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Buenos Aires: The Argentine health ministry said on Monday that three travelers had tested positive for highly contagious coronavirus strains, including two infected with Indian subtypes and one with the South African strain."Since we started genomic sequencing surveillance of...

Washington: Russia's military intelligence service (GRU) may be behind the several cases of alleged directed-energy attacks on US personnel that caused health issues, the newspaper Politico reported on Monday citing unnamed US officials.The US intelligence community has not reached...

Kathmandu: As Nepal is scrambling to find enough oxygen for a swelling number of COVID-19 patients, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has also taken the initiative to collect oxygen cylinders from mountaineers.According to the association, around 5,000 oxygen cylinders...

Beijing: China will set up a "separation line" on the peak of Mount Everest to avoid possible Covid-19 infections by climbers from virus-hit Nepal, state media reported, after dozens were taken ill from the summit's base camp, AFP reported....

Paris: France may retaliate against the United Kingdom if London fails to fulfill the post-Brexit agreements on fishing rights, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Sunday.The tensions off Jersey island in the English Channel, where a flotilla of...

Moscow: The death toll from Saturday's blasts near a girls’ school in the Afghan capital of Kabul has reached 63, with more than 150 others wounded, media reported.A car bomb went off outside the Sayed-ul-Shuhada school in a Shiite-majority...

Moscow: Celebrations were held in Russia and many other countries on Sunday to mark the 76th anniversary of victory in World War II.Many European countries mark Victory Day on May 8, but in Russia and some other countries, it...

Washington: US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci says the United States has a greater number of coronavirus deaths than the officially reported figures."Sometimes the models are right on line, sometimes they’re a bit off," Fauci, National Institute for...

Moscow: A birthday party at a mobile home community in the US city of Colorado Springs descended into violence when a man whose girlfriend was attending opened fire at the revelers, police said Saturday."Upon arrival, officers located six deceased...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his speech at the Victory Parade on Sunday that modern followers of Nazi killing squad members continue attempts to rewrite WWII history."Today we are witnessing the surviving members of those killing squads...