm

New Delhi: India will organise special trains to get at least 3.6 million migrant workers stranded by the pandemic lockdown back home, authorities...

Phantom lock picker of Paris parks becomes folk hero 23 May 2020 - 04:22 pm

Paris: A mysterious figure who picks the locks of Paris parks at night for people who have been cooped up in the city's...

Kuwaiti Health Ministry announces 900 new virus cases 23 May 2020 - 04:20 pm

Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health on Saturday announced 900 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the past 24...

UK pop star comes to the rescue in Singapore quiz row 23 May 2020 - 04:08 pm

Singapore: A Singapore quiz contestant has been handed a cash prize following a row with a radio station over his pronunciation of Spandau...

Spain’s far-right holds car protest against virus lockdown 23 May 2020 - 03:01 pm

Several thousand followers of Spain’s far-right Vox party gathered Saturday in their cars and on motorbikes in the center of Madrid and other...

US discussed holding first nuclear test in decades: report 23 May 2020 - 01:59 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump's administration has discussed holding the first US nuclear test since 1992 as a potential warning to Russia and China,...

Slovakia records no coronavirus deaths in past week 23 May 2020 - 01:43 pm

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia has recorded no coronavirus-related deaths in the past week and numbers of new cases have been in the single digits, official...

China's top disease control official accepts criticism of coronavirus response 23 May 2020 - 01:01 pm

BEIJING: China's top disease control official said on Saturday that public criticism over the initial coronavirus outbreak was understandable, but defended Beijing's response...

Ivanka Trump draws derision in India for praising migrant's hard journey home 23 May 2020 - 12:30 pm

NEW DELHI: U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump's praise of an Indian teenager's bicycle ride home hundreds of kilometres away is drawing criticism in...

High-speed train services in Turkey set to resume after virus pause 23 May 2020 - 12:13 pm

ANKARA: The high-speed train services will resume in Turkey as of May 28 after they have been suspended as part of coronavirus precautions,...

Iran to reopen religious, cultural sites: President 23 May 2020 - 12:10 pm

DUBAI: Iran on Saturday moved to open businesses, religious and cultural sites as it eases restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Museums...

Coronavirus spreading in Bangladesh's Rohingya camps 23 May 2020 - 12:04 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s crammed Rohingya camps are threatened with the coronavirus outbreak as the infection tally rose to 21 with eight new cases...

Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97 23 May 2020 - 11:07 am

Karachi: One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people has described jumping from the burning...

Hydroxychloroquine linked to deaths, heart risks in Covid study 22 May 2020 - 04:37 pm

Antimalaria drugs that U.S. President Donald Trump has touted for treatment of Covid-19 were linked to an increased risk of death and heart...

U.S. demands review of WHO's handling of pandemic starts now, seeks reforms 22 May 2020 - 03:59 pm

GENEVA - The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of...

India reports largest single-day virus spike 22 May 2020 - 02:37 pm

NEW DELHI, India - India has reported 6,088 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours for its biggest single-day spike, increasing the...

Trump says he finally wore a mask and 'it looked very nice' 22 May 2020 - 02:27 pm

Ypsilanti, United States - President Donald Trump said Thursday he'd finally overcome his aversion to wearing masks against the coronavirus -- but didn't...