Paris orders mandatory wearing of masks outdoors in busy areas as COVID-19 flares back

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[caption id="attachment_9159" align="alignnone" width="959"] People wearing protective masks walk near the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Aug 6, 2020. [/caption] PARIS: Paris authorities on Saturday...

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Beirut explosion: Lebanese riot police fire tear gas at protesters

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

BEIRUT: Riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to break through a barrier to get to the parliament building in Beirut on Saturday (Aug...

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South Korea floods, landslides kill 26 as heavy rains continue

August 8, 2020August 9, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9194" align="alignnone" width="977"] Residents look on a submerged Han River park by flooded Han River in Seoul, South Korea, August 6, 2020. [/caption] SEOUL:...

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California processing Covid-19 backlog of up to 300,000 lab records

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

California has more than 538,000 confirmed virus cases, and on Friday became the third US state to exceed 10,000 deaths from Covid-19. [caption id="attachment_9120" align="alignnone"...

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Rescuers shaken by ‘blood and death’ of India jet disaster

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9066" align="alignnone" width="974"] A security official inspects the site where a passenger plane crashed when it overshot the runway at the Calicut International Airport...

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Philippines confirms 4,226 new COVID-19 cases, 41 more deaths

August 8, 2020August 9, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9188" align="alignnone" width="905"] The Philippines leads Southeast Asian nations in the most number of cases. Above, a child receives free coronavirus testing in Navotas...

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Study finds asymptomatic Covid-19 patients spread virus similar to symptomatic ones

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

The experts analysed swabs taken from over 300 patients between March 6 and 26. Of the total, 193 patients were symptomatic while 110 were asymptomatic....

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Turkmenistan to let WHO conduct independent coronavirus sampling

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

A Saturday state television report showing a teleconference involving Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made no mention of WHO concern...

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COVID-19 deaths in Latin America hit global high

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9078" align="alignnone" width="973"] Cemetery workers carry the coffin of a COVID-19 victim at a graveyard in Comas, in the northern outskirts of Lima. [/caption]...

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US schools reopen in virus hotspots

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9072" align="alignnone" width="965"] Schools in several US states have reopened for in-person classes. [/caption] WASHINGTON: Undeterred by the coronavirus, schools in several US states...