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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

Case-count in Australia crosses 10,500, death toll hits 113

Number of new cases in the past 24 hours was 67

Over 3.6M people in 26 districts of state hit by floods; some 80% of Kaziranga National Park under water

Strikes conducted by Russian warplane, according to Syrian military opposition group

Health experts cite varying reasons for reduction in cases, including reduction in tests, in South Asian nation

Nationwide tally of cases nears 1M, death toll approaches 25,000

Report says production period of an aircraft has been shortened by 15 days

Many cities in India are reimposing restrictions, including Bangalore, where streets were deserted Wednesday

More than 100 possible vaccines are being developed and tested around the world to try to stop the pandemic

Tourism is a major earner for the Maldives, a tropical island paradise popular with honeymooners and celebrities

The dogs -- three golden retrievers and a labrador -- are between the ages of four and five

This is going to be the worst flood in a decade, Bangladesh's Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre

China’s foreign ministry said Beijing will impose retaliatory sanctions against US individuals and entities

Death caused by children missing out on routine immunisations could be far greater than Covid-19 itself

South Asian country set new record with nearly 30,000 cases in single day

Equateur province reported 11th outbreak a month after DR Congo was declared Ebola-free by WHO

Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty as she faces up to 35 years in prison on federal charges

Algeria, Libya, Lebanon and Jordan report new infections over past 24 hours

Nearly 300,000 people in country have been infected so far

Rejects appeal by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE over air blockade of neighboring Qatar

It is second-highest one-day jump in Spain since late May

Thousands march in streets protesting occupation of Upper Karabakh, border clashes with Armenian troops