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Los Angeles: A wildfire spreading rapidly through the rural area of Santa Clarita, a US city 53 km northeast of Los Angeles, has prompted evacuations and the full closure of a freeway. The fire, dubbed Soledad Fire, was initially…
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Tokyo: Japan is bracing for more heavy rain after a weekend of flooding left at least 37 people dead, with 13 others reported missing in the island of Kyushu, officials said on Monday. The prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima have been…
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Beijing: Authorities in China have stepped up precautions after suspected bubonic plague cases were reported in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the media reported on Monday. According to China's state-run Global Times newspaper,…
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Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has increased to more than 11.4 million, while the deaths have soared to over 533,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. On Monday morning, the total number of cases stood…
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Bhubaneswar: Infection of COVID19 can be airborne says evidence. Scientists from various parts of the world have said that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people. The scientists have requested the World…
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Tokyo: Fifteen people have died, while nine others were reported missing in Japan's southern island of Kyushu as devastating rains have caused flooding and landslides, its was reported on Sunday. Fourteen victims were found in a flooded…
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record hike in the number of global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours in the highest single-day increase since COVID-19 broke out. The biggest increase…
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Saturday that it was discontinuing hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir arms for its Solidarity Trial, citing little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalised Covid-19…
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Los Angeles: American rapper Kanye West has announced his bid for the US presidential election slated to take place in November and has received backing from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, West wrote: "We must now…
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Los Angeles, July 4 (IANS) India-born supermodel Padma Lakshmi says the "male-dominated" food industry needs to be more inclusive. "The professional food industry is one of the most male-dominated sectors of our society. Probably the…
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Islamabad: A 105-year-old man in Pakistan's Punjab province has been discharged from hospital after successfully defeating COVID-19, the media reported. Fazal Rauf, who is also a war veteran and has served in the Pakistan Army, was…
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New Delhi: The World Health Organization is finally sending a team to China next week to prepare to investigate the source of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic. The announcement made earlier this week came amid…
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Islamabad: At a time when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Ladakh, amid the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese forces, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reaffirmed Islamabad's extended…
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