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But Canadian government maintains silence on issue

Restraining population growth, consumption per capita is way to tackle climate change, says scientist

UN agency hails initiative to allow workers screened for Covid-19 as potential model in dealing pandemic

US committed to holding drug traffickers and those who facilitate their operations accountable, says senior official

Riots erupted after ‘inflammatory’ speeches by politicians affiliated with ruling BJP, says commission report

Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Morocco, Bahrain report new cases, deaths

Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner says viral social media footage of incident was ‘extremely disturbing’

TV images shows smoke coming out of the 15th century structure

Presidential spokesman stresses historical mosaics in mosque to be protected, preserved

World Health Organization encourages nation to ‘take control’ of virus

Bars display of 'divisive symbols' on US military bases

More than 600,000 deaths worldwide, while an excess of 7.8 million people have recovered, says JHU

Landslides caused by heavy rains occurred in Kaizhou district of Chongqing municipality

It exploded in the Mehram district of the Ilam city that borders Iraq, Iranian state

Lawmakers are to meet at the next planned session on August 24

Popular Turkish television series relatable to day-to-day struggles of region’s residents

The Metropolitan Police referred the incident for investigation by Britain’s independent police watchdog

UN rapporteurs say Kashmiri journalists facing threat of criminal sanction for criticizing Indian administration

Hackers had accessed Twitter’s internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices

Iran has been scrambling to contain the pandemic since it reported its first two Covid-19 deaths in February

A King’s College London team found that the six types also correlated with levels of severity of infection

Britain’s death toll of more than 45,000 from confirmed cases of Covid-19 is the worst in Europe

The drills involve nearly 150,000 personnel including airborne troops and marine infantry

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says American officials criticising China to distract from domestic political problems

Death toll from coronavirus tops 2,500 with 51 new fatalities

Army launches operations after dozens of security personnel killed in recent Taliban attacks

Country's health minister warns lab could 'close down'

Nearly a thousand recorded deaths in 24 hours

As the pandemic kills nearly 585,000 people worldwide, with more than 13.58 million confirmed cases

Authorities announce plans to reopen airports, border gates as curfew hours are reduced

Australia posted its second biggest one-day rise in new Covid-19 infections

'They could at least, if they were serious, I think, call them out,' says senior US diplomat David Schenker

PCR tests showed 87% mink at a farm infected, officials suspect virus reached the farm through a worker

The summer rainy season brings floods to China almost every year

Poorly paid, unprotected government-accredited health workers on frontlines of Covid-19 fight

Death toll now stands at 12,123

Disruption in children routine activities in families, friends, society causes problems, according to expert

Fatality rate at 2.57% in India, recovery rate stands at 63.25%, says health minister

'The president will remain on Twitter, but his account was secure,' spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany says

Fears worst is yet to come in Latin America as nations hit grim pandemic milestones

French govt notes "signs" of an uptick in the coronavirus outbreak

Russian president, Iranian counterpart also discuss developments in Syria

Researchers found that regular intercourse is linked to lower odds of dying from cancer, heart disease

We need to treat this crisis as a crisis, because if we don’t do that, then we won’t be able to do anything

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman says, United States thinks that everything China does is a threat

Company statements confirm fears of security experts that service itself - rather than users - had been compromised

Country spends $1.67B for fighting pandemic

Iran, the Middle East country hardest hit by the pandemic, began relaxing its lockdown in mid-April

Coronavirus cases in Russia have crossed 750,000 mark

Beijing says Washington's visa restrictions on Huawei officials violates key norms of int'l relations