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SHANGHAI: Urumqi, the capital of China's far western region of Xinjiang, said it has launched emergency response plan after the...

CHICAGO: Two of the world's largest meatpackers said on Friday (Jul 17) they have installed ultraviolet air cleaning equipment in...

WASHINGTON: A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirus-aid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: For Colon Ramirez, the agonising search for the body of his grandmother is finally over. After almost four...

WASHINGTON: Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold...

WASHINGTON: The United States marked a record number of coronavirus cases on Friday (Jul 17) for the third consecutive day,...

NEW YORK: Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday (Jul 17), according to a Reuters tally, marking the first...

WASHINGTON: The government of India has agreed to allow US air carriers to resume passenger services in the US-India market...

GENEVA: Coronavirus infections in Brazil no longer appear to be rising exponentially but the country is "still in the middle...

Huawei is caught between pleasing increasingly nationalistic Chinese leaders while not alarming nervous governments in Western capitals, says an observer....

NEW YORK: The personal assistant to Fahim Saleh, founder of the Nigerian ride-sharing app Gokada, was arrested on Friday (Jul...

PORTLAND: Federal law enforcement officers are cracking down on protesters in Portland, Oregon, under the Trump administration’s new executive order...

LOS ANGELES: The NFL's players union said Friday attitudes (Jul 17) towards coronavirus health protocols must change for pre-season training...

WASHINGTON: Divided Americans dug further into debates over mask mandates and schools reopening on Friday (Jul 17), with states and...

WASHINGTON: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 87 the US Supreme Court's oldest member, said on Friday (Jul 17) she is...

OTTAWA: A recent spike in coronavirus cases in Canada is worrying and can be linked to groups of young people...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering taking sworn testimony from Facebook Inc's top executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg...

CAIRO: Egypt reported 703 new coronavirus cases on Friday (Jul 17), the health ministry said, the lowest figure since late...

WASHINGTON: The NASA astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in SpaceX's first crewed flight in May are expected...

Up to one-fifth of Brazil's soya exports to the European Union may be "contaminated" by illegal deforestation, a study has...