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One week on, Beirut marks the minute hell broke loose 11 Aug 2020 - 08:37 pm

Beirut - At 6:08 pm in Beirut on Tuesday, church bells rang and mosques called for prayer at the precise moment a massive...

Coronavirus spread may get harder to control: French PM 11 Aug 2020 - 08:23 pm

PARIS - The renewed spread of coronavirus in France could become harder to control without a collective effort to stop a rise in...

Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese ship oil spill spreads 11 Aug 2020 - 08:17 pm

NAIROBI - Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage to the Indian Ocean...

Half of daily 100,000 COVID-19 cases in Americas are in US: WHO director 11 Aug 2020 - 07:45 pm

BRASILIA - More than 100,000 cases of C0VID-19 are being reported daily in the Americas, half of them in the United States, and...

Spain again grapples with Europe's worst virus infection rate 11 Aug 2020 - 07:17 pm

Madrid - Just seven weeks after bringing its first coronavirus wave under control, experts say Spain is once again in a "critical" situation...

Coronavirus found on frozen seafood in China 11 Aug 2020 - 04:45 pm

BEIJING: Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of...

Rolls-Royce finds cracks in small number of Trent XWB engines 11 Aug 2020 - 04:25 pm

LONDON: Britain's Rolls-Royce will carry out extra inspections on some of its Trent XWB engines after cracks were found on a small number...

Virus surge makes US weak link in global economic recovery 11 Aug 2020 - 04:17 pm

FRANKFURT, Germany: People in China are back to buying German luxury cars. Europe's assembly lines are accelerating. Now the global economy is waiting...

8,000 buildings damaged by Beirut port blast 11 Aug 2020 - 04:05 pm

BEIRUT: At least 8,000 buildings, including 50 ancient structures, were damaged by last week’s massive explosion at the Beirut port, according to the...

Sinovac launches Phase 3 trial for COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia, reports Phase 2 details 11 Aug 2020 - 03:37 pm

JAKARTA/BEIJING: China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched a late-stage human trial on Tuesday that will involve as many as 1,620 patients in Indonesia for...

India's Modi urges ramped up testing and tracing to beat coronavirus 11 Aug 2020 - 03:19 pm

MUMBAI: India's ability to rein in a surging coronavirus outbreak hinges on its 10 most populous states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on...

Indonesia volcano spews huge ash cloud in second eruption in 3 days 11 Aug 2020 - 02:58 pm

JAKARTA: An Indonesian volcano spewed a giant ash cloud 5 km (3.1 miles) into the sky on Monday in its second eruption in...

UN sends 50,000 tons of wheat to Lebanon to avert food crisis 11 Aug 2020 - 02:39 pm

The United Nations is sending grain to Lebanon to avert a food crisis following last week’s explosion in Beirut that killed 160 people...

Russia registers first Coronavirus vaccine in the world 11 Aug 2020 - 02:13 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday that his country registered the first coronavirus vaccine in the world. The Russian President said,...

Philippines' Duterte has 'huge trust' in Russia vaccine, volunteers for trial 11 Aug 2020 - 01:56 pm

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to personally participate in trials, as...

New Zealand locks down biggest city after first local case of coronavirus in 102 days 11 Aug 2020 - 01:36 pm

WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced on Tuesday it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of COVID-19 were discovered in...

Russia approves first COVID-19 vaccine, Putin says 11 Aug 2020 - 11:40 am

MOSCOW: Russia's health ministry has given regulatory approval for the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, after less than two...