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 […]
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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, […]
LESBOS: Greece’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was gutted by a huge fire early today, leaving over 12,000 fleeing asylum seekers homeless, with reports that the blaze was started by migrants revolting against coronavirus isolation rules. Firemen said the notorious Moria camp had been mostly destroyed but […]
KABUL: At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early today, officials said. Saleh, who is the senior of Afghanistan’s two vice presidents, was not harmed. “This terrorist attack has failed and […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will announce further troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few days, a senior administration official said yesterday. The official told reporters traveling with the president to expect an announcement today on Iraq, and on Afghanistan in the coming days. During a meeting […]