Ian Botham set to join House of Lords
Botham is among the 36 new peers, who also include former chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond, announced on...
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Antibody tests show 1.5 million Italians had coronavirus
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Trump signs executive order against hiring H1B visa holders for federal contracts
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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make first splashdown in 45 years | Watch Video
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Trump says US will ban Chinese app TikTok
TikTok's fun, goofy videos and ease of use has made it immensely popular, and US tech giants like Facebook and...
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NASA launches new rover to search for signs of past Martian life
Perseverance will conduct an experiment to convert elements of the carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into propellant for...
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US records a coronavirus death every minute as total surpasses 1,50,000
US coronavirus deaths are rising at their fastest rate in two months and have increased by 10,000 in the past 11 days.
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China says troop disengagement at most locations along LAC 'complete'
India had also asked China to sincerely implement the understanding on troop withdrawals reached by senior military...
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Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe
Surges were reported in several countries that previously appeared to have the virus under control.
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Hurricane Hanna batters COVID-hit Texas coast
The Texas area struck by Hanna has struggled to contain outbreaks of COVID-19 in recent weeks. Cases along the...
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40 countries report record single-day spike in COVID-19 cases
Many countries, especially those where officials eased earlier social distancing lockdowns, are experiencing a second...
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Tropical storm Hanna becomes first hurricane of 2020 Atlantic season
The US National Hurricane Centre said Saturday that Hanna's maximum sustained winds had increased to 75 mph (120...
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Between 6,000-6,500 Pakistani terrorists in Afghanistan: UN report
The 26th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIS, al-Qaida and associated...
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Brazil's Bolsonaro says new COVID-19 test came back negative
He did not say when he took the test nor did he provide any further details.
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Global powers in race to develop vaccine against COVID-19
Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech had recently announced that it has successfully developed Covaxin, India's first...
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China launches independent, unmanned Mars mission
The probe is expected to reach Mars in February where it will attempt to deploy a rover to explore the planet for 90...
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World virus cases near 15M; Trump says things will get worse
New York, once by far the leader in infections, has now been surpassed the country's largest state, California, for...
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US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research
The indictment, which officials expected to discuss at a news conference, says the hackers in recent months had...
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US records 1,000 deaths in one day from COVID-19, California passes 4 lakh cases
New York - the epicenter of the pandemic earlier this year - has recorded by far the most deaths of any US state at...
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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine developer cautious on 2020 roll-out
The experimental vaccine, which has been licensed to AstraZeneca, produced an immune response in early-stage clinical...
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Now, China's vaccine attempt yields promising results
A phase II clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate has found that it is safe and induces an immune response,...
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Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million
Globally, the rate of new infections shows no sign of slowing, according to the Reuters tally, based on official...
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Wave of promising study results raise hopes for coronavirus vaccines
The vaccine being developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca along with the Oxford University, induced an immune...
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UAE launches Arab world's first spacecraft towards Mars
Hope's arrival in February 2021 is set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the UAE's formation.
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First human trial of Oxford's COVID vaccine shows promise
AstraZeneca's is among the leading vaccine candidates against a pandemic that has claimed more than 600,000 lives,...
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COVID-19: Global death toll tops 600,000 as virus rebounds around the world
Concerns are rising that the pandemic has found fresh legs over the past few weeks, with Johns Hopkins University and...
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US civil rights pioneer, congressman John Lewis dies
A Democratic member of Congress from Atlanta since 1987, Lewis had announced in December that he had advanced...
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BBC, Guardian announce job cuts as COVID hits news biz
In total, 520 jobs will go at the BBC, from a workforce of around 6,000 people. The Guardian announced that it will...
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Global COVID-19 cases cross 13.7mn, India ranks third in tally
The US accounted for the world's highest number of infections and fatalities at 3,570,037 and 138,291.
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COVID-stricken Brazilian President Bolsonaro touts unproven drug
Bolsonaro has sidelined medical experts in Brazil's handling of the pandemic, which has become the worst in the world...
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In surprise move, Trump administration reverses student visa curbs
US officials announced last week that international students at schools that had moved to online-only classes due to...
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Glee star Naya Rivera dies at 33, body found after six days of disappearance
Rivera’s body was discovered six days after she disappeared on Lake Piru, where her son, Josey, was found.
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WHO sounds alarm as coronavirus cases rise by 1 million in five days
The pandemic has now killed more than half a million people in six-and-a-half months, and WHO said there would be no...
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Ronaldinho loses appeal, to remain under house arrest
The 40-year-year-old and his older sibling Roberto Assis spent more than a month in prison for allegedly entering...
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Chinese military further withdraws troops from Pangong Tso area: Sources
The escalation in tension in eastern Ladakh was triggered by a violent clash between the two armies in Pangong Tso on...
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No guarantee Trump will back India against China if tensions escalate: Former US NSA
China has been behaving in a belligerent fashion all around its periphery, certainly in the East and South China sea,...
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Nepal stops transmission of India's news channels except Doordarshan
The development comes after some Indian channels aired reports critical of Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and...
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Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 12 million
The number of cases is triple that of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health...
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UAE to use sniffer dogs to detect COVID-19 cases in crowd
The UAE Ministry of Interior has completed trials on K9 police dogs who may now be employed to help them curb the...
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Indians have done their best to respond to China's 'incredibly aggressive actions': Pompeo
Pompeo was responding to questions about the Chinese intrusion into Indian territories in eastern Ladakh.
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Possibility of airborne transmission of coronavirus cannot be ruled out: WHO
The WHO has previously said the virus that causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease spreads primarily through small...
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Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
Bolsonaro has repeatedly defied local guidelines to wear a mask in public, even after a judge ordered him to do so in...
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At least 8 killed as planes collide mid-air over Idaho lake in United States
A sheriff's dive team found the wreckage in about 125 feet (40 metres) of water, and the bodies of three victims have...
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After Foreign Minister Qureshi, Pak health minister tests positive for COVID-19
Mirza, the special assistant to the prime minister on health services, said that he was experiencing 'mild symptoms'...
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Scientists say coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise recommendations
The WHO has said the coronavirus disease spreads primarily from person to person through small droplets from the nose...
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Rapper Kanye West announces US presidential bid on Twitter
The multiple Grammy winner took to social media on country's 244th Independence Day (July 4) to share the news.
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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials after failure to reduce death
The setback came as the WHO also reported more than 2,00,000 new cases globally for the first time in a single day.
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WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up more than 2,12,000
The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil and India.
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Botswana probes mysterious death of hundreds of elephants
Botswana is home to a third of Africa's elephants, and there are concerns that whatever is causing the deaths, first...
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