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Mexico tops 35,000 deaths, 4th highest toll

4:34 pm July 13, 2020

Mexico City: Mexican officials say the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths has passed 35,000, making it the country with the fourth highest total. A count by Johns Hopkins University has only the United States, Brazil and Britain with more confirmed deaths from the new coronavirus. Sunday’s rise to 35,006 confirmed deaths moved Mexico, a country […]

New British-French deal to fight “vile people smuggling”

11:48 pm July 12, 2020

Paris: France and Britain signed an agreement Sunday to share intelligence in their joint fight against the human traffickers who are illegally smuggling migrants across the English Channel French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the deal to set up a French-British intelligence unit would allow for better exchanges of information about smuggling networks British Home Secretary Priti […]

Russia skeptical about nuclear pact extension prospects

8:50 pm July 10, 2020

Moscow: Russia’s top diplomat said Friday he’s not very optimistic about prospects for an extension of the last remaining U.S.-Russia arms control agreement because of Washington’s focus on making China sign up to the pact. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Russia only wants to keep the New START treaty as much as the U.S. does and will protect its security […]

Bolsonaro now the ‘poster boy’ for dubious COVID-19 treatment

2:42 pm July 9, 2020

Rio De Janeiro: After months of touting an unproven anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the new coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is turning himself into a test case live before millions of people as he swallows hydroxychloroquine pills on social media and encourages others to do the same. Bolsonaro said this week that he tested positive for the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

UK grants asylum to ex-staffer at its Hong Kong consulate

1:36 pm July 3, 2020

London: A former employee at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been granted political asylum in what he believes is the first successful UK asylum case from the former British colony. Simon Cheng, who alleges that he was detained and tortured in China last year, told The Associated Press that he hopes his successful […]