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COVID-19: India is not in community transmission stage, says ICMR

Coronavirus: Matterhorn mountain in Swiss Alps lights up with Indian flag in show of solidarity

3:47 pm April 18, 2020

Geneva: Switzerland has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic by projecting the tricolour on the famous Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps to give “hope and strength” to all Indians. Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter has been lighting up the 4,478-meter pyramidal peak straddling between Switzerland and Italy with spectacular […]

Cruise ship leaves Australia for Europe; 3 dead

3:11 pm April 18, 2020

Perth: A German cruise ship has left Western Australia state after a three-week stay during which three people on board died of COVID-19. The Artania began its journey from Fremantle back to Europe, keeping to its scheduled early afternoon departure time Saturday. A total of 79 crew and passengers from the Artania tested positive for […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

2:51 pm April 18, 2020

United Nation: Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end unilateral sanctions without UN Security Council approval but still calling for an end to protectionist practices. The 193-member world body has until noon EDT on Wednesday to consider the revised Russian […]

Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels exchange prisoners

2:56 pm April 17, 2020

Kyiv: Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels exchanged 34 prisoners Thursday in the latest trade aimed at creating conditions that could lead to the end of the six-year war in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian president’s office said. Ukraine took back 20 of its citizens in the swap with the two separatist entities in the rebel-controlled east, […]

Russians face trial for iron-bar attack on English fan

11:59 pm April 15, 2020

Marseille: Two Russians will face trial in France over a vicious assault that left an English fan partially paralysed during Euro 2016, a judicial source said on Wednesday. Mikhail Ivkine, 34, and Pavel Kosov, 33, risk up to 15 years behind bars if found guilty of the attack on Andrew Bache. The trial is expected […]