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We are terminating relationship with WHO: Trump
Washington: While addressing the briefing in the White House Rose Garden, US President Donald Trump said the US will be terminating relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO) right away.
In his today's briefing, he also…
SCO, BRICS summits in Russia postponed
Moscow: The summits of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS group, which were expected to take place in Russia in July, will be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.…
WHO Foundation launched to support critical health needs
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the creation of the WHO Foundation, an independent grant-making entity that will support the organization's efforts to address the most pressing global health challenges.
WHO…
Trump warns social media giants after tweet fact-checked
Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned social media giants that his government could "strongly regulate" or "close them down" after Twitter fact-checked one of his tweets for the first time.
"Republicans feel that Social Media…
Twitter adds fact-check labels to Trump’s tweets on mail-in voting
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has tagged two tweets of US President Donald Trump on mail-in voting with a fact-checking warning label.
The label was imposed on two tweets Trump posted on Tuesday claiming that "mail-in…
3 live coronaviruses in Wuhan lab don’t match COVID-19: Report
Beijing: There are three strains of live coronaviruses in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but none matches the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the director of the institute.
In an interview to state broadcaster CGTN aired on…
WHO hails Wuhan for clearing all COVID-19 cases
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the news that there were no more hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus originated last December, praising its people's "tireless…
Russian PM Mishustin tests positive for Covid-19
Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
Mishustin was made the Prime Minister in January this year and he has been actively involved in the country's battle against…
Students wear unique headgear in China to keep social distancing in class
China: China is slowly returning to normalcy after a long battle against coronavirus that has killed more than 4600 people in the country. Several students returned to school on Monday, months after the novel coronavirus outbreak hit the…
US COVID-19 deaths top 50,000 with over 8 lakh infections
Washington: More than 50,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States while debates are heightening over reopening the country's economy severely battered by the virus.
A total of 870,468 cases have been reported in the United…
