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Russia says coronavirus infections pass 400,000
Moscow, May 31 (Reuters) - Russia on Sunday reported 9,268 new cases of the novel coronavirus, raising the national tally to 405,843. Officials said 138 people had died of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, in the last 24 hours, pushing to nationwide toll up to 4,693.
Suffering of the poor during the pandemic calls for introspection, says Modi on future
Asks people to be extra cautious as the economy is...
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Sri Lanka to reimpose selective lockdown after virus cases spike
Colombo, May 29 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will reimpose selective...
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Lankan President says official international creditors should not insist on normal conditionalities
Gotabaya Rajapaksa was speaking at the virtual ‘High-Level Event on...
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Gaffoor Building in Colombo isolated
Colombo, May 28 (Daily Mirror) - The Gaffoor Building in...
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US coronavirus deaths top 100,000 as country reopens
Washington, May 28 (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus has killed...
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WHO says the Americas are new epicentre of coronavirus pandemic as deaths surge in Latin America
A US study has forecast deaths surging in Brazil and...
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Global fundraising for COVID-19 vaccine, drugs exceeds $10 billion, EU says
Brussels, May 26 (Reuters) - A global campaign to fund...
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China says those Chinese who want to quit India temporarily because of COVID will be evacuated
Cost of the flight will have to be borne by...
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More patients than beds in Mumbai as India faces surge in virus cases
Mumbai/New Delhi, May 25 (Reuters) - When Manit Parikh’s mother...
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Mental health issues in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic
Hopeful British psychologist Peter Kinderman says that human beings are...
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Only night curfew in Sri Lanka from May 26
Free movement between districts allowed, with the exception of the...
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Lankan President asks India for US$ 1.1 billion as SWAP facility to tide over foreign exchange issues
Also urges speedy implementation of Indian projects, especially the Eastern...
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Modi praises Gotabaya Rajapaksa for effectively fighting COVID-19 in Sri Lanka
Promises Indian assistance for Lanka’s economic recovery
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China’s COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising results — The Lancet
The open-label trial in 108 healthy adults demonstrates promising results...
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China reports no new coronavirus cases for first time
Beijing, May 23 (AFP) - China on Saturday (May 23)...
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Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million, Latin America overtakes US, Europe in infection counts
New York, May 21 (Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases surpassed...
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Indian naval vessel will ferry stranded people from Tamil Nadu on June 1
The vessel will ply from Colombo and Tuticorin
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Pakistani legislator dies from COVID-19, as highest daily toll recorded
Lahore, May 20 (Reuters) - A Pakistani local legislator died...
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Promising virus vaccine results reported as Trump takes anti-malaria drug
New York, May 19 (Reuters) - The phased reopening of...
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Xi presents China’s proposals to fight COVID globally and boost post-COVID economic development
The Chinese President lays stress on helping developing countries, especially...
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Out of status Sri Lankans in Kuwait, who have got amnesty, will begin arriving in Colombo on Tuesday
Kuwait will also allow them to get back in a...
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Nearly 39, 000 Overseas Sri Lankans have requested repatriation
This comprises 3,078 students, 4,040 short term visa holders, 27,854...
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COVID cases in the Maldives cross the 1000 mark
Officials expect cases to peak in about two weeks
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India surpasses China in coronavirus cases to become new Asia hot spot
New Delhi, May 16 (Bloomberg) - India's burgeoning coronavirus cases have...
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World has changed even if pandemic ends, vaccine found, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau
Ottawa, May 15 (Reuters) - Canadians should accept the world...
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Coronavirus: Cases of children with rare inflammatory syndrome spike in Italy, France
London, May 15 (Reuters) - Doctors in France and northern...
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Japan’s regions emerge from virus emergency while Tokyo enters ‘new normal’
Tokyo, May 15 (Reuters) - Large parts of Japan marked...
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China’s Wuhan says tested almost a third of residents for coronavirus since April
Shanghai/Beijing, May 15 (Reuters) - Wuhan, the original epicentre of...
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How Washington became an obstacle in the global COVID-19 fight
The U.S. administration, instead of combating over one million cases...
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What a ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 portends for the Chinese brand of politics
With mandatory social distancing, China may have to give up...
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Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India
Lucknow, May 31 (Reuters) - A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday. The attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, 460 km (285 miles) north...
