SYDNEY: Australia reported its lowest one-day rise in novel coronavirus infections in nearly three months today as authorities began to ease restrictions aimed at slowing its spread. Thirty-nine people were found to be infected with the virus in the past 24 hours, the lowest one-day increase in new cases since […]
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TOKYO: Japan’s ruling party today elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the country’s next prime minister. Suga easily won the ballot, taking 377 of a total of 534 valid votes from Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and […]
MUMBAI: India has recorded 92,071 new cases of the coronavirus, taking total cases to 4.85 million, the federal health ministry said today. The world’s second-most populous country lags only the United States globally in overall number of infections, but it has been reporting more daily cases than the United States […]
MELBOURNE: The virus that causes Covid-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said today, highlighting the need for cleaning and handwashing to combat the virus. Researchers at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, found that at […]
BEIJING: China and India said they had agreed to de-escalate renewed tensions on their contested Himalayan border and take steps to restore “peace and tranquillity” following a high-level diplomatic meeting in Moscow. Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi and Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met in Moscow yesterday and reached a […]
TALENT: Dozens of extreme wind-driven wildfires burned through forests and towns in US West Coast states yesterday, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least eight people, authorities said. In the past 48 hours, four people died from fires in California, while three were killed in Oregon and a 1-year-old […]
AMBALA: India’s defence minister hailed the formal commissioning yesterday of the country’s first new French Rafale jets as a “strong message” to its adversaries, amid an escalating border row with China. The first five of a US$9.4 billion (RM29.2 billion) order for 36 Rafale aircraft formally entered service following a […]
WASHINGTON: The cat-and-mouse campaigning by Donald Trump and Joe Biden has led the president and his Democratic challenger to the same locations, sometimes on the same day, while displaying radically different styles as they court American voters. As the candidates criss-cross the battleground states likely to determine the outcome of […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump acknowledged to a journalist early in the coronavirus pandemic that he played down the danger of the health crisis despite having evidence to the contrary, according to a new book. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told author Bob Woodward on Mar 19, […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday (Sep 9). The acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security, […]