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Country initially imposed strict restrictions and most people remained at home during nationwide lockdown

Professional sport was allowed to resume in Australia last month after a two-month lockdown

Thousands of cancer lawsuits have been filed against powder

Peru, Colombia confirm new cases, deaths

Early infection rates of SARS-CoV-2 grew by 68% a day in Iran without anti-contagion policies

'There won’t be defunding. There won’t be dismantling of our police,' US president says

The claim is false as footage was edited to include additional audio

This is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal, says Tedros Adhanom

It’s high-ranking officials who must show importance of following anti-epidemic rules, says Pashinyan

Protesters carrying placards chant 'Black people are not slaves' outside US Embassy in Pretoria

In Minneapolis, a majority of city council members have pledged to abolish the police department

Delhi CM says city would soon run out of beds if Covid-19 patients kept coming from across India

21-year-old man was planning Christchurch-like attack of 2019 in New Zealand, according to German state prosecutors

The share of BAME people in employment fell to 67.4% in April from 72.0% in February, researchers say

Sources familiar with matter say authorities are now considering allowing 'only symbolic numbers' this year

US investigators want to interview Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second son, about his friendship with Epstein

Stepping up conservation efforts, addressing carbon emissions, must for keeping oceans safe, says environmentalist

Health officials said last week there could be a second, stronger wave of novel coronavirus infections

She was admitted to a hospital in capital Dhaka with heart disease and old-age complications

Infliction of such collective punishment to a community is tantamount to crimes against humanity, says FO

Late last month, residents of the tiny village of Hassanabad noticed floodwaters quickly rising in the stream

Erdogan accused Gulen’s supporters of establishing a 'parallel state' by infiltrating state institutions

Divergence comes as the government over the weekend removed from public view months of national data on the epidemic

Majid Taheri had been detained in the United States for 16 months

The supreme court prosecutor will investigate whether the former king can be included in the case

Ceasefire, reduction in violence has created a momentum for talks to begin soon, says Afghan official

Wide-scale lockdowns including shop and school closures have reduced Covid-19 transmission rates in Europe

We are confident we have eliminated transmission of the virus, says Ardern

After imposing a severe lockdown in March, PM Modi’s government is under pressure to fully open up the economy

Country reports 2,134 new cases over past 2 days, bringing tally to 96,462

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Tiny Singapore has one of the highest infection tallies in Asia, with more than 38,000 cases

South Africa has recorded nearly 50,000 cases

Russia registers lowest number of daily fatalities since May 25

Maxim Shugalei and Samir Seifan have been held for over a year and were interrogated for espionage

New Zealanders cheered the lifting of curbs and the topic quickly trended on Twitter

Country reports 2,134 new cases over past 2 days, bringing tally to 96,462

Hospitalisations fall, new infections slow down

No immediate reports of casualties, say officials

Israeli prime minister says annexation plan for West Bank will be implemented within a few weeks

Demonstrators threw bottles and stones at police

Restrictions on public gatherings were put in place on March 17

Statue of Winston Churchill also defaced as home secretary slams Black Lives Matter protests as ‘illegal’

Covid-19 global death toll tops 402,700 while over 3.14 million patients have recovered, says Johns Hopkins University

South Pacific nation, with a population of five million, has had 1,154 confirmed cases and 22 deaths

ISPR says both agreed to continue working towards mutually agreed goals

Israeli police shot 32-year-old Iyak Hallak in Jerusalem while he was walking to his special needs school

Powell says Trump has 'drifted away' from the US Constitution and posed a danger to the country and its democracy

Several board-riders came to the assistance of the victim and fought the shark off

Kim Yo Jong issued the warning in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA