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NEW YORK: New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced that global public health experts have cleared New York City to enter phase two of...

British actor Sir Ian Holm has died "peacefully" in hospital at the age of 88. "It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE...

GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution strongly condemning the continuing racially discriminatory and violent...

NEW DELHI: Authorities in India's southern Tamil Nadu state imposed a fresh lockdown in the state capital of Chennai and its suburbs on Friday in wake...

RIO DE JANEIRO: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has reached 1,032,913 on Friday after the country registered a new record number of 54,771...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on policing amid calls for action against police brutality and racism. It comes...

TOKYO: A clinical trail of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 developed by a medical startup will start on June 30 in Japan, Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura...

North Korea's army will restart military exercises on the South Korean border in demilitarized areas that were previously used by both nations for...

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh recorded the biggest daily jump of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The total deaths crossed 10,000-mark in India, reaching...

Beijing's municipal government on Wednesday imposed citywide movement restrictions in an attempt to curb a fresh outbreak of coronavirus, Chinese state...