Chinese mainland reports 49 new confirmed Covid-19 cases

Beijing: Chinese health authority said on Monday it received reports of 49 new confirmed ..

Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan Prime Minister

Negligence probed in deadly Beirut blast amid public anger

2,750 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate exploded: Lebanon PM on Beirut blasts

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

Beirut: A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital ..

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina

North Myrtle Beach: Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center ..

Trump signs executive order against hiring H1B visa holders for federal contracts

Washington: In a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job market, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive ..

Indian, Chinese commanders to hold talks today on further disengagement in eastern Ladakh

New Delhi: Indian and Chinese military commanders will hold a fresh round of negotiations on Sunday to finalise modalities for taking ..

No COVID-19 case reported among Haj pilgrims so far: Saudi

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia announced that pilgrims have been performing the Haj rituals safely and that no COVID-19 or any other public health-related ..

Trump says US 'may be banning' China-owned video app TikTok

New York: President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is weighing action against TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video ..

Trump floats idea of postponing Presidential polls

US President Donald on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the November 3 Presidential elections, asserting that postal voting by ..

Misinformation on coronavirus is proving highly contagious

As the world races to find a vaccine and a treatment for COVID-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight for the burgeoning outbreak ..

WHO expert calls for quick response to COVID-19 resurgence

Geneva: Governments should react quickly and communicate transparently to ensure small numbers of COVID-19 cases and clusters don't ..

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021

San Ramon : Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering ..

Brazil's Covid-19 death toll tops 87,000

Sao Paulo: Brazil's Covid-19 death toll climbed to 87,004 on Sunday after 555 more patients died from the disease in the previous ..