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A voter casts his vote during a mock election to test the guidelines implemented against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ingiriya of Kalutara District in Western Province on June 14, 2020. (AFP)

Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures

The island nation of 21 million people has steadily lifted its lockdown restrictions, although a night curfew remains

14 Jun 2020 8:36 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Pride events kick off in Shanghai

Social distancing restrictions, imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have largely been lifted in Shanghai in recent...

14 Jun 2020 3:49 PM IST

Chinese police guard the entrance to the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing. (AFP)

Could Beijing become another Wuhan?

Concerns grow about a new cluster as China reports highest daily count since April

14 Jun 2020 8:58 AM IST

People gather on the street outside the closed Jingshen seafood market in Beijing on June 12, 2020. - Beijings Xinfadi meat wholesale market and Jingshen seafood market were closed for disinfection and environmental sample collection after it emerged both were visited by two newly identified coronavirus patients, local media reported. (AFP)

Beijing wholesale market temporarily shut after new coronavirus...

Authorities had earlier halted beef and mutton trading at the Xinfadi market, alongside closures at other wholesale...

13 Jun 2020 10:29 AM IST

Rescuers carry a child to a boat during an evacuation of a flooded village in Qingyuan in southern Chinas Guangdong province. (AP)

At least 20 people dead or missing as rains flood South China

Nearly 3 million people have been affected by the floods with 228,000 forced to seek shelter and 1,300 homes destroyed

11 Jun 2020 3:36 PM IST

People wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus as they walk at a retail and office complex in Beijing. (AP)

In post-lockdown China, schools grapple with sudden jump in student...

The heightened post-lockdown anxiety has become a matter of government concern as domestic media report a spate of...

11 Jun 2020 10:15 AM IST

Commuters return from the capital city of Islamabad, in Rawalpindi. (AFP)

WHO calls for -'intermittent-' lockdowns in Pakistan as virus surges

Hospitals across Pakistan say they are at or near capacity, and some are turning COVID-19 patients away

10 Jun 2020 1:57 PM IST

Nepals foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali points to a map of Nepal. (AP)

Nepal â€˜still waiting for a response from Indiaâ€™ to resolve border...

Nepal-'s Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali says requests to talk were made in November and December last year, and again...

10 Jun 2020 10:32 AM IST

Journalists chat near a screen showing President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan. (AP)

China dismisses Harvard study suggesting virus spread started in...

The research used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data for symptom-related queries on search...

10 Jun 2020 9:15 AM IST

As of Tuesday, Pakistan recorded 108,316 coronavirus infections. (PTI Photo)

Pakistan records more than 100 coronavirus deaths in single day

As of Tuesday, Pakistan recorded 108,316 coronavirus infections, with 4,646 new cases and a death toll has climbed to...

9 Jun 2020 2:56 PM IST

Government officials seal shut a barber shop for not observing the standard operating procedures issued by the Pakistan government to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP)

Pakistan puts foot down on safety breaches as coronavirus cases top...

Pakistan has been setting records for the number of new daily infections over the last 10 days, partly reflecting...

8 Jun 2020 3:53 PM IST

Xu Lin, Vice head of the Publicity Department of Communist Party shows a copy of the white paper on fighting COVID-19 China in action during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. (AP)

China defends COVID-19 response in new report

The report lauds Chinaâ€™s success in reducing the daily increase in new cases to single digits within about two months

7 Jun 2020 1:43 PM IST