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U.S. reports about 80,000 weekly child COVID-19 cases

U.S. reports about 80,000 weekly child COVID-19 cases

Los Angeles [US], August 27:About 80,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States for the week ending Aug....

Canada confirms 22,922 new COVID-19 cases in one week

Canada confirms 22,922 new COVID-19 cases in one...

Ottawa [Canada], August 27: Canada confirmed 22,922 new COVID-19 cases for the week of Aug. 14-20, the Public Health Agency...

Canada confirms 1,228 monkeypox cases

Canada confirms 1,228 monkeypox cases

Ottawa [Canada], August 27:The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed 1,228 cases of monkeypox including 32 hospitalisations in the...

Woman carrying fetus without skull protests after abortion denial in U.S. Louisiana

Woman carrying fetus without skull protests after abortion...

Houston (Texas) [US], August 27: A woman carrying a fetus without a skull but denied abortion protested at the State...

Vietnam reports 3,195 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam reports 3,195 new COVID-19 cases

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 26: Vietnam recorded 3,195 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by 151 from Thursday, according to its...

Rescuers recover 3 bodies in Indonesian boat accident

Rescuers recover 3 bodies in Indonesian boat accident

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 27: Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of three missing crew members of a boat that capsized...

Singapore reports 2,132 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 2,132 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, August 27: Singapore reported 2,132 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,829,361.

Myanmar reports 44 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 44 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon [Myanmar], August 27: Myanmar confirmed 44 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally...

120th joint patrol on Mekong River concludes

120th joint patrol on Mekong River concludes

Kunming [China],August 27: Three Chinese law-enforcement vessels returned to a port in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday, concluding the...

China, Cambodia vow to strengthen cooperation between legislatures

China, Cambodia vow to strengthen cooperation between legislatures

Beijing [China], August 27: Wang Chen, vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, met with Cheam Yeap,...

Philippines logs 2,986 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths

Philippines logs 2,986 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths

Manila [Philippines], August 27: The Philippines reported 2,986 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases...

APEC meeting focuses on efforts to balance health, economy

APEC meeting focuses on efforts to balance health,...

Bangkok [Thailand], August 27: Health ministers, high-level officials and experts from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies on Friday agreed...

Dutch railway workers strike as pay talks fail

Dutch railway workers strike as pay talks fail

The Hague [Netherlands], August 26: Employees of the Dutch Railways (NS) have gone on strike in parts of the Netherlands,...

ICOM announces new definition of museum

ICOM announces new definition of museum

Prague [Czech Republic], August 26: The International Council of Museums (ICOM) on Thursday announced a new definition of a museum...

Apple introduces second Impact Accelerator class on environmental services

Apple introduces second Impact Accelerator class on environmental...

San Francisco [US], August 26:Apple on Thursday introduced its second Impact Accelerator class -- a cohort of 16 Black, Hispanic/Latinx,...

NASA's Webb telescope detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere

NASA's Webb telescope detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet...

Los Angeles [US], August 26: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in...

U.S. GDP in Q2 revised up to 0.6 pct contraction

U.S. GDP in Q2 revised up to 0.6...

Washington [US], August 26: The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.6 percent in the second quarter of...

U.S. judge orders release of redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit

U.S. judge orders release of redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit

Washington [US], August 26: A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release a redacted version...

At least 8 killed in clash in Mexican drug cartel

At least 8 killed in clash in Mexican...

Mexico City [Mexico], August 26: At least eight people were killed in an armed clash between members of the La...

California votes to ban gas-powered car sales by 2035|

California votes to ban gas-powered car sales by...

Los Angeles [US], August 26: California regulators voted Thursday to approve a first-of-its-kind rule that would ban the sales of...

Mexico's central bank warns of rocky economic recovery

Mexico's central bank warns of rocky economic recovery

Mexico City [Mexico], August 26:Mexico's economic recovery faced an uncertain environment, coupled with weakening global productive activity in the second...

U.S. consultation request over Mexico's energy policy "foolish," says Mexican president

U.S. consultation request over Mexico's energy policy "foolish,"...

Mexico City [Mexico], August 26: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday described as "foolish" the U.S. government's request...

Sri Lanka allows property developers to resume import of tiles for non-profit purposes

Sri Lanka allows property developers to resume import...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 26:Sri Lankan President RanilWickremesinghe has permitted property developers to import tiles for their own use, local...

3 reported missing in Indonesia boat accident

3 reported missing in Indonesia boat accident

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 26: Three crew members went missing in Indonesia after their boat capsized off Barito River in the...

Vietnam reports 3,346 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam reports 3,346 new COVID-19 cases

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 26: Vietnam recorded 3,346 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down by 245 from Wednesday, according to its...

China-Australia artist dialogue exhibition kicks off at Sydney|

China-Australia artist dialogue exhibition kicks off at Sydney|

Sydney [Australia], August 26: Themed "One Leaf Knows Spring and Autumn," the China-Australia Artist Dialogue Exhibition kicked off on Thursday...

Singapore reports 2,397 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore reports 2,397 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore, August 26: Singapore reported 2,397 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 1,827,229.