Month: July 2020

Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month

HOUNDE, Burkina Faso — The lean season is coming for Burkina Faso’s children. And this time, the long wait for the harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever known. That hunger is already stalking Haboue Solange Boue, an infant who has lost half her […]

US-China spats rattle world, prompting calls for unity

BEIJING — Antagonisms between the United States and China are rattling governments around the world, prompting a German official to warn of “Cold War 2.0” and Kenya’s president to appeal for unity to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Global trade already was depressed by the 2-year-old tariff war between […]

Malaysian ex-PM Najib given 12 years in jail in 1MDB scandal

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian court sentenced former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve 12 years in prison on Tuesday after finding him guilty in the first of several corruption trials linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government […]

Trump again pushes unproven drug as COVID-19 treatment

WASHINGTON — A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronaviru s, President Donald Trump is back to spreading misinformation about how to combat the virus and the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert. Fauci pushed back Tuesday, saying he will […]

Moderna, Pfizer start decisive COVID-19 vaccine trials, eye year-end launches

Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc launched two 30,000-subject trials of COVID-19 vaccines that could clear the way for regulatory approval and widespread use by the end of this year, the companies said on Monday. The trials, both announced on Monday, are the first late-stage studies supported by the […]

WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is ‘one big wave’, not seasonal

GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, saying that this virus did not behave like influenza that tended to follow seasonal trends. “People are still thinking about seasons. What we all need to get our […]

Floods, coronavirus hobble two of India’s poorest states

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India’s poorest states have displaced or affected 8 million people and killed 111 since May, authorities said on Tuesday, at a time when coronavirus cases have swelled there. The Brahmaputra river in the northeastern state of Assam is flowing […]

IRCTC of Indian Railways and SBI Card launch Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay Platform

“We are strongly committed in making Railways ‘Aatma Nirbhar’ in all the fields with ‘Make In India’ initiatives as envisaged by Hon’ble Prime Minister.”-says Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal open view news desk NEW DELHI, JULY 28: In yet another initiative towards pursuance […]

Two minors held for raping, killing toddler in UP

Bahraich (UP), Jul 28:  A two-and-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed by two minor boys of her village in Uttar Pradesh’ Bahraich, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place at Manjjriya village under Visheshwarganj Police Station area. The girl was playing outside her house along with […]

BSP whip to MLAs: Priyanka Gandhi says it is clean chit to those who murdered democracy

New Delhi, Jul 28:  Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday took a veiled dig at the BSP, alleging that the whip issued by it to its MLAs in Rajasthan is a clean chit to those who “murdered” democracy and the Constitution. The BSP on Sunday issued […]

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