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MP records 1,357 new coronavirus cases, ten deaths

US dips under 50,000 new coronavirus cases

4:20 pm July 5, 2020

Baltimore: The United States has dipped under 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time in four days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, but experts fear celebrations for the July 4th Independence Day weekend will act like rocket fuel for the nation’s surging outbreak. Johns Hopkins counted 45,300 new coronavirus infections in the U.S. on […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US trade deficit rises 9.7% in May to $54.6 billion

8:00 pm July 2, 2020

Washington DC: The US trade deficit rose for the third straight month in May. Both exports and imports fell as the coronavirus outbreak continued to take a toll on world commerce. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap between the goods and services the United States buys and what it sells abroad rose 9.7% in May […]

Italy enters strict 3-day lockdown over Easter

China virus cases stabilise as Italy sees drop in deaths

1:06 pm June 28, 2020

Beijing: China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections after it eased social distancing rules to lift the economy. In the US, Vice President Mike Pence called off off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida following a surge in confirmed cases there. Hard-hit Italy, meanwhile, registered the […]

Satellite image: Iran blast was near suspected missile site

12:53 pm June 28, 2020

Dubai: An explosion that rattled Iran‘s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and missile production sites, satellite photographs showed Saturday. What exploded in the incident early Friday that sent a massive fireball into the sky near Tehran remains unclear, as does the cause of the blast. […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Had “very frank” discussion with China on “unprovoked aggression”: Pompeo

10:14 pm June 25, 2020

Washington DC: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that he had a very frank discussion with his Chinese counterpart Wang Jiechi about the “unprovoked aggression” by Beijing on a number of fronts. During the meeting in Hawaii last week, Pompeo said he also pressed for “more transparency” from China on the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic for the good of the world. The […]