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US and Spanish deaths surge as world virus toll breaks 50,000
Madrid: The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths accelerated past 50,000 on Friday as the United States, Spain and Britain grappled...
‘ALMA radio telescope shut down due to COVID-19’
Washington: The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the world's largest multi-dish radio telescope, has temporarily closed operations due...
Pak court introduces email system for bail orders
Lahore: A high court in Pakistan has introduced for the first time an "email system" for lower judiciary to send...
China to launch communications satellite named after Wuhan
Beijing: China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things project this month with one of them...
China reports 35 new imported coronavirus cases, six deaths
Beijing: China reported 35 new imported cases of the novel coronavirus while the death toll from the COVID1-9 infections increased...
Emirates to resume limited passenger flights
Dubai: Emirates Airline said Thursday it is to resume a limited number of outbound passenger flights from April 6, less...
Google to shut down ‘Neighbourly’ app
New Delhi: Tech giant Google will shut down its 'Neighbourly' app - which was designed to help people source local...
Europe toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of world’s worst crisis since WWII
Madrid: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a global tally showed on Wednesday, in...
Worldwide fatalities from coronavirus rise to 43,082
Paris: The worldwide number of officially confirmed fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 43,082 on Wednesday, according to a...
Syria war records lowest monthly death toll in 9 years
Beirut: The war in Syria killed 103 civilians in March, marking the lowest monthly non-combatant death toll since the start...