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Trump faces backlash for removing mask on return to White House
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans not to fear the COVID-19 disease that has killed more than 209,000 people in the country…
Britain rations remdesivir as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise
LONDON: Britain has rationed its supplies of the antiviral drug remdesivir and is prioritising COVID-19 patients who need it most in the face of rising demand, Britain’s health ministry said on Tuesday, with further supplies expected this…
Malaysian PM quarantines after minister tests positive for…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday said he will self-quarantine for 14 days after a minister who attended a high-level government meeting to discuss coronavirus developments on Saturday tested positive for…
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of attacking its city Ganja as…
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia intensified on Monday as the former's second-largest city, Ganja, came under attack from missiles. Armenia was quick to deny involvement in the attack.
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of…
Heavy fighting over Karabakh after main city shelled
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces were engaged in fierce clashes Saturday as fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region intensified after its main city came under heavy shelling.
The leader of the breakaway province said he was…
Trump to spend days at military hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov. 3 election.
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Former Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway tests positive for…
Kellyanne Conway, a former counselor to US President Donald Trump, on Friday said she had tested positive for COVID-19.
“My symptoms are mild (light cough) and I’m feeling fine. I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with…
Trump treated with experimental antibody cocktail for COVID-19
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail for COVID-19 and is moving to a military hospital as a precautionary measure, White House officials said on Friday.
The president’s physician,…
One killed, 19 missing in floods in France and Italy
PARIS/ROME: A fireman died and 19 people were missing in France and Italy after a storm hit border regions of the two countries, causing heavy flooding that swept away roads and damaged homes, authorities said on Saturday.
The storm,…
Europe clamps down as coronavirus pandemic worsens
MADRID: The coronavirus situation in Europe continued to deteriorate Thursday, with French authorities warning that Paris could be put on maximum alert and Spain extending drastic restrictions across its capital Madrid.
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