WASHINGTON, DC: Florida and Texas, two states that have emerged as the latest hot spots of the US coronavirus outbreak, both reported new single-day record increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday (Jul 4), with nearly 20,000 additional infections combined. For a second straight day, Texas also registered an all-time […]
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GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday (Jul 4) that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality. The setback came as the WHO also reported more than 200,000 new […]
MANILA: Philippine immigration officers falsified records to show ex-Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek briefly visited the country after he was sacked from the collapsed German payments processor, the justice minister said on Saturday (Jul 4). German and Philippine authorities want to question the former chief operating officer as part of their […]
SINGAPORE: This General Election is not about the survival of any particular opposition party, or how many seats in Parliament the People’s Action Party (PAP) is going to get, said Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing. It should be about how Singapore is going to get through the […]
KEYSTONE, South Dakota: President Donald Trump on Friday (Jul 3) railed against “angry mobs” that tried to tear down statues of Confederate leaders and other historical figures, warning thousands of supporters at Mount Rushmore that protesters were trying to erase American history. Speaking underneath a famed landmark that depicts four […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its account of the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis to say it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The United Nations health body has been accused by […]
BEIJING: China on Friday (Jul 3) vowed to gradually phase out the slaughter and sale of live poultry at food markets, in a move welcomed by animal rights activists amid the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came as China stepped up inspections of wholesale food markets and outlawed the sale and […]
LONDON: Travellers from more than 50 countries including France, Italy and Spain – but not the United States – can stop self-isolating on arrival in England from July 10, the UK government said Friday. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will each announce their own separate rules depending on how they […]
SHANGHAI: Rainstorms are expected for large parts of China over the weekend, the state weather bureau said on Friday (Jul 3), forecasting even more extreme weather a day after some regions suffered more than 200mm of rainfall. China’s emergency ministry warned that water levels in the middle reaches of the […]
HONG KONG: The popular protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” connotes separatism or subversion, the city’s government said, pointing to crimes that are covered under the new national security law imposed by Beijing. The rallying cry appears on placards at rallies, is printed on clothes and accessories […]