World

According to the ministry, 57 sailors, out of 61 crew members, were diagnosed with the virus after undergoing a new test.

The new bottle, developed in partnership with venture management company Pilot Lite, will be made from wood pulp that meets food grade standards and is fully recyclable, the Guinness and Tanqueray Gin maker said.

Donald Trump has harshly criticised WHO over its response to the coronavirus pandemic and accused it of bowing to Chinese influence.

Prosecutors urged Maxwell's detention one day before her scheduled arraignment on charges she helped Epstein recruit and eventually abuse girls from 1994 to 1997, and lied about her role in depositions in 2016.

Joe Biden faced 13 other Democrats on the ballot, though he already had locked up enough delegates in other states to become the party's nominee.

The US has now seen daily new cases top 60,000 in four of the past five days.

The security alert comes as bilateral tensions intensify over issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, trade, the new Hong Kong security law and allegations of human rights violations against Uighurs in the Xinjiang region.

After accounting for differences in factors that might affect vulnerability to the virus - such as income, education, health services and age distribution - researchers found that countries with higher rates of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccinations f...

State police were patrolling the city and setting up checkpoints on major roads to stop people heading out to regional areas and spreading the virus from what is now Australia's pandemic epicentre, with 860 active cases.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the examples of Italy, Spain, South Korea and India's biggest slum showed that however bad an outbreak was, the virus could still be reined in through aggressive action.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador also thanked Donald Trump for avoiding the thorny subject of the border wall.

Officials from Merck & Co Inc, Moderna, Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson will testify on July 21, the House Committee of Energy and Commerce said on Thursday.

Atlanta police spokesman Officer Anthony Grant said officers found one man with a gunshot wound in his buttocks, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The political future of 68-year-old Oil is expected to be decided on Friday during the Standing Committee meeting, amidst the growing involvement of Hou Yanqui, the Chinese ambassador to Nepal, to save his chair.

The US Department of State will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programmes that are fully online for the fall semester nor will US Customs and Border Protection permit these students to enter the US, the ICE release said.

The man, New Zealand's latest new case of COVID-19 announced on Wednesday, escaped through a fenced area from an isolation facility about 6.50pm on Tuesday.