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Mainland China reports seven new confirmed, one asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported seven new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one asymptomatic case as of end-June 11, the country’s national health authority said.
The National Health Commission said in a statement on Friday that…
Brazil now second in virus deaths, as US states see rising cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazil on Friday claimed the unenviable position of having the second-highest coronavirus death toll worldwide behind the United States, where several states have posted record daily case totals, signaling the crisis…
Parts of Beijing locked down due to fresh virus cluster
BEIJING (AFP) - Parts of Beijing were placed under lockdown on Saturday as six new domestic coronavirus cases were reported, fuelling fears of a resurgence in local transmission.
People were prevented from leaving their homes at 11…
China races to find virus vaccine, put scandals in the past
BEIJING (AFP) - China has mobilised its army and fast-tracked tests in the global race to find a coronavirus vaccine, but its labs also have an image tarnished by past health scandals to overcome.
Six months after the first cases emerged…
Worldwide coronavirus death toll rises to over 423,000
(city News) – The number of coronavirus infections across the world has risen to over 7.4 million while the pandemic has so far claimed more than 423,000 lives.
The United States is at the top with more than two million cases and over…
Seattle mayor tells Trump to ‘go back to your bunker’
SEATTLE (AFP) - Seattle’s mayor told Donald Trump to "Go back to your bunker" Thursday, escalating a spat after the president threatened to intervene over a police-free autonomous zone protesters have set up in the western US city.
The…
Arms seized by U.S., missiles used to attack Saudi Arabia ‘of Iranian origin’: U.N.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of “Iranian origin,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report…
Four killed in Kabul mosque blast: government
KABUL (AFP) - A blast during prayers at a mosque in Kabul killed four people on Friday, as the country moved closer towards peace talks, the interior and health ministries said.
"Based on our initial information, at around noon…
New virus cases raise fears in Chinese capital, schools delay return
BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing said Friday it would delay primary school students returning to class after three fresh coronavirus cases emerged in the capital -- the first after two months of no infections in the city.
China has largely…
US tops two million coronavirus cases: Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States topped two million on Wednesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 112,900 people in…