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[ad_1] The United States recorded 1,330 more Covid-19-related deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures reported Sunday afternoon by Johns Hopkins University. The country now has a total of 54,841 deaths, with 9.64,937 confirmed infections, according to a count by the Baltimore-based institution at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The …

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: About 700 new cases of COVID-19 and about 12 virus-related deaths were reported on Sunday in Pakistan when the country entered Ramzan’s second day. In the past 24 hours, the number of cases in the country reached 13,318 with Punjab leading the count with 5,446 cases, which is …

[ad_1] In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address on Sunday, the prime minister said the country is in the midst of a ‘yudh’ (war) and stated that people must remain careful and take precautions. Your cautionary note comes in the context of Union government and sets relaxing lockdown rules …

[ad_1] DUBAI (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES): King Salman of Saudi Arabia has ordered an end to the death penalty for crimes committed by minors, according to a statement released Sunday by a senior official. The decision comes immediately after other judges who order an end to the practice of flogging, replace …

[ad_1] Speculation about Kim Jong Un’s health escalated over the weekend after tantalizing, but unverified, reports of a visit by a Chinese medical team and movements of the North Korean leader’s armored train. China sent a team that includes senior doctors and diplomats to advise its neighbor and longtime ally, …

[ad_1] MADRID: On foot, on skateboards and on skateboards, Spanish children left their homes on Sunday for the first time after six long weeks of living under one of the strictest coronavirus blockades in Europe. The relaxation came when Spain, one of the worst affected by the worldwide epidemic of …

[ad_1] A Yemeni separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), declared self-government in the war-torn southern country on Sunday. Long-standing aspirations for autonomy in southern Yemen erupted into a deadly conflict between United Arab EmiratesThey backed separatists and pro-government forces in 2017-18 and again in August last year, complicating Yemen’s …

[ad_1] The central Chinese city of Wuhan, the first pandemic Covid-19 epicenter where the virus emerged late last year, has no remaining cases in hospitals, China announced Sunday. The new coronavirus is believed to have originated from a wet seafood and meat market in Wuhan before spreading across China and …

[ad_1] UK PM office has removed China from its comparisons of other countries ’responses to coronavirus amid suspicions their figures vastly undermine the outbreak, according to UK media Evening Standard. UK Ministers till recently were showing China’s low rate of infections and deaths on its charts in the daily Number …

[ad_1] Syed Akbaruddin, one of the most visible faces of Indian diplomacy in recent years, is likely to be replaced as India’s permanent representative to the United Nations by TS Tirumurti, an experienced diplomat with experience in multilateral organizations. Akbaruddin, who brought Indian diplomacy into the Twitter era during his …